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Weapons of War - A History of Military Tools and Machines
Season 1 · Episode 40
Surface-To-Air
0.040mJanuary 2, 2006
In the 19th century, military balloons were targeted by artillery pieces. In WWI, machine guns took aim at early planes. since then, air defense has rapidly developed into a sophisticated network of radar, communications and anti-aircraft missiles to provide a virtual shield in the sky.
Episodes
- Episode 1Superfighters
- Episode 2Attack Helicopters
- Episode 3US Navy Carriers
- Episode 4Submarines
- Episode 5Airborne
- Episode 6Tanks
- Episode 7Battleships
- Episode 8Battle of the Atlantic
- Episode 9Artillery & Rockets
- Episode 10Armored Fighting Vehicles
- Episode 11Combat Rifleman
- Episode 12Blitzkrieg
- Episode 13Battle Drones
- Episode 14Carrier War
- Episode 15Desert Storm - Tank War
- Episode 16Reich Air Defense
- Episode 17Fighter
- Episode 18Desert Storm - Air War
- Episode 19Normandy Invasion
- Episode 20Vietnam Air War
- Episode 21Peacekeeping
- Episode 22Amphibious Assault
- Episode 23Anti-Submarine Warfare
- Episode 24Bombers
- Episode 25Spyplanes
- Episode 26Hitler's Secret Weapons
- Episode 27Waffen SS
- Episode 28Strategic Weapons
- Episode 29Aircraft Weapons
- Episode 30Machine Guns
- Episode 31Battlefield Recon
- Episode 32NATO's Navies
- Episode 33Marine
- Episode 34Electronic Warfare
- Episode 35WWII Desert War
- Episode 36Helicopter Assault
- Episode 37Cargo Haulers
- Episode 38Cold Warriors
- Episode 39Close Air Support
- Episode 40Surface-To-Air
- Episode 41Fleet Air Defense
- Episode 42Vietnam River War
- Episode 43Tank Killers
- Episode 44Surface Combatants
- Episode 45Special Forces
- Episode 46Vietnam Ground War
- Episode 47Korean War
- Episode 4821st-Century Warfare
- Episode 49WWII Tank Warfare
- Episode 50Infantry Support
- Episode 51Pacific Land War
- Episode 52Air-To-Air Combat