Pick a national-security related technology from the list below then answer the following questions. Although you are only answering questions for one technology, you will be responsible for understanding this information about all of the technologies work for the quizzes and exams. You must post before reading other responses. Students who submit blank or nonsense posts to see other students’ posts first will receive an automatic 0.

(1) Which technology did you pick?

(2) What country developed this technology?

(3) What conflict was it first used in?

(4) Describe what the technology does/how it is used.

(5) Who developed or what the head of development of the technology? What is their background?

(6) Was this technology developed as part of a greater initiative/project? If so, describe the initiative/project.

(7) What was the impact of this technology on the conflict it was used in?

Technologies to Choose From:

American Long Rifle

Little Boy & Fat Man

Haber Mustard Gas

Interchangeable Firearm Parts

Turing’s Bombe Computer

Iron Dome

Wright Military Flyer

Dynamite

Vela Satellite

Missile Defense Alarm System