Featured in bombBYLogan NyeSep 20, 2023ShareThe women who softened the V-1 terror attacksFor a country under constant attack by the Luftwaffe and V-1 flying bombs, a proximity fuze was a game changer. BYLogan NyeSep 20, 2023ShareBYTeam MightySep 12, 2023ShareSuicide among Afghan women is rising under Taliban ruleAfghanistan is one of very few countries where women commit suicide at higher rates than men, but the Taliban won’t share data about it. BYTeam MightySep 12, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyDec 6, 2022ShareFormer NATO Supreme Allied Commander says Russia will ‘carpet bomb’ UkraineRetired Admiral James Stavridis has written books on leadership, decision-making and even sounded the alarm on China and cyber warfare… BYTeam MightyDec 6, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizNov 17, 2022ShareThis one-of-a-kind installation protected America’s nuclear arsenal during the Cold WarThe installation was America’s nuclear arsenal in the event of an atomic war with the Soviet Union. Nuclear-armed bombers and… BYMiguel OrtizNov 17, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyNov 14, 2022ShareThe 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combatChina and Russia are designing new, futuristic weapons that can supposedly take down an entire aircraft carrier anywhere in the… BYTeam MightyNov 14, 2022ShareBYEric MilzarskiSep 25, 2023ShareSticky grenades are only really a thing in video games and moviesIn actuality, sticky grenades did exist, but were far more headache than help. Meet the British Anti-tank No. 74. BYEric MilzarskiSep 25, 2023ShareBYTeam MightySep 6, 2023ShareToday in military history: Japan bombs US mainlandOn Sep. 9, 1942, Japan attacked the U.S. mainland. Japanese pilot Nubuo Fujita launched from the Japanese sub I-25 off the coast of Oregon. BYTeam MightySep 6, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareWhy British paratroopers relied on the ingenious Gammon bombA paratrooper invented the Gammon Bomb to fit a very specific use case. Paratroopers needed to kill Nazis of all… BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeJun 27, 2022ShareThe US plan to survive a Soviet nuke was absolutely bonkersA sudden flash. A mushroom cloud. A sudden expanding pressure wave. In the event of a thermonuclear attack, seeing these things means its probably too late to survive. So the U.S. developed warning systems to give Americans a heads up before the bom… BYLogan NyeJun 27, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellMay 28, 2022ShareThe Army Air Corps once bombed OklahomaIn 1943, although B-17s had been used regularly in daylight bombing raids over Europe, nighttime bombing was still a relatively new concept to the U.S. Army Air Corps. Tactics were being developed in a hurry to satisfy the increasing demands of the … BYBlake StilwellMay 28, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizMay 11, 2022ShareBomb-sniffing dog, ‘Patron,’ honored with medal by President ZelenskyyDogs, with their keen sense of smell, have been used to sniff out enemy troops and detect illicit drugs. In… BYMiguel OrtizMay 11, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizMay 2, 2022ShareQUICKSINK is an anti-ship bomb co-developed by the US Air Force and US NavyIn the 21st century, two of the best anti-ship weapons are torpedoes and cruise missiles. While these weapons are precise… BYMiguel OrtizMay 2, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyMar 14, 2022ShareWhy Russia is using thermobaric weapons in UkraineWhen you don’t just want to take down an enemy but instead punish the enemy’s troops for opposing you in… BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2022ShareBYJessica ManfreFeb 9, 2023ShareThat time we almost launched the atomic bomb on North KoreaOn November 30, 1950, the United States was deeply entrenched in the Korean War after suffering a surprise attack on… BYJessica ManfreFeb 9, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyOct 20, 2022ShareHow German nuclear scientists reacted to news of the atomic bomb dropped on HiroshimaThe United States wasn’t the only country working on creating the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The… BYTeam MightyOct 20, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyOct 5, 2021ShareAn assassin tried to kill a member of the Saudi royal family with a butt bombMuhammad bin Nayef is the grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, a former crown prince, former interior… BYTeam MightyOct 5, 2021Share12
