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BY GABRIEL SILVEIRA In 1955, the M42 Duster entered service with the Bundeswehr under the name “Flakpanzer M42 Duster.” Germany acquired 500 M42 Duster vehicles for the Bundeswehr. In 196...

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An excerpt from ‘Drone War: Vietnam’ Continue reading on War Is Boring »

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An excerpt from ‘Drone War: Vietnam’ Continue reading on War Is Boring »

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The drone campaign aimed to save pilots’ lives Continue reading on War Is Boring »

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ERD officers and their escorts pick their way through a courtyard as they search for a room with a view of an ISIS sniper’s position. Matt Cetti-Roberts photo IT’S A HARD FIGHT AS SOLDIERS A...

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An F-35A takes off from Eglin Air Forece Base in Florida on Feb. 27, 2017. U.S. Air Force photo THE JSF IS A TERRIBLE FIGHTER, BOMBER AND ATTACKER — AND UNFIT FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS by D...

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A Daesh quadcopter. Sara Hussein photo via Twitter PODCAST — QUADCOPTERS ARE DROPPING BOMBS ON MOSUL by MATTHEW GAULT For the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles have been a corne...

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ARES. Photo via Wikimedia ARMY AND AIR FORCE GENERALS HELPED KILL ARES by DAVE MAJUMDAR While the U.S. Air Force’s OA-X program is once again coming to the fore as an alternative to usi...

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U.S. President Donald Trump. FOLLOW THE MONEY by BRIAN E. FRYDENBORG Before Donald Trump was president or a candidate, and when he was hurting for investors as Wall Street had all but shut ...

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A police officer in Baltimore, Maryland. Elvert Barnes photo via Flickr THE BLACK GUERRILLA FAMILY WENT FROM REVOLUTION TO ANARCHY AS POLICE PULLED BACK by PATRICK BURKE As you walk throu...

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