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Key point: The development of the Typhoon did not clear the field of European fighter contenders. The Eurofighter Typhoon has joined the Dassaul…
Key point: There are not a lot of aircraft in Denmark’s air force. The U.S. ambassador to Denmark wants the Nordic country to buy more American-…
Key point: Today there are more choices of .45 ACP pistols than ever before. The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol round, or .45 ACP as it is commonly k…
Key point: These jet fighters are powerful but expensive for a small country with a small air force. The U.S. ambassador to Denmark wants the No…
Geilenkirchen Airbase in western Germany hosts one of the world’s most unusual air forces: fourteen huge aircraft based on the classic four-engi…
Key point: A war neither country wanted. On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (“May…
Key Point: Centuries later, we still remember how these treaties redrew the world. Wherever there are states, there are treaties. Since ancient…
Key point: It’s more up to personal taste. The Glock 17 and Sig Sauer P226 are two of the most popular handguns on the American firearms market.…
Key point: The Naval Strike Missile is very powerful and advanced. The modern age of the missile at sea was arguably kicked off in October 1967,…
Key point: Infantry matters less today, but the weapons they use still have an impact. Military rifles were for decades the primary weapon of an…
Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the Mediterranean had, by late 1941, largely ended in failure. The success of the Royal Navy in the raid…
On June 5, 1964, then-President Lyndon Johnson sent a stern letter to Ismet Inonu, the then-prime minister of Turkey, urging him to abandon the…
Hungary may buy the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter. Not because it loves the F-35, but because the Hungarian government is mad at Sweden. Swedish and…
Battleships were tools in service of providing national security, and like any tools their success in service varied. The engineering and financ…
Five ex-French navy Super Etendard fighters have arrived at the port of Bahia Blanca in Argentina. The subsonic fighter-bombers eventually will…
The loss of the Graf Spee was a blow to the prestige of Hitler’s small but expensive navy, for which even the loss of a single heavy warship was…
Ranking battles by their importance has been a bloodsport among military historians as long as there have been military historians. Creasy’s cla…
In 1945, Wilbur “Bill” Brunger was an engineer with the U.S. Army, and it was his job to break things. Namely, three underpasses on the Autobahn…