Europe
LTC Arthur D. Nicholson was America’s Final Cold War Casualty
U.S. Army investigators determined that Nicholson’s death was “officially condoned, if not directly ordered” by the Soviet leadership. The Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War III...
Why Is Russia’s Powerful T-14 Armata Tank Not Fighting in Ukraine?
Nearly three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an end to the war is still not in sight. Since Moscow launched its offensive in February 2022, both sides have suffered...
Why Aircraft Carriers Are Becoming Obsolete
When Russia’s Oreshnik missile delivered its multiple payloads to Ukraine’s PA Pivdenmash plant in Dnipro, the guardian angels of aircraft carriers around the world wept. While some defenders of the...
The Lippisch P.13a was the Nazis’ Very Own Kamikaze Plane
The Japanese word “kamikaze” means “divine wind.” In a military history context, the term was first applied to a force of Mother Nature that saved Japan by destroying Kublai Khan’s would-be...
Heinkel He 111 vs Junkers Ju 88: Which was the Best Nazi Bomber?
Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such, the Luftwaffe’s bombers didn’t reach the heights of fame that Allied bombers, such...
How French Sailors Accidentally Leaked Secret Nuclear Submarine Info
The French language newspaper Le Monde found that sailors of the Maritime Nationale (French Navy) had inadvertently revealed the classified details of the patrols of its nuclear-powered submarine fleet from their exercise routines. The...
Greece Is Buying Up French Rafale Jets
The Hellenic Air Force’s 332nd Squadron received the 24th and final French-made Dassault Rafale jet fighter at Tanagra Air Base this week, completing a March 2022 contract that increased the original order...
Slovakia Backtracks on Leopard Tank Purchase
NATO member Slovakia is rethinking its plan to replace its thirty Soviet-era T-72M1 tanks, which it inherited from the Czechoslovakian military at the end of the Cold War, with additional German-made Leopard...
Countering Russia’s “Shadow Fleet”
On December 25, the oil tanker Eagle S severed a power cable along with several telecommunications cables connecting Finland and Estonia. This incident follows a series of suspected sabotage operations...
Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Barrage into Russia
Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone barrage targeting military assets in Russia. As part of its larger campaign to thwart Moscow’s advances, Kyiv launched more than 100 unmanned aerial...
German Self-Propelled Howitzers are Getting Ready to Roll Into Ukraine
The German-language Stuttgarter Zeitung reported that the first six RCH 155 wheeled self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) have been handed over to the Ukrainian military at Rheinmetall’s plant in Kassel. The initial half-dozen vehicles will be...
Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?
As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed...