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David Axe in War Is Boring

Sep 12, 2021

The U.S. Navy Wanted to Send Drones on Ship-Killing Suicide Missions

An excerpt from ‘Drone War…

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David Axe in War Is Boring

Sep 4, 2021

The U.S. Air Force Once Sent Drones On Daring Suicide Missions Over Vietnam

The drone campaign aimed…

Robert Beckhusen in War Is Boring

Mar 28, 2017

Britain’s Bizarre ‘Fleet Shadower’ Showed Up at the Wrong Time

Slow-flying battleship spotters were…

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Darien Cavanaugh in War Is Boring

Mar 26, 2017

Women With Guns Helped Win the Nicaraguan Revolution

The Sandinistas recruited women into combat units…

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Paul Iddon in War Is Boring

Mar 25, 2017

Lessons From the Deadliest Chemical War That Didn’t Happen

Britain and Germany were loaded to the…

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Matthew Gault in War Is Boring

Mar 24, 2017

Behold the Power of the Atom With Declassified Nuclear Blast Footage

Knowing more about nukes doesn’t…

An Easy Company Veteran’s View of War — It’s Hell

‘Wild Bill’ Guarnere of the 506th PIR fought from…

Japan’s Super Battleships Were Awesome — And a Waste

Tokyo’s two ‘Yamato’-class battleships went to…

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Kevin Knodell in War Is Boring

Feb 27, 2017

America’s Troubled, Contradictory Refugee Legacy

Even when American leaders have welcomed those…

HMS ‘Dreadnought’ Changed Naval Warfare Forever

The British battleship was revolutionary — albeit…

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