Warfare
There Have Been 418 Major Drone Crashes Since 2001, Many of Them in the United States
Even the military is having drone problems
The Jihadists That Just Attacked Iraq's Oil Fields May Already Have More Than $2 Billion in Assets
ISIS is an incredibly well-financed terrorist organization
Dozens Dead After Fighting Erupts in Donetsk, Ukraine
Ukraine's military pushed to clear pro-Russian rebels out of the eastern provinces
Syria Won’t Give Up the Last of Its Chemical Weapons
U.S. officials say the Syrian government is holding on to some of its chemical weapons to use as leverage
Some of America’s Nuclear Arsenal Is So Old It Still Runs on 8-Inch Floppies
The technology backing America's nuclear arsenal is showing its age
U.N.: Kidnappings, Torture, Propaganda Preceded Crimea's Secession Vote
The conditions around Crimea's secession vote were not clean, says a draft U.N. report
Globally, Deaths From War And Murder Are in Decline
The world is getting safer, even if it doesn't necessarily feel like it
Hundreds of Thousands of Syrians Are Starving As the Civil War Continues
Sieges and blocked supplies are hurting Syria's civilian population
Incendiary Bats, Rocket Cats: Military Strategists Will Dream of Attaching Firepower to Anything That Moves
In 16th century manuscripts, drawings of feline grenades
The Vikings’ Bad Boy Reputation Is Back With a Vengeance
A major new exhibition is reviving the Norse seafarers’ iconic image as rampagers and pillagers
The French Revolution in Pictures
The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789
Nazi Scientists Wanted to Use Mosquitoes to Send Diseases Behind Enemy Lines
The Nazi SS ran an entomological research facility
An Injectable Bandage Can Stop Heavy Bleeding in 15 Seconds
A new technology developed for the military has the potenial to save soldiers from fatal gunshot wounds
Which Sci-Fi Armor Is the Military's Fancy New Battle Suit Actually Like?
They're calling it the "Iron Man" suit, but we think there's a closer analogy
What Prompts People to Eat Human Flesh?
Power, violence, revenge—and the heat of the moment
A Lesson from History: When Assembling an Army of War Elephants, Don’t Pick Inbred Ones
Even though African elephants usually trump Asian elephants for might and aggression, in 217 B.C. Ptolemy made the crucial mistake of choosing inbred ones
Brainpower and Brawn in the Mexican-American War
The United States Army had several advantages, but the most decisive was the professionalism instilled at West Point
The Early History of Faking War on Film
Early filmmakers faced a dilemma: how to capture the drama of war without getting themselves killed in the process. Their solution: fake the footage
The Photographs That Prevented World War III
While researching a book on the Cuban missile crisis, the writer unearthed new spy images that could have changed history
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death
The German chemist helped feed the world. Then he developed the first chemical weapons used in battle
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