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The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during the Second World War. Today, it ...

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, despite its overall effectiveness as a stealth aircraft, had a relatively short service life. Here's why.

It’s likely you’ve never heard of the US Navy’s most decorated warship and that’s because it never wanted you to know about the USS Parche (SSN-683) while she was in active service. What may be even ...

A napalm strike erupts in a fireball near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, 1966 during the Vietnam War.

The only air-to-space kill was accomplished by Wilbert Pearson in 1985 when he successfully destroyed an orbiting satellite with his F-15.

In 1345, the city of Caffa was razed by a vicious pandemic, in what would, centuries later, be recognized as the first use of biological warfare in history. After successfully repelling the first ...

Project Stargate sounds like something out of this world – and it kind of is. No, it doesn’t refer to wormholes or the exploration of other planets, but, instead, a Central Intelligence Agency ...

Everyone has heard of Bayer, the pharmaceutical company that runs aspirin commercials on television. Not everyone knows, however, of Bayer's dark past.

Canadian soldiers were among the most ruthless on the battlefield during World War I, especially when it came to facing the Germans.

Though less powerful and protective than other vehicles used during WW2, motorcycles were widely fielded throughout the conflict. They proved to be useful among messengers and reconnaissance troops, ...

The USSR's Duga Radar system was designed to serve as an early warning system against Intercontinental ballistic missiles. It was dubbed the "Woodpecker." ...