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Throughout human history, conflicts driven by territorial disputes, resource acquisition, and ideological differences have spurred the quest for military advantage. This pursuit has led to the development of increasingly deadly technologies, often disregarding the horrifying consequences of these new weapons. As a result, military technology has evolved over millennia, yielding instruments of destruction with astonishing […]

Since mankind first warred over territory, resources, or dogma, those responsible for outfitting their troops have sought to develop the fighting technology to give the strategic edge over the enemy, often regardless of how horrific the newest weapons can be. Consequently, military technology has been developed for millennia that can take as many lives as […]

Throughout modern politics, there is a certain romanticization of autocracy, where its...

Columnist John Tures writes about the weak performance of Russias military and how democracies tend to do better in war than autocracies.

To identify history's deadliest weapons, <a href="https://247wallst.com/" target="_blank">24/7 Wall St. </a> reviewed a report called "Quantification Related to Weapon Lethality,” originally issued in 1964 by the Historical Evaluation and Research Organization for the U.S. Army Combat Developments Command. It rates the lethal potential of various weapons on such quantifiable measures as number of potential targets per strike, relati...

Close A statue of a Kansa Indian atop the Kansas Statehouse stands in the foreground as Saturn, top, and Jupiter, below, are seen Saturday in Topeka, Kan. The two planets are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” tonight, where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart. Associated Press Rita LeBleu