Archive - Trench Art

The U.S. Army Designed One Of The First Helicopter Gunships On A Napkin

General Electric’s weapons pod didn’t work out

21 hrs ago

Once Ukrainian Ballistic Missiles Start Raining Down, Russia Will Have To Make A Hard Choice

Bombard Kyiv or protect Moscow?

23 hrs ago

Peacetime Killed Smith & Wesson’s Nine-Mil Carbine

1945 was a bad year to offer a new weapon

23 hrs ago

F-16s And Mirage 2000s Now Make Up Half Of The Ukrainian Air Force

But fighters aren't the air force's greatest need

Aug 7

How Russia Built A Jam-Proof Drone Force

And how China helped

Aug 6

British Commandos Spent A Month Driving Across France, Killing Nazis

1944 romp proved the value of special operations

Aug 6

To Stop Ukraine's Flamingo Missiles, Russia Launched Nearly All Of Its Radar Planes At Once

Four Beriev A-50Us took off around the same time

Aug 5

Ukraine's Flamingo Cruise Missiles Are Now Hugging The Ground At An Altitude Of Just 100 Feet

They're harder to shoot down

Aug 4

Can Ukraine Save Sloviansk?

Russian troops creep toward the eastern city

Aug 4

For Every Russian Drone That Strikes Ukraine, Two Ukrainian Drones Strike Russia

But Russia has a near monopoly on faster deep strike munitions

Aug 3

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Aug 3

How Sparta Rose To Power

Sparta’s oligarchical society was built for conquest, but hid contradictions that ensured its decline

Aug 3

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