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There are more than 40 naval bases spread across the country. The one officially known as Naval Station Norfolk is the largest. It is also the largest military base in the country based on...
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The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia and growing insurgent violence in Africa have led numerous counties to boost their firepower significantly in recent years, increasing their budgets for...
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As the U.S. military shifts focus from the Middle East toward possible conflicts with China or Russia, the Air Force has also been considering the performance of combat search and rescue aircraft in...
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The world’s four largest superpowers — The United States, Russia, China, and India — control 22,872 active military aircraft and they spent almost $1.17 trillion on defense in 2020, well more...
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A large share of the massive United States defense budget of more than $750 billion — by far the largest in the world — goes to weaponry. This spending covers not just guns and artillery, but...
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The U.S. Department of Defense constantly upgrades, updates, and replaces its fleet’s aging aircraft. But sometimes it can take a long time before a satisfactory replacement weapons system can be...
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With more than three quarters of a trillion dollars spent annually, no nation has a military budget even close to the size of The United States. Over one-third of that budget goes toward research and...
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The nine countries known to have nuclear weapons keep their stockpiles within their national boundaries or loaded on submarines that prowl beneath the waves of the world’s oceans. Or at least, that...
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The World Trade Center towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. America was not at war with any of the countries where the terrorists lived or trained – at...
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Sanctions against Russia have intensified since Moscow sent troops, armored vehicles, and tanks rolling into Ukraine in February, sparking Europe’s first war since the tumultuous 1990s breakup of...
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There are about 18 million military veterans in the U.S. Most served during the Vietnam- or Gulf Wars-eras with very few World War II veterans still alive today. Veterans live across the country,...
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Though the Cold War ended in 1989, several countries continue to develop nuclear arms capabilities. Russia is completing a decades-long effort to modernize its nuclear weapons systems, while the...
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In early March of this year, just a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, two towns in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region – Volnovakha and Schastia – lay utterly destroyed after days of...
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The U.S. Army is the biggest branch of America’s armed forces, with 465,239 active-duty personnel as of June 30, a decline from 486,141 in the same period a year ago. The U.S. armed forces...
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Amphibious warfare are offensive military operations launched from bodies of water by naval and landing forces against hostile forces on the shore. Such warfare has been fought as long as humans have...
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