On Aug. 4, 1790, President George Washington signed the Tariff Act establishing the Revenue Cutter Service, the forerunner of what, …

When World War II started, Barnes Neville Wallis was assistant chief designer of aircraft at Vickers-Armstrong and respected for his …

Between the world wars, France built a series of beautiful but tragic warships. It may seem strange to call warships …

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At 6:12 p.m. on June 7, 2006, a 500-pound, laser-guided GBU-12 bomb was released from a U.S. Air Force F-16 …

With North Africa liberated and plans for Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, on track, the question confronting the United …

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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson, is the third volume in his …

The recent situation in Northeast Asia has been extensively covered by Defense Media Network. Over the past several weeks, international …