Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels (1993 – ...)

1993 • 23 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 59 — Smart Bombs

Season 10 • Modern Marvels

Released: 2003-09-30 • Documentary

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Precision-guided munitions, smart bombs were the media buzz of the first Gulf War and a major military and political driving force of the second. But their apparent sudden celebrity is deceptive. The history of smart bombs goes back to World War I and includes an ingenious, if eccentric, group of inventions and a cast of characters that boasts a Kennedy and a president of General Motors. Join us for the underground history of smart bombs, and a glimpse into the future of precision weapons.

Episodes

Episode 1
Trans-Siberian Railroad
2003-01-01

Episode 2
Castles & Dungeons
2003-01-07

Episode 3
Ice Road Truckers
2003-01-30

Episode 4
Winter Warriors
2003-01-31

Episode 5
Booby Traps
2003-02-04

Episode 6
The Alcan Highway
2003-02-11

Episode 7
Twin Towers of the East
2003-03-04

Episode 8
The Mackinac Bridge
2003-03-05

Episode 9
Bullet Trains
2003-03-11

Episode 10
Non-Lethal Weapons
2003-03-13

Episode 11
Space Stations
2003-03-14

Episode 12
Army Corps of Engineers
2003-03-18

Episode 13
Black Hawk: Night Stalker
2003-03-26

Episode 14
Japanese Guns of WWII
2003-03-26

Episode 15
Titanic Tech
2003-04-01

Episode 16
Coal Mines
2003-04-02

Episode 17
Secrets of the Acropolis
2003-04-10

Episode 18
Machine Guns
2003-04-30

Episode 19
Ball Turret Gunners
2003-05-01

Episode 20
U.S. Guns of World War II
2003-05-08

Episode 21
MiG 15
2003-05-10

Episode 22
T-34: Russian Victory
2003-05-10

Episode 23
Tank Crews
2003-05-15

Episode 24
Harley-Davidson
2003-05-21

Episode 25
Torture Devices
2003-05-22

Episode 26
Cosmodrome
2003-05-26

Episode 27
Exterminator
2003-06-03

Episode 28
Million Dollar Guns
2003-06-07

Episode 29
High Voltage
2003-06-24

Episode 30
4x4
2003-06-22

Episode 31
Dangerous Cargo
2003-06-25

Episode 32
Gunslingers
2003-06-26

Episode 33
More Engineering Disasters
2003-07-02

Episode 34
Engineering Disasters 4
2003-07-02

Episode 35
Nature Tech: Tsunamis
2003-07-08

Episode 36
Logging Tech
2003-07-09

Episode 37
Breaking the Sound Barrier
2003-07-16

Episode 38
Car Crashes
2003-07-23

Episode 39
Sandhogs
2003-07-23

Episode 40
Convertibles
2003-07-24

Episode 41
Loading Docks
2003-07-30

Episode 42
Terror Tech: Military
2003-08-05

Episode 43
Nature Tech: Tornadoes
2003-08-05

Episode 44
Military Movers
2003-08-06

Episode 45
Police Guns
2003-08-07

Episode 46
Terror Tech: Defending the Highrise
2003-08-12

Episode 47
Bullets
2003-08-13

Episode 48
Aircraft Carrier
2003-08-15

Episode 49
The Gunboats of Vietnam
2003-08-18

Episode 50
Metal
2003-08-19

Episode 51
Landmines
2003-08-21

Episode 52
Space Shuttle Columbia
2003-08-26

Episode 53
Overseas Highway
2003-09-03

Episode 54
Terror Tech: Civilian
2003-09-08

Episode 55
Machu Picchu
2003-09-24

Episode 56
The PT Boats
2003-09-24

Episode 57
The Battleships
2003-09-24

Episode 58
Early Machine Guns
2003-09-26

Episode 59
Smart Bombs
2003-09-30

Episode 60
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
2003-10-15

Episode 61
Inviting Disaster 1: Three Mile Island
2003-10-21

Episode 62
The Luftwaffe
2003-10-22

Episode 63
Panzers
2003-10-22

Episode 64
U-Boats
2003-10-25

Episode 65
Inviting Disaster 2: The Kursk
2003-10-28

Episode 66
FBI's Crime Lab
2003-10-29

Episode 67
Inviting Disaster 3: Challenger and Columbia
2003-11-04

Episode 68
Inviting Disaster 4, Building Failures
2003-11-04

Episode 69
Shipyards
2003-11-05

Episode 70
Guns of the Sky
2003-11-07

Episode 71
Extreme Trucks
2003-11-12

Episode 72
Guns of Infamy
2003-11-17

Episode 73
ET Tech
2003-11-25

Episode 74
Million Dollar Cars
2003-11-26

Episode 75
The Technology of Lewis and Clark
2003-04-28

Episode 76
B-52: Stratofortress
2003-11-28

Episode 77
Extreme Sports Gadgets
2003-12-02

Episode 78
Rolls Royce
2003-12-02

Episode 79
Tailgating
2003-12-03

Episode 80
Wheel Estate
2003-12-03

Episode 81
Sports Cars
2003-12-04

Episode 82
Technology of Kitty Hawk
2003-12-17

Episode 83
Egyptian Pyramids
2003-12-18

Episode 84
The Berlin Wall
2003-12-19

Episode 85
Toys
2003-12-23

Episode 86
Engineering Disasters 5
2003-12-30

Information

Episode air date	30.09.2003
Episode runtime	44 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	8.1
IMDb series rating	8.1
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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