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With the Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer earning millions at the box office, Americans are being transported back to the dawn of the atomic age. This was a time when devices of cataclysmic power...
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Since their inception, aircraft carriers have been integral components of the U.S. Navy and have only increased in importance and firepower over the years. Their history has been distinct,...
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Women have increasingly joined the U.S. Armed Forces over the last 50 years. Before the country ended military conscription in 1973, women made up about 1% of active-duty personnel. As of 2021, the...
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Almost all of the U.S. Military’s bases were in the first part of the 20th century, around the time of the two world wars. Some facilities are much older, such as the U.S. Army’s Carlisle...
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It has been more than a decade since the last major global nuclear disaster, the meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011. However, the the risk of a dangerous nuclear...
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In the course of war, U.S. soldiers have faced not only death and injury from bombs and guns, but also the other deadly aspects of the battlefield. Life threatening weather, illness, poison, and many...
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For any hunting trip, the right rifle is one that can generate enough power to deliver a clean and humane kill – but not so much that nothing is left to harvest after the bullet makes contact. ...
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U.S. military operations today depend in large part on the use of Precision-Guided Munitions, or PGMs, which the Department of Defense defines as “[a] guided weapon intended to destroy a point...
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The United States has a rich military history, with thousands of soldiers fighting and dying overseas to protect their country and its interests. As a result, the United States has built and...
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Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion has been fairly remarkable, aided by satellite imagery from private companies. Ukraine requested at the beginning of the conflict, and began receiving...
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Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the greatest military generals of all time. When he gained power in the 18th century, the French army was in serious disrepair. With a wave of new technology,...
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On the global stage, a nation’s military power is often gauged by the size and technological advancement of its weaponry. As modern warfare has evolved into stealth and covert operations,...
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During the Second World War, tanks rose to prominence as a major element of land-based offensives. Although the U.S. military was using tanks by the end of World War I, these early prototypes were...
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The U.S. military is one of the best armed militaries on the planet, using some of the best aircraft, drones, tanks, naval vessels, and even small arms. One large contributing factor to this is the...
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President Biden in March released his fiscal 2023 defense budget proposal. In it is a proposed 5.2% pay raise for active-duty and civilian military personnel, which would be the largest such increase...
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