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Pancakes, potatoes, and cheese: not just for breakfast.

In the 1950s, Lockheed Martin designed the C-130 with transport in mind, by the end of the 1960s, Boeing converted the lumbering giant into one of the deadliest aircraft in the world. Its endurance and capacity to carry munitions made it the perfect…

American aircraft carriers are kings of the ocean. They come loaded with dozens of lethal warplanes, ready to take off from "4.5 acres of sovereign soil" and send missiles into enemy jets while dropping bombs on enemy troops and infrastructure.

When you think of artillery, you're probably thinking of something like the M777-towed 155mm howitzer or the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled gun. But in the Civil War, artillery was very different. Back then, a gun wasn't described by how…

Blue falcons—buddy f-ckers for the uninitiated—are a permanent fixture of military life. There are usually a couple in every unit …

These generals may be legends — or seen as awesome commanders — but did they really live up to all their hype? Under closer examination, there might be some instances where the shine isn't so bright. We're about to shatter some lon…

The rulers of the Islamic world in the 1200s were not born into aristocracy or priesthood, as was the custom in Europe. They were an army of former slaves. Trained in combat and Sunni Islam from a young age, these "Mamluks" (from the Arabic for …

The GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Burst (also known as the Mother of All Bombs) is considered the largest conventional bomb. It is not.

The Russian Navy has been having a lot of problems since the end of the Cold War. The

To give some perspective, The Simpsons is older than Operation Desert Storm. Troops who enlisted when the show started are able to retire from the armed forces now. After 27…