Cold War firearms shaped modern infantry tactics by pushing combat decision-making down to the squad level. The AK-47 and M16 standardized assault rifle doctrine worldwide by prioritizing reliability ...
During the Cold War, the biggest fear for powerful nations was not only losing a nuclear war, but also losing the ability to ...
During the Cold War, the U.S. considered stationing nuclear missiles under the ice sheet in Greenland -- and never told ...
During December 2025, the Editorial Board of the New York Times published several articles “on why the US military needs to reinvent itself.” It described the state of US military as “Overmatched,” ...
The U.S. military has reactivated a Cold War-era naval base in Puerto Rico and deployed thousands of troops to the Caribbean as tensions with Venezuela escalate, marking the largest American military ...