From Relic to Relevance: Why Obsolete Weapons Still Win Modern Wars
On a frosty night in eastern Ukraine, a German-made Gepard antiaircraft gun built decades ago and...
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Lukáš Dyčka | 11.13.25
On a frosty night in eastern Ukraine, a German-made Gepard antiaircraft gun built decades ago and...
Read MoreIskander Rehman | 11.11.25
“It did not take atomic weapons to make man want peace. But the atomic bomb was the turn of the...
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If the war in Ukraine has reinforced one truism of modern warfare, it is that artillery remains...
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In Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, a nuclear missile streaks toward Chicago. The...
Read MoreMatthew Revels and Eric Uribe | 11.05.25
The US Army remains anchored to an era when its technological and qualitative superiority ensured...
Read MoreScott Blyleven, Benjamin Van Horrick, Jennifer Adams, Jill Dugan and Ricardo Bitanga | 11.04.25
A week ago, the crisis became an armed conflict. The United States formed a joint task force and...
Read MoreZachary Griffiths | 10.31.25
The Army has always had ghosts. Not the kind that rattle chains, but the kind that haunt...
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