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Why the Opium War Changed China Forever: In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug...
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Why the Opium War Changed China Forever: In 1839, England went to war with China because it was upset that Chinese officials had shut down its drug...
Was the Russian T-34 Tank The Best Tank of World War II? – The Allied victory over Nazi Germany was won on the back of...
Naval Strike Missile: A 5 Minute Explainer – On April 29 of this year, Admiral Mike Gilday informed Congress that by the end of 2022 the Navy...
A-4 Skyhawk: A Fighter Legend Like No Other – Modern jet fighters continue to grow ever more complicated and more fantastically expensive. But some of...
Skywarrior: A 5 Minute History – On May 10, 1972, one of the most intense air battles of the jet age raged over the...
Pearl Harbor 2 Thankfully Was No Military Attack – A 5 Minute Explainer: Flames roiled into the sky from dozens of burning ships, creating a...
Russia’s SVT Rifle, Explained: The United States was the first major power to adopt a semi-automatic service rifle during World War II, the M1 Garand....
The 1999 India-Pakistan Nuclear Crisis: The Kargil War- For years, there was a conceit that no two states with nuclear weapons have ever directly...
XF-90, a Short History: In 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force issued a requirement for a “penetrating escort” jet that could accompany comparatively ponderous B-29...
China’s J-10 Fighter, Explained in 5 Minutes: The J-10 “Vigorous Dragon” is a mainstay of China’s effort to modernize its large fleet of single-engine jet fighters, with 350 already in...