Why the Soviet Union wanted to nuke this hot dog stand
For around 30 years, the food court at the center of the Pentagon’s courtyard was an easy source of mid-afternoon calories for the hungry planners of a potential World War III with the Eastern Bloc. There was just one problem, and it wasn’t the fo…
How this general’s goof shows a level of humility all troops should strive toward
President Donald Trump gave the State of the Union address on February 5, 2019, to the 116th United States Congress. His speech covered many topics, ranging from bipartisanship to infrastructure reform and veterans affairs to current military operat…
5 weapons systems that might be on the Pentagon budget’s chopping block
The United States has some of the most powerful, most advanced weapons in the world. That also means the United States has some of the most expensive, most difficult to…
This is the Pentagon’s not-so-secret civilian ‘ghost’ aircraft fleet
The Second World War saw the US government press a number of civilian aircraft into military service for use as transports and cargo haulers, thanks to a rising demand for vehicles
Known as the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, this force consists…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins 2 Pentagon contracts for nearly $160 million to launch missions with its Falcon 9 rockets
SpaceX won two contracts for $159.7 million to launch US military craft with its Falcon 9 rockets. The Department of Defense also awarded the United Launch Alliance two contracts for…
14 things only people working at the Pentagon understand
The Pentagon. That big, awkwardly shaped building that is the epicenter of all military goings-on in our country. Contrary to Hollywood’s portrayal, the Pentagon is not some cool, dimly-lit operations center f…
The oldest computer program around is still in use at the Pentagon
In 1958, the DoD’s first contracting software was launched, using an early computer language called COBOL. As of 2017, that software still manages Pentagon contracts.
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As Captain America and Iron Man prepare for their civil war, they probably don’t realize they have competition coming from the U.S. military. The Department of Defense wants troops with super strength, telepathy, and immunity from pain. Here are 8 … If you can’t destroy the mountain, go around it. Despite spending the past 20 years focused on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East, the US military still outmatches…8 technologies the Pentagon is pursuing to make super soldiers
A small bureaucratic change at the Pentagon hints a major shift for US special-operations units