“The striking” interests many, and not only those who are familiar with the sura of the Koran of the same name. Numerous (and most of them in color) illustrations in this book show cannon shots, steel pierced by shells, disassembled and assembled nuclear charges, their explosions in all environments, and electromagnetic ammunition. And the text explains the principles underlying the functioning of combat devices - without complex mathematics, based on simple analogies. Experiments relevant to the topic are also described (the author recommends that the reader perform some of the safest ones). The book is for those who have received a higher technical education and those who know physics within the school course. In the second edition, noted errors have been corrected and the illustrative range has been significantly expanded.