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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 14, 2023
Inside the Gepard: the World’s Best Air-Defense Gun
by GABRIEL SILVEIRA
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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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Matt Cetti-Roberts
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War Is Boring
Mar 31, 2017
In West Mosul, Iraqi Troops With Heavy Weapons Battle ISIS Snipers
It’s a hard fight as soldiers…
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Matthew Gault
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War Is Boring
Mar 31, 2017
The Islamic State’s Deadly Drone Fleet
Podcast — quadcopters are dropping bombs on Mosul
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Paul Iddon
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War Is Boring
Mar 30, 2017
Russia Has a Ton of Problems in Syria — Israeli Air Strikes Are Not One of Them
The Kremlin’s missiles…
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Robert Beckhusen
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War Is Boring
Mar 27, 2017
Lend-Lease Saved Countless Lives — But Probably Didn’t Win the Eastern Front
The Western allies…
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Robert Beckhusen
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War Is Boring
Mar 26, 2017
The Mosin-Nagant ‘PU Sniper’ Was the King of 20th Century Sniper Rifles
Quantity has a quality all its…
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Paul Iddon
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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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