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In the 1980s, the threat of the Soviet armored divisions pouring through the Fulda Gap in Germany was a serious one. The Pentagon was looking for a way to thin out the Red Army's tanks before they reached contact with the main NATO lines — or ev…

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They have served alongside each other for decades, but they've been rivals for just as long. The F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18 Hornet went toe-to-toe ever since

If Hollywood thrillers have taught us anything about relationships it's that your wife or husband could be a spy. Countless dramatic storylines throughout cinematic history blast the prospect of living with the enemy and never knowing t…

[brid video="114025" player="7965" title="Mighty Minute Lewis Millett"]Lewis Millett was a man who was in love with war. He fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Millett started out in the Massachusetts National Guard in 1938 …

[brid video="114032" player="7965" title="Military Insider Stryker"]The M1126 and M1127 Strykers have provided good service to the Army in the wars since 9/11, where they provided an excellent balance of mobility, protection, and firepower for…

It seems like a country just can't get world power status until they have an embassy overrun by locals in Tehran. The United States Embassy in Iran was infamously overrun in 1979, with American hostages being held for 444 days. The last…

Sure, we all know about the F-16 Falcon, the F-15 Eagle, the Su-27 Flanker, the MiG-29 Fulcrum… all those modern planes. But in the 1970s and the early 1980s, the mainstays of the tactical air forces on both sides of the Iron Curtain we…

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…

A Russian soldier has reached across the Atlantic and shown that federation troops aren't that different from their American counterparts — or at least their chow halls aren't. Specifically, he has shown that they also get stuck with …

[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…

The Navy has reversed its decision to remove the 241-year-old tradition of referring to its sailors by their job and rank after months of fierce backlash and petitions. Previously, the Navy claimed the change was made to allow sailors to …

During the 1980s, the United States had a small squadron of vessels intended to work close to shore. These ships gave good service, and proved to be decent at not just their primary purpose. Yet when the peace dividend came, they got retired, and mo…

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 …