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SIG Sauer P229. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Introduced the P229 in 1992, and the Cartridge It Is Famous For Did Not Exist Until 1994. The Secret Service Carried It in .357 SIG for Decades and Switched to 9mm in 2019.

The P228 had a stamped steel slide. The P229 got a CNC-milled stainless one, because .357 SIG and .40 S&W drive a slide harder...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 21, 2026

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‘We Learn a Lot from the Ukrainians’: One NATO Ally Is Learning a ‘Priceless’ Lesson On How War Is Changing and Even Destroyed Drones Over Clues About Russia

The Ukraine war doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. And that means those nations helping Kyiv push Russia back, like Sweden, continue...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 20, 2026

HMS Hood Royal Navy Creative Commons Photo

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‘Destroyed in 3 Minutes’: The 42,000-Ton HMS Hood Battlecruiser Was the Largest Warship in the Royal Navy and Carried 8 15-Inch Guns But Her Armor Was Thin

HMS Hood was the most powerful warship afloat for two decades, built for £6,025,000 to beat a German battlecruiser that was never finished. Her...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 18, 2026

U.S. Air Force pilot Col. Michael 'Shot' Glass, 104th Fighter Wing Commander, flies an F-35A Lightning II over Barnes Air National Guard Base at exactly 1:04PM EST, officially marking the historic first arrival of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft to the Wing, June 11, 2026.

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Germany Got Its First F-35A Fighter in Fort Worth from Lockheed Martin. It Bought 35 for €10 Billion Partly So Its Pilots Can Keep Carrying American Nuclear Bombs.

Germany has its first F-35A. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius attended the rollout of aircraft 35+01 at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant on September 18,...

Jack BuckbySeptember 18, 2026

A Croatian Dassault Rafales taxis before the first-ever dual take-off with U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons during Exercise Fighting Wyvern 25-01 at Pleso Air Base, Croatia, March 12, 2025. Exercise Fighting Wyvern was executed to prepare U.S. forces and Allies to combat future threats to the European theater. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Brooke Wise)

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The Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale Fighters Were Never Supposed to Have Been Created

Britain wanted a long-range interceptor to replace the Jaguar. West Germany was drawing a delta-canard. France wanted a lightweight multi-role aircraft that could also...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 16, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

78 Years Ago, Winston Churchill’s Line on Delaying a War Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Churchill was warning about Hitler in 1935, two years after Hitler took power and four years before Poland. He had travelled to Germany in...

Stephen SilverSeptember 15, 2026

Winston Churchill Creative Commons Photo

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86 Years Ago, Winston Churchill’s Line on Victory in War Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Winston Churchill had been prime minister for seventy-two hours. He offered Parliament nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat, and asked it to back...

Jack BuckbySeptember 14, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Ukraine Has Received Its First RCH 155 Wheeled Howitzers Nearly 4 Years After Ordering Them. The Vehicle Fires While Driving, Carries 2 Crew Instead of the PzH 2000’s 5, and Ukraine Is the Only Country on Earth Operating It — Ahead of Germany, Britain, Qatar and Switzerland.

A NATO-standard 155mm/L52 gun on a Boxer 8x8 hull: 40 kilometers with base-bleed rounds, roughly 54 with V-LAP, eight rounds a minute, 30 rounds...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 13, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.

The Maus Tank: Frontal hull armor ran 220mm, the sides 190mm — thinned deliberately to save weight. The turret front was 240mm, the gun...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 13, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

At the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, battleship USS Alabama's SK-2 radar picked up incoming Japanese aircraft at roughly 190 miles...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 12, 2026

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Introduced the P229 in 1992, and the Cartridge It Is Famous For Did Not Exist Until 1994. The Secret Service Carried It in .357 SIG for Decades and Switched to 9mm in 2019.

Aerospace & Defense

‘We Learn a Lot from the Ukrainians’: One NATO Ally Is Learning a ‘Priceless’ Lesson On How War Is Changing and Even Destroyed Drones Over Clues About Russia

Aerospace & Defense

‘Destroyed in 3 Minutes’: The 42,000-Ton HMS Hood Battlecruiser Was the Largest Warship in the Royal Navy and Carried 8 15-Inch Guns But Her Armor Was Thin

Aerospace & Defense

Germany Got Its First F-35A Fighter in Fort Worth from Lockheed Martin. It Bought 35 for €10 Billion Partly So Its Pilots Can Keep Carrying American Nuclear Bombs.

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale Fighters Were Never Supposed to Have Been Created

Aerospace & Defense

78 Years Ago, Winston Churchill’s Line on Delaying a War Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Aerospace & Defense

86 Years Ago, Winston Churchill’s Line on Victory in War Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Aerospace & Defense

Ukraine Has Received Its First RCH 155 Wheeled Howitzers Nearly 4 Years After Ordering Them. The Vehicle Fires While Driving, Carries 2 Crew Instead of the PzH 2000’s 5, and Ukraine Is the Only Country on Earth Operating It — Ahead of Germany, Britain, Qatar and Switzerland.

Aerospace & Defense

The German WWII Panzer VIII Maus Tannk Was Specified at 100 Tonnes, Redrawn at 120, and Came Out Near 190. Hitler Ordered 5 Before the Design Was Finished and Wanted 10 a Month. Germany Completed 2 Prototypes, and Neither Ever Fought.

Aerospace & Defense

45,000-Ton US Navy Battleship USS Alabama Was Towed Through the Panama Canal With 11 Inches of Clearance on Each Side. She Carried 9 16-Inch Guns Firing 2,700-Pound Shells, Earned 9 Battle Stars Across the Pacific, and Never Lost a Sailor to Enemy Fire.

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