If the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has taught Russia’s neighbors anything, it’s that you never really know if Russia is going to make good on a threat. And if it does, you need to be seriously prepared for what comes next. While Lithuania doesn’t exactly share a border with Russia, it’s still in a tough … Continued
The United States’ NATO ally Turkey is in hot water over its purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile system. Turkey also purchased the U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which the U.S. has not delivered due to the sanctions imposed as a result of Turkey’s S-400 missiles. The Turkish Defense Minister recently doubled down on Turkey’s … Continued
Russia has two advanced helicopter gunships in service – the Kamov Ka-50/Ka-52 Hokum, and the Mi-28 Havoc. The obvious question – one thankfully never answered in real life – is how well they’d take out American (or Western) tanks and fighti…
First published in the mid-1980s, “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy quickly rose from obscurity to national bestseller lists, with even then-President Ronald <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/10/02/ronald-…
The United States wasn’t the most dominant country on Earth from the get-go. For most of our nearly 243-year history, in fact, we lived by the skin of our teeth. It’s a relatively recent development where some other country can call out for the bl…
The most intense period of the Cold War came during the Cuban Missile Crisis on Oct. 27, 1962, but it could have been much worse had it escalated into a shooting war. Here is how it may have gone down.
After months of building tensions, t…
Emptiness and gloom is pretty much the main theme at Pripyat, Ukraine, one of the largest ghost towns in the world.
Built as a small residential city for employees assigned to the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, it was suddenly a…
The AK-47, as we know it, was created by Russian weapons designer Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov in 1947. Its name is derived from the word ‘automatic’ (A), the invent…
Just how many times has a nuclear bomb been detonated? The number is much higher than many people might guess.
The video below reveals a staggering total — and it is a subject that is out of mind, largely because all but two of the ti…
Retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven said Tuesday that Russia was the greatest external security threat to the US. McRaven, a former Navy SEAL and special-operations commander, said Putin has outplayed the US. He praised Biden for efforts early in his presidency to press Putin on US national interests. During a recent discussion of the … Continued