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New Ideas For An Old Design: Hiding Military Weapons In Plain Sight

Ian Harvey

Camouflage is a fundamental principle of military design, whether it’s applied to clothing, tents, or weapons. The goal is, naturally, to make soldiers and equipment…

US Air Force Names New F-15 Fighter Jet Replacement

Ian Harvey

The US Air Force has picked a name for its new F-15EX fighter plane. Lt. Gen. Mike Loh, Air National Guard director; Lt. Gen. Duke…

Iconic American Colt Firearms Now Owned by a Czech Company

Ian Harvey

For almost one hundred and eighty years the Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Co. in Hartford, Connecticut has been one of the most famous gun manufacturing…

Unearthed ‘Tunnel Of Death’: The Excavation Of Winterberg Tunnel

Ian Harvey
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War is an ugly business. The only redeeming reality for soldiers on the ground caught in fierce fighting is that, often, their deaths are mercifully…

Rare Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Relic For Auction by Small Missoula Company

Local auction company offers USS Arizona wheel as recovered by U.S. Navy Diver Edward C. Raymer  MISSOULA, MT —A wheel from the USS Arizona, recovered…

Jewish Man Bequeaths 2 Million Euros to French Village That Hid His Family During the Holocaust

Ian Harvey

A Jewish man whose family survived the Holocaust thanks to the kindness of a village in southern France has left an estimated 2 million euros…

Remains of Heroic US Catholic Army Chaplain Identified

Ian Harvey

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) of the US Defense Department announced that they have identified the remains of Father Emil Kapaun. The Kansas native…

Researchers Recover More Artifacts from the Ship that Carried the Elgin Marbles

Ian Harvey

Archaeologists who are researching the shipwreck of the Mentor have retrieved more artifacts from the famous wreck including the leather sole of a shoe and…

Historic Sci-fi Legend to make Gaming Debut, in John Carter: Warlord of Mars

Jack Beckett

Historic Sci-fi Legend to make Gaming Debut, in  John Carter: Warlord of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Classic Character Brought to Life in a Kickstarter campaign…

Medic: On Return from Afghanistan I Was Never the Same, I Was Broken

Background I don’t claim to have been the greatest soldier, the bravest or the most resilient. I don’t claim to have been in ferocious combat,…

Bunkers of all Shapes and Sizes in 32 Images

A heavily fortified military structure is generally referred to as a bunker. Bunkers have been used throughout history as a means to protect occupants or…

The Enormous Early 20th Century Pre-Dreadnought & Dreadnought Battleships

In the early 20th century, the dreadnoughts ruled the seas. These ships were next generation, powerful battleships that instantly made anything prior obsolete. The concept…