Why Israel may be planning a war against longtime rival Iran
After the United States pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran rebooted its nuclear enrichment program. That didn’t sit…
That time an SAS sniper killed 5 ISIS suicide bombers with 3 bullets
A Special Air Service sniper who spotted a group of Islamic State fighters leaving a suspected bomb-making facility in Iraq fired three shots that detonated two suicide vests and killed all five fighters, according to
On Sep. 19, 1918, British troops attacked Turkish lines in Palestine during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I. The British forces, under… On a high plain in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, sits a remote outpost known to many simply as Firebase Shkin. In the early days of the War in Afghanistan, it was a hotspot of insurgent activity.
One of the more constant sources of action for the United States Navy in the 1980s was the Gulf of Sidra.
On three occasions, “freedom of navigation” exercises turned into violent encounters,
When Egypt bought the two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships that France declined to sell to Russia, one thing that didn’t come with those vessels was the armament.
According to the “16th Edition of Combat Fleets of the World,” Rus… Fifty years ago, Israel was backed into a corner. Egypt had closed the Strait of Tiran – essentially denying Israel access to the Red Sea. The situation was dire, and Israel knew it had to act.
On June 5, 1967, Israel launched Operation… In May 2004, about 20 British troops were on the move 15 miles south of al-Amara, near the major city of Basra in Iraq. They were on the way to assist another unit that was under fire when their convoy was hit by a surprise of its own.
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Submarines were very proficient ship-killers in World War II. Nazi U-boats hit 3,474 Allied ships.
Of the roughly 2.5 million service members who have deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq over the past decade, just 16 have received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor.
It’s not an award most aspire to. The criteria fo…Today in military history: Brits launch offensive in Palestine
This firebase was once the ‘evilest place in Afghanistan’
This cockpit video shows the moment two Navy Tomcats shot down Libyan MiGs
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That time Egypt pulled a perfect ‘MacGyver’ move to defend its ships from air attack
This is how Israeli pilots saw the Six-Day War
These British troops launched a ‘proper angry’ bayonet charge during the Iraq War
These are the only 2 subs that sank enemy ships in combat since 1945
Medal of Honor: Meet 16 heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan who received the nation’s highest honor