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China's Dong Feng-21D medium-range ballistic missile — otherwise known as the "carrier killer" — looms large in people's minds as a weapon of ultimate destruction. It's designed to do exactly what the name implies: kill American …

[brid video="114035" player="7965" title="Military Insider Two Legendary Weapons in One"]The US Army has plans to replace the M2 .50-cal machine gun and the MK-19 grenade launcher with a new mounted weapon with the intent of making mobile atta…

[brid video="114037" player="7965" title="Military Insider AC130 with Lasers"]The new head of Air Force Special Operations Command has said he's bullish on outfitting part of his fearsome AC-130 gunship fleet with lasers to blast ground tar…

In 1942, a group of British commandos and sailors launched a daring raid to cripple the Nazi drydocks at St. Nazaire, France — the only facility in the northern Atlantic that could handle repairs to Germany's largest battleships. The r…

One of the Marine Corps' greatest legends is Gen. James Mattis, a hero many believe is cut from the same cloth as Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller and Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler. Mattis has been popular with his men for his entire career ?…

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Operation Just Cause was a quick, decisive mission to remove Manuel Noriega from power in 1989. The operation was opened by the largest airborne operation since World War II and is often cited as an example of using …

[brid video="114045" player="7965" title="Mighty Minute Woobie 2.0"]It's about the most useful item the U.S. military has ever issued and has earned a soft spot in every service member's heart for its versatility and the cozy comfort it del…

Professional pain-factory John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is back for a sequel, and once again, there's a whole cadre of well-dressed people who want him dead. But if this trailer is any indication, they don't stand a chance. The star …

When you think of men and women in uniform during the holiday season, it's often a soldier in red from America's Salvation Army ringing a bell in a call for aid to those in need.

Securing a port can be the type of job that hits the three Ds: dull, dirty, and dangerous. Often, those charged with that security operate using rigid-hull inflatable boats or other small craft – often in proximity to huge vessels like …

The People's Liberation Army Navy stole an American unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) conducting oceanographic research Thursday in plain view of a U.S. Navy vessel about fifty miles from Subic Bay in the Philippines. According to a repo…

The Army, the Marine Corps, and the Special Operations Command are working together in an ambitious drive to develop leap-ahead capabilities for future vertical lift aircraft that will provide greater range, speed, l…

Let's be honest, punching paper at the range is boring. If the RO is a hardass, it's standard targets, a second between shots and no movement or draws. But when you get out to the wilds and can really stretch out  your irons, it…

A popular app that connects resellers with buyers for used items just announced an initiative to help the military community fulfill the holiday wishlists of 15 homeless veteran shelters across the country. The makers of the ReSupply app …

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Skating is the art of avoiding work or effort, or minimizing one's contribution to anything. We all do it.

For centuries, militaries have been trying to devise ways to disguise their troops and gear. Sure, there was a time there where cladding your soldiers in the gaudiest of uniforms was considered more sporting than slapping on the face pain…

There are some battlecruisers that might have lasted for a bit, but all too often, battlecruisers had a very short combat career — usually ending in a spectacular fashio…

If you think that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the mutual-defense alliance founded in 1949 – is one big, happy family, you'd be wrong. There have been deep tensions between NATO countries in the past. For a while, France …