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By Feb 25, 2021
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US troops just got their asses handed to them by Lithuanian infantrymen

"We couldn’t see them even when we were right on top of them."
By Aug 14, 2020
History

That time Air Force legend Curtis LeMay bombed the Navy to prove a point

Before World War II, the Army Air Corps wanted to prove it could contribute to any war effort the United...
By Apr 2, 2020
News

The Naval War College ran a pandemic war game last year. The conclusions were alarming

A war game run last September by the Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island revealed prescient and sometimes...
By Jan 29, 2020
News

US troops are still ready to ‘fight tonight’ against North Korea despite canceled exercises, general says

U.S. troops are still ready to "fight tonight" against North Korea despite the indefinite suspension of major military training exercises...
By Dec 10, 2019
News

The US plans on holding its largest European military exercises in 25 years

The United States will send 20,000 troops to Europe next April and May in its biggest military exercises on European...
By Oct 20, 2019
News

The Marine Corps is gearing up for one of its largest war games in decades at 29 Palms

The Marine Corps hasn't done anything like it in decades.
By Mar 8, 2019
News

The US has been getting ‘its ass handed to it’ in simulated war games against Russia and China, analysts say

"We lose a lot of people. We lose a lot of equipment. We usually fail to achieve our objective of...
By Dec 31, 2018
Entertainment

Apple Removes Video Game That Portrays Taliban As the Enemy

The U.S. government says it's okay to kill Taliban insurgents battling American troops in Afghanistan. Apple says it's not okay...
By Dec 13, 2018
Analysis

Here’s How A Conventional War Between NATO And Russia Could Go Down

A non-nuclear war between NATO and Russia could pit bombers, aircraft carriers and submarines against each other along Europe's cold northern...
By Nov 12, 2018
Mandatory Fun

‘Spec Ops: The Line’ Is The Most Brutal War Game Ever Made

Spec Ops: The Line was one of the most brutal U.S. military war games to ever released, but you don't...
By Oct 23, 2018
News

50,000 Troops Are Prepping For NATO’s Biggest Show Of Force Since The Cold War

Editor’s Note: This article by Gina Harkins originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and veteran community. Marines are landing...
By Sep 14, 2018
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Russia And China Will Now Hold Military Exercises ‘On A Regular Basis’

Russia and China are drawing closer together as the two great powers solidify their entente to challenge the United States and its...
By Sep 7, 2018
News

F-22s Intercept Russian Strategic Bomber Heading For Alaska During Massive War Game

U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets intercepted two nuclear-capable Russian strategic bombers near Alaska on Saturday, Russia's ministry of...
By Aug 30, 2018
Bullet Points

Next Year’s War Games In South Korea May Or May Not Happen, Maybe

On the question of whether the U.S. military will hold large-scale exercises in South Korea next year, the answer is...
By Jun 27, 2018
News

US-South Korea War Games May Be On Hold, But The Pentagon Isn’t Taking Any Chances

Upcoming U.S.-South Korean “war games” may be on hold, but the Pentagon is moving forward with plans to upgrade missile...
By Jun 10, 2018
Analysis

Here’s Exactly Why War With North Korea Would Be Hell, According To New War Games

If war erupts with North Korea, then the U.S. military will have problems, according to a series of war games conducted by...
By Feb 22, 2018
The Long March

When Too Many Cooks Spoil The Strategic Pot: Edgar on Strategy, Part XII

From the series editor: This series on strategy began on Foreign Policy’s Best Defense site but now lives here. The...
By Apr 18, 2017
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US, South Korea Kick Off Major Military Exercise As North Korea Threatens ‘Thermonuclear War’

On Monday, Exercise Max Thunder kicked off to “enhance interoperability” between the US and South Korean forces, according to U.S....
By Mar 10, 2016
Entertainment

The Best Computer War Games Of The 90s

If you’re like me, you spent your awkward adolescence escaping into a computer screen where you went from nerd to...
By Jan 13, 2016
Entertainment

The 3 Best Shooter, Strategy Games, According To A Veteran

When it comes to first-person shooters and strategy games you’re a force to be reckoned with. You’ve laid waste to...