The Application of Modern Weapons

Feng Ping / 王国富 / Wu ZhiqiaoChina Environmental Science Press · ChinaJun 2020

Rating 2.3
Word count
102K words
Chapters
160
ISBN
9787801633682

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Military Military HistoryMilitary EncyclopediaMilitary TechnologyTech DevelopmentIllustrated Guide

Summary

Drawing on the latest domestic and international research in military history and the state of military technological development, this book forms part of the "World Military Encyclopedia" series. The series comprises 24 volumes in four parts. Part One, "Weapons and Equipment," covers land, air, and naval combat weapons, conventional weapons, modern weapons, and ancient military affairs. Part Two, "Wars and Campaigns," covers ancient warfare, modern warfare, modern land, naval, and air warfare, and modern battles. Part Three, "Military Figures," covers military leaders, marshals, generals, heroes, perpetrators of war, and military warlords. Part Four, "Military and War History," covers the military history of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, military history, and operational strategy. Comprehensive in scope and detailed in its historical accounts, the series is a highly informative and systematic resource—an excellent read for anyone seeking to learn about military affairs and a worthy addition to any library collection.

Editor's review

Modern Weapons in Application, compiled by Feng Ping and published by Environmental Science Press, focuses on the practical application of modern weapon technology, systematically introducing the basic principles, combat effectiveness, and tactical use of various conventional and unconventional weapons. Author Feng Ping, a senior researcher in military technology, constructs a clear framework with rigorous scholarship, covering everything from individual equipment to strategic systems, combining professionalism with readability.

The book's value lies in its application-oriented perspective. Unlike mere lists of technical parameters, it emphasizes analyzing weapon system effectiveness in real combat, limitations, and coordination with other operational elements. It explores new features and trends of weapon application under informationized warfare, such as network-centric warfare and unmanned platform operations, showing the author's keen insight into military technological change.

As a professional work, it balances technical detail with macro vision. For readers wishing to go beyond surface-level weapons and understand operational logic and battlefield impact, it provides a solid knowledge base. It helps build systematic cognition of modern weapon applications and inspires thinking about interactions among technology, tactics, and strategy. Some technical content may become slightly outdated, but the application principles and analytical methods retain lasting reference value.

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Reading tips

  1. Read chapter by chapter to build a systematic knowledge framework
  2. Combine with recent local conflict cases to extend thinking based on the book's theories
  3. Focus on the logic and constraints of weapon 'application' rather than isolated technical indicators

