The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan rattled the security dynamic of the region and created waves far beyond South Asia. Nineteen years after being
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Operation Desert Storm: How It Transformed Modern Warfare
Every time people talk about a turning point in military history, Operation Desert Storm comes up. More than three decades after the fact, its impact
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F-16 Fighter Jet: The Toughest Adversaries in Modern Air Combat
The F-16 Fighting Falcon has rightly acquired a reputation as one of the most reliable and responsive multirole fighters on the planet. Conceived in the
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B-1B Lancer Bomber: How a Cold War Giant Still Shapes Modern Warfare
The B-1B Lancer, widely referred to as “the BONE” (short for “B-One”), is one of those anomalous aircraft that survived to live another day beyond
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Ukraine’s Flamingo Missile: A Potential Game-Changer in Modern Warfare
Now and then, a weapon appears that alters the beat of a war. For Ukraine, that weapon may be the Flamingo cruise missile—a new long-range
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Trump’s Second-Term Gamble: Strategy in the Russia-Ukraine War
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he did not waste time stamping America’s strategy on the long war between Ukraine and Russia with
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Montana-Class Battleships: The Heavily Armored Warships Never Built
Montana-class battleships are one of the biggest “what might have been” stories of American naval history. They were laid down at a time when the
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Why Russian Warplanes Keep Accidentally Bombing Their Own Territory
Less common than ever before, errors in air power in the military have, of late, become a sobering pattern for the Russian air force. Collateral
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The Atomic Bomb: History’s Most Powerful Weapon and Its Lasting Legacy
Few weapons have ever revolutionized warfare as much as the atomic bomb. Its history started in 1938, when scientists in Germany found nuclear fission. That
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Missile Restrictions and How They Changed the Course of the Ukraine War
You may have been following the war in Ukraine and will identify that it has been a whirlwind of shifting frontlines, political battles, and unexpected
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U.S. Naval Power vs Venezuelan Defiance: The Caribbean’s New Flashpoint
The Caribbean is once again the backdrop for a heightened military confrontation. The United States has sent one of its most powerful naval strike groups
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Myanmar’s Military Regime: The Harsh Reality and Fight for Justice
When the military was overthrown in a coup in February 2021, it destroyed an emerging democracy and plunged the nation back into a period of
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