by Alex Davies | Jul 30, 2014 | Monitor
Back in 2010, the Navy decided it could use a self-flying helicopter, to take over dangerous missions delivering cargo to Marine Corps stations in Afghanistan. The work is usually done by human-driven ground vehicles that are susceptible to improvised explosive...
by aelkus | Jun 5, 2013 | Monitor
My views on women in close combat once hewed pretty close to those of our great Blogfather Exum. However, after reading Azar Gat’s War in Human Civilization (as well as his other corpus) and hearing some convincing (and pessimistic) arguments from friends with...
by David Axe | Nov 14, 2012 | Monitor
New weapons and sensors are freeing the expanding Air Force gunship fleet to fly and fight in daytime, heralding far-reaching changes in U.S. air power.
by David Axe | Sep 16, 2012 | Monitor
A Harrier conducts tests over California last year. Photo: Navy Insurgent fighters wearing U.S. Army uniforms breached the defenses of the main British-run air base in southern Afghanistan on Friday. Firing guns and rockets and apparently triggering suicide vests, the...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 12, 2012 | Monitor
Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Photo: AP/Ibrahim Alaguri Updated 7:42 pm. It was not a simple mob that attacked the...