About the publisher

China Environmental Science Press China · Founded in 1980

China Environmental Science Press is a professional publishing institution in China's environmental field, developing titles around environmental science as well as related humanities and social science topics. Judging from the 170 books in the collection, its publishing covers categories such as general biography, military affairs and inspirational growth. Representative books include Military Marshals, History of American Wars, History of Asian Wars, Military Generals, Life Aphorisms, Challenging Setbacks and Philosophical Maxims, balancing factual historical narrative with life inspiration. Representative authors include Feng Ping, Wang Guofu, Wu Zhiqiao, Li Ming, Xing Chunru and Wang Xiaoyin, forming a relatively stable author team. Beyond environmental specialties, the press also attends to general reading, bringing history, military and growth themes into its publishing scope and reflecting an orientation that values both professionalism and readability. Public information is limited, and the above focuses on the publishing profile reflected in the books in the collection.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 《世界军事百科》编委会
  3. 前言
  4. 新式武器
  5. 定向能武器
  6. 激光武器
  7. 粒子束武器
  8. 微波武器
  9. 动能武器
  10. 电磁炮
  11. 反卫星动能拦截弹
  12. 反导弹动能拦截弹
  13. 群射火箭
  14. 超导武器
  15. 超导海军舰艇
  16. 超导激光武器
  17. 超导发射装置
  18. 次声武器
  19. 基因武器
  20. 军用机器人
  21. 强激光武器
  22. 粒子束武器
  23. 新概念武器
  24. 天基激光武器
  25. 机载激光器计划
  26. 基地反卫星激光武器
  27. 美国、以色列合作研制的高能激光武器
  28. 小型机载和直升机载氧碘化学激光武器
  29. 高功率微波武器
  30. 微波弹
  31. 压制敌防空系统的高功率微波武器
  32. 高功率微波炸弹
  33. 电炮武器
  34. 微型射弹
  35. 大气层内轻型射弹
  36. 大气层外轻型射弹
  37. 非致命武器
  38. AN／PLQ－5型激光对抗系统
  39. “军刀”－203激光照明器
  40. 手持式激光“致眩器”
  41. “骑马侍从”车载激光致盲武器
  42. 美国三军定向红外干扰系统
  43. 英国“复仇女神”定向红外干扰系统
  44. 英国激光致眩器
  45. 前苏联激光致盲武器
  46. 燃烧剂“病毒”
  47. 电磁脉冲弹
  48. 弱辐射冲击波弹
  49. 新型增强辐射弹
  50. X射线激光武器
  51. 感生辐射弹
  52. 定向等离子体武器
  53. 导弹
  54. 洲际导弹
  55. 潜地导弹
  56. 反坦克导弹
  57. “战斧”巡航导弹
  58. 小“飞鱼”吞掉巨舰
  59. “爱国者”拦截“飞毛腿”
  60. 反导弹武器系统
  61. 能下仔的多弹头导弹
  62. 海湾战争中用的“核”弹
  63. 地地导弹
  64. 地空导弹
  65. 空地导弹
  66. 制导武器
  67. 拖着长尾巴的导弹
  68. 反雷达导弹
  69. 现代战场上的盾牌
  70. 最新制导武器
  71. 地地战术导弹
  72. 空空导弹
  73. 巡航导弹
  74. 防区外发射空对地导弹
  75. 战术弹道导弹
  76. MGM－140陆军战术导弹
  77. SS－X－26地地战术弹道导弹
  78. 海战武器
  79. 水下战舰
  80. 核潜艇水下显威风
  81. 活动的海上机场
  82. 21世纪的潜艇
  83. 水中伏兵布迷阵
  84. 直升机扫雷器
  85. 会飞的鱼雷
  86. 舰艇
  87. 航空母舰
  88. 垂直起降垂直发射
  89. 陆战武器
  90. 坦克
  91. 会喷火的坦克
  92. 坦克灵敏的耳目
  93. 主战坦克
  94. “未来作战系统”
  95. 俄罗斯未来的第四代主战坦克
  96. 庞然大物的隐身服
  97. 坦克的新潮时装
  98. 现代榴弹炮中的新秀
  99. 新颖灵巧的迫击炮弹
  100. 如虎添翼的现代自行火炮
  101. 太空“杀手”射束炮
  102. 21世纪的迫击炮
  103. 手枪杰出的新伙伴
  104. 手枪中的佼佼者
  105. 新一代步枪
  106. 小口径枪风靡全球
  107. 不断改进的冲锋枪
  108. 两用机枪
  109. 间谍枪
  110. 警备枪
  111. 自行火炮
  112. 自行高射炮
  113. 海岸炮
  114. 侦察骑兵车
  115. 英国隐身侦察车
  116. 灵巧弹药
  117. “萨达姆”敏感反装甲子弹药
  118. BAT智能反装甲子弹药
  119. 未来的智能式反装甲子弹药
  120. 空战武器
  121. 太阳能飞机
  122. 军用飞机
  123. 直升飞机
  124. 无人驾驶飞机
  125. 空中加油机
  126. 航天航空两用飞行器
  127. 联合攻击战斗机JSF
  128. 俄罗斯S－37 “金鹰”前掠翼隐身战斗机
  129. “2025攻击星”无人机
  130. 电子对抗飞机
  131. “隐身”飞机
  132. 航天飞机
  133. 隐形飞机
  134. 电子装备
  135. 电子战装备发展简况
  136. 电子装备发展趋势
  137. 电子对抗措施
  138. 电子反对抗措施
  139. 综合防御电子对抗
  140. 电子战支援
  141. 电子战初露锋芒
  142. 电子对抗
  143. 侦察卫星
  144. 军用航天器
  145. “太空千里眼”
  146. 侦察系统
  147. 微型窃听器
  148. 侦察炮弹
  149. 雷达
  150. 磁力发生机
  151. 隐形
  152. 夜视器材
  153. 核武器
  154. 核武器
  155. 原子弹
  156. 氢弹
  157. 中子弹
  158. 化学武器
  159. 化学武器家族的六大“魔王”
  160. 生物武器

