Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured during a video message to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day. Putin has pledged to provide Russian forces with more modern weapons and technology, one day ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

The Vietnam War forced militaries to rethink doctrine around guerrilla warfare and jungle operations. Air mobility through helicopters like the UH-1 Huey created modern air assault doctrine and ...

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Military planners spent years treating high-energy lasers as a science project. In 2025, that changed, as directed-energy systems moved from test ranges into real air defense networks and forced ...

Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has increasingly exposed a growing shortage of modern weapons and advanced equipment in its armed forces, leaving the Kremlin ever more reliant on older Soviet-era ...