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USN Destroyer USS Spruance Earns 13 Kill Marks in the Red Sea

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Christian D. Orr

Chinese Humanoid Robot Developments: Benign or Malignant?

Chinese Humanoid Robot Developments: Benign or Malignant?
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The New SASC Chairman Might Have Just Saved the NGAD

The New SASC Chairman Might Have Just Saved the NGAD
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Albania Remembers Hoxha’s Communist Legacy

Albania Remembers Hoxha’s Communist Legacy
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Bielski Partisans: These WWII Jewish Resistance Embodied ‘Defiance’

Bielski Partisans: These WWII Jewish Resistance Embodied ‘Defiance’
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A Philippine Coast Guard Vessel Is Taking on a Chinese ‘Monster’ Ship

A Philippine Coast Guard Vessel Is Taking on a Chinese ‘Monster’ Ship
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The CL-945 Flying CARR Was an Airplane That Could Become a Helicopter

The CL-945 Flying CARR Was an Airplane That Could Become a Helicopter
28.01.2025 10

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The Jews Who Fought Back: The Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Jews Who Fought Back: The Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
28.01.2025 20

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The American Women Who Served in the Vietnam War are Unsung Heroines

The American Women Who Served in the Vietnam War are Unsung Heroines
27.01.2025 10

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Ukraine Destroyed a Bizarre New DPRK Missile System

Ukraine Destroyed a Bizarre New DPRK Missile System
27.01.2025 5

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North Korean Troops Captured in Kursk with Advanced Russian AK-12 Rifles

North Korean Troops Captured in Kursk with Advanced Russian AK-12 Rifles
27.01.2025 10

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Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?

Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
27.01.2025 5

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Did Soviet Troops Fight in the Vietnam War?

Did Soviet Troops Fight in the Vietnam War?
26.01.2025 4

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Lockheed’s L-133 Starjet was Almost the World’s First Fighter Jet

Lockheed’s L-133 Starjet was Almost the World’s First Fighter Jet
26.01.2025 4

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North Vietnam’s Top Aerial Ace of the Vietnam War was a Menace

North Vietnam’s Top Aerial Ace of the Vietnam War was a Menace
24.01.2025 8

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Meet America's Five Air Aces of the Vietnam War

Meet America's Five Air Aces of the Vietnam War

As I noted in my recent story on  the passing of Col. Perry Dahl  (USAF, ret.) at the ripe old age of 101,  American fighter aces —i.e., combat...

19.01.2025 5

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Capt. John Angel Chu, the Last Flying Tiger, Passes Away at 102

Capt. John Angel Chu, the Last Flying Tiger, Passes Away at 102
18.01.2025 7

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South Africa's Cold War-era Olifant Tank Is the Best in Africa

South Africa's Cold War-era Olifant Tank Is the Best in Africa
18.01.2025 3

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The Lippisch P.13a was the Nazi's Very Own Kamikaze Plane

The Lippisch P.13a was the Nazi's Very Own Kamikaze Plane
17.01.2025 10

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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?

16.01.2025 10

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Dornier Do 17: The Luftwaffe’s Feared “Flying Pencil” of WWII

15.01.2025 9

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Operation Bolo Proved Col. Robin Olds’ Status as an Air Force Legend

15.01.2025 7

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The T-28 Trojan Redefined Counterinsurgency Warfare in Vietnam

The T-28 Trojan Redefined Counterinsurgency Warfare in Vietnam
14.01.2025 7

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303 Squadron: These Polish Fighter Pilots Won the Battle of Britain

303 Squadron: These Polish Fighter Pilots Won the Battle of Britain
14.01.2025 8

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The Borchardt C-93 Was the First Mass-Produced Semiautomatic Pistol

The Borchardt C-93 Was the First Mass-Produced Semiautomatic Pistol
14.01.2025 6

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Meet the Salvator-Dormus Pistol, the First Semiautomatic Pistol

Meet the Salvator-Dormus Pistol, the First Semiautomatic Pistol
14.01.2025 10

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One of the Last Living WWII Fighter Aces Passes Away at Age 101

One of the Last Living WWII Fighter Aces Passes Away at Age 101
14.01.2025 6

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Taiwanese Navy Frigates -- Ready to Take on China?