FAQ

Is this book too professional and difficult to understand? The author strikes a good balance between professionalism and accessibility. Although technical concepts are involved, the explanations are clear, and readers with a high school-level science background or basic military knowledge can understand the core content.
Is the content of this book outdated? The book focuses on basic principles, logic, and analytical methods of weapon application, which are relatively stable. Specific equipment cases may become outdated over time, but readers can treat it as a historical and theoretical foundation for understanding contemporary weapon development.
What is the political stance of this book? As a technical application work, it mainly provides objective explanations from the perspectives of military science and technology, focusing on weapon effectiveness and tactical use, without深入涉及 specific political stances or ideological discussions.

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About the author

Feng Ping Author · Chinese · 1956

Feng Ping, female, born in October 1956, is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, and serves as vice president of the Chinese Society for Value Philosophy. She received her PhD in philosophy from Wuhan University in 1988 and has long been engaged in research on the philosophy of value. She is the author of On Evaluation and editor-in-chief of the series Classic Works of Modern Western Value Philosophy. Among the sixty works listed in the library, her five-volume Selected Works of Dewey and Criticism of Criticism: Dewey's Value Theory and Ethics reflect her translation and research in pragmatism and axiology. Her works also cover military affairs, world history, biography, and literary appreciation, including Military Marshals, Histories of Asian Wars, Histories of American Wars, Military Generals, and introductions to modern famous writers of Asia, Africa, and Western Europe. Overall, her writing combines scholarly rigor with broad subject matter, spanning philosophical translation and general cultural reading, though public information about her personal life remains limited.

王国富 Author

Wang Guofu is an author about whom little public information is available. The library holds 46 of his works, spanning military history, philosophy and popular science. Judging from the existing titles, his writing leans clearly toward military history and figures: there are biographies of commanders such as Military Marshals and Military Generals, as well as works on the history of warfare and strategy, including A History of Asian Warfare, A History of American Warfare and Modern Land Warfare, covering topics from ancient battles to contemporary forms of war. At the same time, he has written A Study of the Ontological Mode of Thinking in the History of Western Philosophy, showing an interest in philosophical questions, while Modern Famous Writers of Asia and Africa indicates a literary scope as well. Overall, his books are largely works of knowledge organization and accessible introduction, classified under general biography, Western philosophy, military affairs and popular science, and suited to general readers seeking a basic overview of these fields. Since his dates, nationality and educational background are not clearly recorded, this introduction describes only the subjects of his works in the library.

Wu Zhiqiao Author · Chinese

Wu Zhiqiao is a Chinese author with a bachelor's degree in management from Peking University. He has served as a professor at the Economic Management Cadre Institute and as director of its humanities teaching and research section, and has been a specially invited lecturer for the Tsinghua University executive program. His long-term research covers corporate philosophy, stress management, management communication, leadership development and team building. He has compiled and authored books including Humanities Tutorial, Thought and Culture, International Business Negotiation and Business Etiquette, and has published dozens of papers. His publicly published works number more than fifty, spanning education, management, military history and biography. They include practical guides for homeroom teachers, method summaries on detailed class management and class-leading techniques, and popular history readings such as A History of the Wars in the Americas and Military Marshals. His writing emphasizes distilled experience and case-based discussion in plain language, serving frontline teachers, managers and general readers.