BYLogan NyeSep 20, 2023ShareThe women who softened the V-1 terror attacksFor a country under constant attack by the Luftwaffe and V-1 flying bombs, a proximity fuze was a game changer. BYLogan NyeSep 20, 2023Share
BYTeam MightySep 12, 2023ShareSuicide among Afghan women is rising under Taliban ruleAfghanistan is one of very few countries where women commit suicide at higher rates than men, but the Taliban won’t share data about it. BYTeam MightySep 12, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyDec 6, 2022ShareFormer NATO Supreme Allied Commander says Russia will ‘carpet bomb’ UkraineRetired Admiral James Stavridis has written books on leadership, decision-making and even sounded the alarm on China and cyber warfare… BYTeam MightyDec 6, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizNov 17, 2022ShareThis one-of-a-kind installation protected America’s nuclear arsenal during the Cold WarThe installation was America’s nuclear arsenal in the event of an atomic war with the Soviet Union. Nuclear-armed bombers and… BYMiguel OrtizNov 17, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyNov 14, 2022ShareThe 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combatChina and Russia are designing new, futuristic weapons that can supposedly take down an entire aircraft carrier anywhere in the… BYTeam MightyNov 14, 2022Share
BYEric MilzarskiSep 25, 2023ShareSticky grenades are only really a thing in video games and moviesIn actuality, sticky grenades did exist, but were far more headache than help. Meet the British Anti-tank No. 74. BYEric MilzarskiSep 25, 2023Share
BYTeam MightySep 6, 2023ShareToday in military history: Japan bombs US mainlandOn Sep. 9, 1942, Japan attacked the U.S. mainland. Japanese pilot Nubuo Fujita launched from the Japanese sub I-25 off the coast of Oregon. BYTeam MightySep 6, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareWhy British paratroopers relied on the ingenious Gammon bombA paratrooper invented the Gammon Bomb to fit a very specific use case. Paratroopers needed to kill Nazis of all… BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeJun 27, 2022ShareThe US plan to survive a Soviet nuke was absolutely bonkersA sudden flash. A mushroom cloud. A sudden expanding pressure wave. In the event of a thermonuclear attack, seeing these things means its probably too late to survive. So the U.S. developed warning systems to give Americans a heads up before the bom… BYLogan NyeJun 27, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellMay 28, 2022ShareThe Army Air Corps once bombed OklahomaIn 1943, although B-17s had been used regularly in daylight bombing raids over Europe, nighttime bombing was still a relatively new concept to the U.S. Army Air Corps. Tactics were being developed in a hurry to satisfy the increasing demands of the … BYBlake StilwellMay 28, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizMay 11, 2022ShareBomb-sniffing dog, ‘Patron,’ honored with medal by President ZelenskyyDogs, with their keen sense of smell, have been used to sniff out enemy troops and detect illicit drugs. In… BYMiguel OrtizMay 11, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizMay 2, 2022ShareQUICKSINK is an anti-ship bomb co-developed by the US Air Force and US NavyIn the 21st century, two of the best anti-ship weapons are torpedoes and cruise missiles. While these weapons are precise… BYMiguel OrtizMay 2, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2022ShareWhy Russia is using thermobaric weapons in UkraineWhen you don’t just want to take down an enemy but instead punish the enemy’s troops for opposing you in… BYTeam MightyMar 14, 2022Share
BYJessica ManfreFeb 9, 2023ShareThat time we almost launched the atomic bomb on North KoreaOn November 30, 1950, the United States was deeply entrenched in the Korean War after suffering a surprise attack on… BYJessica ManfreFeb 9, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyOct 20, 2022ShareHow German nuclear scientists reacted to news of the atomic bomb dropped on HiroshimaThe United States wasn’t the only country working on creating the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. The… BYTeam MightyOct 20, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyOct 5, 2021ShareAn assassin tried to kill a member of the Saudi royal family with a butt bombMuhammad bin Nayef is the grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, a former crown prince, former interior… BYTeam MightyOct 5, 2021Share
