The Inside Story of How the Navy SEALs Were Born
Today’s Navy SEALs (for Sea, Air, and Land special warfare experts) have a history shrouded in secrecy. Commissioned in 1962, ...
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Atomic Paradox: How Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Test Ensured Mankind’s Foray Into Space
On August 12, 1953, the Soviet Union detonated the RDS-6, a 400-kiloton hydrogen bomb with about 30 times the power ...
75th Anniversary of Most Brutal Tank Battle in History
Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Prokhorovka. The battle, which commenced a Soviet counteroffensive in the wider ...
6 Things You Should Know About U.S. Special Operations Forces
Special Forces have played a vital role in every U.S. military conflict since its founding. The highly trained warriors that ...
The U.S. Army Had a Special ‘Suicide Squad’ Ready to Strike Russian Forces
Had the Cold War turned hot, there would have been no escape for the U.S. garrison in West Berlin. Marooned ...
DNA Tests Confirm ‘Powerful’ Viking Military Leader was Female
With the help of osteology and DNA testing, archaeologists and historians have revealed that the remains of a “powerful military ...