Author: Michael

The world has seen some heinous wars in its time, including those that took out entire kingdoms and cultures.
Modern citizens could do little to understand some wars, including those that were fought by some of the fiercest armies in history.
Related: The most glorious ancient empire you never heard of provoked Genghis Khan and got wreckedThough they existed more than eight centuries ago, Genghis Khan and the Mongols are still regarded as the most feared military of all time. This is due to their reign over an incredible empire that they conquered in a short period of time.

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decline by design

You have to be careful about assumptions, especially those you grew up with that are comforting, convenient, and once seemed so real, so solid, that they just were part of the landscape. They just, were.
For over a century, there was one jewel in the special relationship between the United States of America and her mother country, Great Britain. That jewel was the Royal Navy.

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An awkwardly worded question and a poorly phrased answer by a government official have launched speculation and debate about the possibility of a draft. Most of it is wrong or at least misguided, but reflects a growing uncertainty over what comes next in the ongoing fight with Iran.
The latest flurry of concern about a draft came after a Sunday interview between White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.

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A Pentagon task force published back-to-back guidelines about anti-drone technology this week, illustrating the military’s attempt at quickly delivering such capabilities — following standardized testing — while heeding federal laws prohibiting domestic surveillance.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401, an Army-led entity established last year and tasked with boosting the military’s counter-unmanned aerial systems repertoire, has headed the Pentagon’s expansion of installation authorities to knock down drones in the U.S.

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