Category: Military

It’s been over two decades since the Concorde took its last flight, but the vision of supersonic commercial travel is flying back into the headlines—this

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If the most recent blockbuster or streaming show had twists, the security situation in Europe is delivering a plot line even more difficult to predict.

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The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is one of the most bizarre and high-tech subs ever built for the U.S. Navy. It is named for the

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Misplacing your house keys can be infuriating, but misplacing a nuclear bomb is an entirely different story. During the Cold War, the U.S. lost a

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For carry concealed, the .380 ACP has always had its loyal contingent. It’s one of those cartridges that handles well—light recoil, compact pistols, and just

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Where fighter planes are concerned, the distinction between genius and calamity is paper-thin. For every iconic plane that goes down in history, there’s typically another

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If you were picturing sunning on white sand and languid blue seas in the Caribbean, forget it. Lately, it has been a high-wire act of

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And yet, while the 1960s were fought and won on behalf of the era of military airpower, speed and altitude were its passions, for every

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Modern battlefields are ruthlessly harsh proving grounds for armored vehicles, where Western and Russian tanks meet each other in deserts, forests, and urban landscapes. Russian

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There are a few World War II aircraft that enthrall the imagination or provoke controversy to the same extent as the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. With

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When nations are competing to win air superiority, there are no holds barred. Contemporary fighter jets are engineering masterpieces that combine speed, stealth, and firepower

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Let’s discuss the apotheosis of naval firepower: the aircraft carrier. Even if you’ve only seen one on television or in a movie, you get that

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