6 Forbidden Types of the Most DANGEROUS Weapons

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Climatic weapons

This weapon, unlike the others on this list, has a rather hypothetical effect. History knows only a few examples of deliberate changes in climate and weather in a single territory. For example, during the Vietnam War, the US military thus achieved a significant lengthening of the rainy season, which led to a monstrous disruption of the natural balance and the extinction of entire populations of animals and plants. Despite the enormous financial losses caused by such an attack, it hardly brought any real military benefit. In the end, in 1987, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Hostile Use of Means of Influence on Nature entered into force and today such operations are carried out by some states exclusively for peaceful purposes.

20 Little-known Facts About World War II

World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi German attack on Poland. Subsequently, 61 states took part in this war (this is 80% of the entire globe). The great war claimed the lives of more than 70 million people and became one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of mankind. We prepared the 20 most interesting and little-known facts about the World War II for today's selection.