In the late 19th century, the city of Hilo on the island of Hawaii was in peril.
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, posed an imminent threat to Hilo (pronounced HEE-low) after it erupted on May 1, 1880. It blew again six months later, and as the lava flow poured down the mountain and toward Hilo, its residents became increasingly concerned.
Also Read: Why the lessons from the attack on Pearl Harbor still matter todayThey nervously made preparations for the damage that the encroaching lava might cause. Some put their faith in God.
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As Ukraine expands its long-range strike campaign against Russia beyond the planned 40 days, Russia is seeking to exploit Kyiv’s biggest strategic weakness: a shortage of interceptors capable of shooting down ballistic missiles out of the sky.
Russian forces fired 24 ballistic missiles during a roughly two-hour-long assault on Kyiv and surrounding regions early on Wednesday, August 5, alongside four other missiles and 115 drones.
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While theater-level deception requires extensive resources and planning, the fluid and lethal nature of large-scale combat operations demands that MILDEC be executed dynamically…
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Putting JDAM-LR into production will give the Navy an important new stream of lower-cost standoff munitions for its carrier air wings.
The Iliad and Odyssey have shaped Western ideas of heroism for nearly three millennia. Yet despite centuries of debate over whether they reflect historical reality or poetic fantasy, the Homeric world remains an internally consistent universe worth studying on its own terms. This isn’t about separating fact from fiction: it’s about understanding the warrior ethos that dominated the ancient Greek and Roman imagination, and how battles were truly fought in the world of Achilles, Hector, and Odysseus.
It is conceivable that in one blistering campaign, the People’s Republic of China could invade, occupy, and forcibly annex Taiwan. One question would dominate the post-occupation debate: “What more could have been done?” The obvious answers will be better intelligence, bigger exercises, more weapons. One underexamined answer is a different model for U.S. special operations forces advising.The United States has spent decades using rotational military teams to train foreign partners.
The Republic of China Army has for the first time deployed ground forces to the offshore island of Xiaoliuqiu as part of the ongoing Han Kuang 42 military exercises, marking a significant expansion of efforts to improve the military’s ability to rapidly reinforce outlying positions in the event of conflict. The deployment was conducted by the Fourth Theatre Command and focused on testing cross-sea mobility and the establishment of a forward combat outpost.