Taiwanese Navy Frigates -- Ready to Take on China?
12.01.2025 5

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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose and Curtiss XP-55 Ascender Profile

Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose and Curtiss XP-55 Ascender Profile
10.01.2025 7

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USAF Combat Security Police Are the Unsung Heroes of the Vietnam War

When one thinks of America’s baddest units to serve in the  Vietnam War , chances are the U.S. Army  Special Forces  (SF, aka “ Green Berets...

06.01.2025 10

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HMS Triumph’s Final Port Call

05.01.2025 10

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A True Cowboy Gun: A Range Report on the Ruger Wrangler .22 LR

Fans of the “cowboy culture” will instantly recognize and associate the name Wrangler with a  popular line of Western wear . But clothing isn’t the...

02.01.2025 20

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007’s “Skyfall” Pistol: A Walther PPK/S .380 ACP Range Report

02.01.2025 2

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Turkey and Bosnia Have a Less Expensive Alternative to Western Ammo

As  my fellow firearms enthusiasts  are all too well aware , ammo is expensive . Gone are the good old days when you could go into Wally World and...

02.01.2025 4

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The M14 Rifle Is Super Popular for a Reason

“I don’t want no teenage queen/I just want my M14…” My fellow military film buffs will instantly recognize those two lines as part of a classic...

26.12.2024 5

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Europe Loves the Eurofighter Typhoon (And Other Countries May Be Buying)

The word “Typhoon” means different things to different people. Besides the actual natural disaster, old-school WWE fans may remember Typhoon (real...

25.12.2024 2

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Russia's Kirov Battlecruisers Were Armed to the Teeth to Fight Submarines

To most naval history buffs, the term “battlecruiser” evokes thoughts of warships of a bygone era, an era that ended with World War II and was...

25.12.2024 3

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The F-35 Fighter Can’t Fly Very Far For All That Cash

25.12.2024 5

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Old But Kicking: The USS Jimmy Carter Submarine Keeps on Sailing

The presidency of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr., from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981, was not a particularly happy or prestigious period in...

25.12.2024 3

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Here's Why the F-4 Phantom Made History (And Why 3 Countries Still Fly It)

“Well, I’m a  Son of Satan’s Angels /And I fly the F-4D/All the way from the Hanoi railroad bridge to the DMZ/I’m one of ol’ Hoot Gibson’s boys and...

25.12.2024 5

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Why Does Iran Still Fly the F-14 Tomcat?

The fourth-generation Grumman  F-14 Tomcat  is one of the most famous American-made jet fighter aircraft of all time, thanks to both the “ Top Gun...

24.12.2024 3

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PGS-001 and SSRS: Are These Grenade Launchers Successes or Duds?

“ The Punisher ,” the action-packed Marvel Comics franchise featuring vigilante protagonist Frank Castle, is a hugely successful comic book...

24.12.2024 2

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The 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikon Are the World's Best Antiaircraft Guns

Antiaircraft guns (also known as “flak guns”) have been the been the bane of combat aviators’ existence since the  advent of air combat itself...

23.12.2024 2

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Is the WZ-7 Soaring Dragon ChiCom UAV Flying Over New Jersey?

“Rumor has it that rumors are nothing but rumors.” I read that line in a children’s joke book back when I was a wee-bitty lad, and as cheesy as...

21.12.2024 4

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Remembering Dr. Lee Edwards (1932-2024), an Anti-Communist Patriot

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of a great American patriot and true champion of freedom-loving peoples (especially ...

21.12.2024 20

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The Birth of the SKS Carbine’s 7.62x39mm Cartridge

18.12.2024 5

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OSS Liberator: The Weirdest .45 ACP Pistol?

What firearms are synonymous with the .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge and World War II? This question brings three things to mind: If you...

18.12.2024 3

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The Maligned Handgun and Cartridge that Spawned the .45 ACP Autopistol

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)...

18.12.2024 4

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I Toured the Cold War Museum and Met Francis Gary Powers, Jr.

I recently visited the Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Virginia, with a friend and received a personalized tour from the museum’s founder and...

17.12.2024 3

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The Royal Australian Navy Becomes the World's Third to Test-Fire a TLAM

When one thinks of the United States Navy’s (USN) partnership with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the nuclear submarine construction pact...

17.12.2024 6

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