Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringBritain’s Bizarre ‘Fleet Shadower’ Showed Up at the Wrong TimeSlow-flying battleship spotters were obsolete by 19403 min read·Mar 28, 2017--7--7
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringLend-Lease Saved Countless Lives — But Probably Didn’t Win the Eastern FrontThe Western allies certainly gave the Soviets a major boost6 min read·Mar 27, 2017--18--18
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringThe Mosin-Nagant ‘PU Sniper’ Was the King of 20th Century Sniper RiflesQuantity has a quality all its own5 min read·Mar 26, 2017--5--5
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringThe Biggest Tank Battle in History Wasn’t at KurskThe Battle of Brody in 1941 was bigger, and is largely unknown5 min read·Mar 20, 2017--9--9
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringComing Soon to the Falklands — Better Anti-Aircraft MissilesBritain will say goodbye to the Rapier4 min read·Mar 13, 2017--6--6
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringThe SKS Is the Cockroach of WeaponsYou just can’t kill Sergei Simonov’s old, reliable, semi-automatic carbine5 min read·Mar 12, 2017--11--11
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringThat Time Chechen Rebels Floated Into Combat on Inner TubesMilitants crossed the frigid Sunzha River to ambush Russian tanks5 min read·Mar 3, 2017--4--4
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringA-10 Pilots Train to Attack Swarms of Small BoatsMotorboats hear the sound of brrrt4 min read·Mar 2, 2017--18--18
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringFew Teenagers Radicalized Into ISIS Are Truly LonersThat makes them easier to spot4 min read·Feb 23, 2017--3--3
Robert BeckhuseninWar Is BoringSay ‘Bye Bye’ to Brazil’s Aircraft CarrierTime has finally caught up with ‘Sao Paulo’5 min read·Feb 16, 2017--11--11