Bangkok--7 Nov--Image Impact
Program Title: Ancient Death Machines
Channel: The History Channel on TrueVisions (A23) and (D48)
Telecast date: Sunday, November 9, 2008
Telecast Time: 9.00 p.m. (Thai)
Military innovation is consistently at the cutting edge of technological advances. Almost all technology on the planet today owes its origins to inventions driven by one purpose--war. From apocalyptic skyscraper siege machines to ancient landmines and flamethrowers which had the potential to extinguish hundreds of lives in minutes, most of today's lethal weapons owe their origins to the inventors of the ancient world.