#Warfare

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Why Does the World Hold Israel to the Highest Warfare Standards?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: Why Does the World Hold Israel to the Highest Warfare Standards? The prestigious British magazine The Economist recently headlined: “Why Israel must meet and exceed the requirements of the laws of war.” That basically echoed t

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Medieval Sieges: Hollywood vs. Reality (6 Examples)

Here are 6 differences between the reality of medieval sieges and how Hollywood depicts them.

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China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger

TAIWAN-CHINA/SECURITY (GRAPHIC, PIX):China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger

Science & Technology | Cool Stuff

The Air Force's 'rods from god' could hit with the force a nuclear weapon — but with no fallout

A bundle of telephone-pole sized tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching up to 10 times the speed of sound.

Science & Technology | Cool Stuff

Here's a B-52 Stratofortress and all of its ammunition in one photo

This photo shows the entire arsenal of a B-52 Strartofortress. The standard loadout for this...

History | History

7 Ingenious Weapons From History That Should Never Have Worked

Human ingenuity has a way of triumphing over basic logic, and weapons design is one area where impractical ideas and designs have actually worked out.

History | History

The War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.

World War I destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force.