A growing number of Russian men, and some soldiers and officers, were fleeing the country. This meant that Russian losses were not just the over half a million dead and disabled soldiers, but millions ...

October 22, 2024: The loose soil of the Gaza strip area has made it possible to easily build tunnels for military or economic reasons. This is nothing new for this area as there are records of tunnels ...

Since the 1970s the PA has diverted nearly half a billion dollars in foreign aid to pay Palestinian terrorists for killing Israeli civilians and soldiers. There is an elaborate system for paying the ...

Oct 2, 2024 Marines with III MEF tack to a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a helicopter rope suspension techniques (HRST) ...

The Kerch Strait bridge is a vital supply line for Russian forces in the Crimean Peninsula. Sending supplies by sea is no longer practical because of the risk of attack by Ukrainian naval drones. This ...

MQM-170 Outlaw drones prepare for takeoff in a holding area during the anti-air defense portion of Table VI for Alpha Battery ...

The M-2 ran into problems during the 2003-2011 Iraq war. In 2007 the U.S. Army stopped using the M-2 in combat for the rest of the Iraq War. The reason was that the enemy was using mines and roadside ...

During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized) (3ID [M]) proved that a lethal, flexible, and disciplined force can continuously maneuver over 600 kilometers. The ...

The USN has been slow to adopt innovations because the U.S. Navy is the largest in the world and the American fleet is expensive to maintain and sustain. In the U.S. Navy, replacing older ships ...

Midway Atoll comprises two small islands enclosed in an atoll, for a total land area of only about two square miles. The group, about 1,300 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor, had only a limited ...

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...