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Sometimes the smallest thing can mean the difference between nations emerging triumphant or collapsing in defeat. Here are 7 moments from military history where the outcomes hinged on a minor detail: 1. A colonel didn't read a no…

With things starting to look up on the peninsula, it's hard to believe that, in 2014, we were sitting around waiting to see what, exactly, was going to be the straw to break the Korean camel's back reignite the (technically still-ongoing) Korean W…

[brid video="115225" player="7965" title="Harrier pilot lands stool landing gear failure"]When Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney took off for a routine training flight on June 7, 2014, he was probably just expecting to fly a few hundred miles…

When it comes to medieval torture devices, there's always one particularly nasty tool that instantly comes to mind: the iron maiden. It's brutal. It's essentially a metal coffin with spikes on the inside. Once the door closes, the person…

Military budgets can contain some surprising items. These six pieces of gear probably raised some eyebrows when they were purchased. 1. Skateboards …