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During World War II, everyone had a plan---or at least thought they did. But for every plan put into action, an alternative one is scrapped or kept hidden

Thousands died when the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War. But was the US justified? We debate...

"Ted [was] a Marine fighter pilot. Ted was a gung-ho Marine."

As a sci-fi blockbuster, Edge of Tomorrow employed many visual effects to bring the movie to life, but you might be surprised to see where they were employed.

Taiwan has a potential defensive force of 450,000 troops – without any civilian militias that could likely be quickly organized. Using the traditional three-to-one ratio of attackers to defenders taught at war colleges to mount an invasion successfully, China would need more than 1.2 million troops.

There will be heavy price for ultimate peace.

Image Courtesy of Gamerant By Kristijan Jakominich I recently returned from a semester-long trip to Japan. My time there, which was incredible, granted me many insights into the life and culture of Japan. However, with the internet, I wasn’t completely disconnected from life at home. One of the most popular events of the year was

In a thermonuclear war, assuming the combatants maintained a so-called “second strike” capability to retaliate fully if hit first, there would be no winners — only losers. BY HARLAN ULLMAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 08/07/23  https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4140178-oppenheimer-the-movie-versus-our-nuclear-reality/ Seventy-eight years ago, the first atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. About 200,000 Japanese were&hellip...

"I would rather have the blue band of the Medal of Honor around my neck than to be president of the United States."

THE FOUNDATION "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man." —James Madison (1787) Fellow Patriots, on this day in 1939, Albert Einstein joined other signatories of a letter strongly advising President Franklin Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb before Nazi Germany could do...