Protesters who have participated in demonstrations in Portland are familiar with rubber bullets, pepper balls, teargas canisters, and other kinetic impact projectiles (KIPs). Just last week, the city ...

A new bullet on the market promises increased lethality for handguns, acting like a hole saw against human targets. The Radically Invasive Projectile, or RIP bullet, uses machined copper-tipped ...

Archaeologists working at an ancient Roman battlefield in Scotland have discovered a type of pierced sling-bullet that made a whistling sound when hurled at the enemy. These projectile weapons were ...

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Los Angeles Police Department officials confirmed Thursday that they will once again allow officers to use less-lethal projectile launchers during protests after a federal judge revised an order that ...

These projectiles, intended to incapacitate violent aggressors without killing them, have evolved from the rubber bullets developed in the 1970s by the British military to quell uprisings in Northern ...