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Imagine you're in a country that tends to pinch pennies when it comes to the defense budget. Now imagine that you're looking to upgrade your armored fighting vehicles (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers), but you've jus…
"Of all the conflicts going on, none is an active war between countries." This is the heart of the argument Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell makes for war being, well, over.
When the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange rang out on Monday, July 23, 2018, it was Chris Isola, head of Veterans Affairs at UBS, ringing the bell. You may not know who Chris is, but you will be interested in what he's bringing to the Ne…
The British have a long history with armored fighting vehicles. In fact, they were the first to introduce the tank to modern warfare during World War I. Today, the British Army's armored vehicles are among the best in the world. That's why it's n…
Swedish submarines have proven themselves in exercises against the U.S. One of their subs successfully lodged a kill against the USS Ronald Reagan as the carrier's protectors stood idly by, incapable of detecting the silent and stealthy Sw…
"War ends only when it has carved its way across cities and villages, bringing death and destruction in its wake," Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wrote President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Americans are pretty lucky when it…
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Army was testing out a number of ideas to help support troops. Some of these ideas, like the XV-…
It's always going to be a tricky situation when the Russian Army and NATO allied armed forces are in the same fight. In the 1999 Kosovo War, such a situation could have sparked the all-out NATO-versus-Russia war the world had been hoping to avoid…
"A leader is a dealer in hope." -NapoleonLeadership is paramount to the success of any army. Leaders not only make life and death decisions but directly control the climate and quality of life of their subordinates.But what…
The 13th Demi-Brigade is one of the legendary units of the French Foreign Legion. During World War II, it was the only formation to immediately join Gen. Charles de Gaulle and the Free French Forces when France capitulated to to the Nazis. Fr…
Landmines have long been a fiendish weapon of war. Nazi Germany, though, developed one landmine that was particularly heinous. It was called a "shoe mine" by the Allies, but despite the innocent sounding name, it was one of the Nazis' nastier pie…
Ronald McNair was an accomplished guy. NASA's second-ever African-American astronaut was a physicist, a world-renowned expert in lasers, 5th-degree black belt in K…
When you think of goblins, the mythical creatures portrayed in Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter films might come to mind. Traditionally, the goblin has been a mischievous, sneaky monster. So, in one sense, it's fitting that this …
Imagine you had some of the world's best spymasters, espionage rings, and analysts in the world, that intellectuals around the world were enamored with you and wanted to feed you information, and that all of that intelligence was needed to protect …
Even though Robin Williams' now-famous morning greeting doesn't make people think of the real Adrian Cronauer, it does a pretty good job of representing who Cronauer was at heart. The former airman
In nature, scorpions are deadly creatures that wield a fearsome sting. So, it makes sense that they've lent their name to many a weapon, like the
Armored vehicles, like cars, get a makeover from time to time. Improved versions emerge, often as operational experiences and new technologies are assessed. One big proponent of this iterative process is Russia, which pays special attention to its i…
There's been a lot of attention on the tiny Balkan country of Montenegro in recent days — are they an aggressive people? Are they any more or less aggressive than any other people? What's the metric to use for aggression? That equation changes w…
Air Canada Flight 143 was supposed to be routine. The crew took possession of their airplane from the departing crew, reloaded on fuel, grabbed the passengers, and headed out of Montreal bound for Edmonton at 41,000 feet.But then they got a f…
The MiG-15 was the jet fighter that shook the West out of its delusion of automatic air superiority. Before the MiG-15, B-29 bombers could raid North Korean cities at will — in broad daylight. After the introduction of the MiG-15, the bomber fleet…