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War Is Boring
From drones to AKs, high technology to low politics, exploring how and why we fight above, on and below an angry world
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David Axe
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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
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War Is Boring
Sep 5, 2021
American Drones ‘Shot Down’ Enemy Fighters Over North Vietnam
An excerpt from ‘Drone War: Vietnam’
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David Axe
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War Is Boring
Sep 4, 2021
The U.S. Air Force Once Sent Drones On Daring Suicide Missions Over Vietnam
The drone campaign aimed…
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Joseph Trevithick
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War Is Boring
Dec 24, 2016
The U.S. Army Kept Trying to Give the Huey Bigger Guns
It never worked
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War Is Boring
Jul 3, 2016
The Legend of the Vietnam War’s Mystery Fighter Ace
Col. Nguyen Tomb was the conflict’s most lethal…
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War Is Boring
May 30, 2016
American Troops Tried to Find Viet Cong Tunnels Using Witching Rods
The military was willing to try…
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4 responses
War Is Boring
May 30, 2016
Two Men, Two Legs, Too Much Suffering
America’s forgotten Vietnamese victims
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War Is Boring
May 23, 2016
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Sent Updated World War II Bombers to Hit Laos
The missions were so…
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War Is Boring
Apr 2, 2016
The U.S. Navy Studied How to Turn Fiberglass Into a Ghastly Weapon
Splinters would have cut anyone…
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War Is Boring
Mar 26, 2016
South Vietnamese Troops Almost Fought on Battle Bicycles
Rural militias needed mobility
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