Category: war
Weapon Of Last Resort: How The Soviet Union Developed The World’s Most Powerful Bomb
Republished with permission from RFE/RL. See the original article. On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union tested the largest nuclear device ever […]
08/20/2022. Category: war. Tags: aircraft, bombs, nuclear
Nuclear weapons made from guinea pigs: Is there any truth to this?
Whether we like them or not, most people see guinea pigs as cute, small, fluffy mammals, which kids usually take care as […]
05/16/2017. Category: war. Tags: giunea pig, nuclear
U.S. invasion of Canada
The United States military developed the War Plan Red – or “Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan – Red” – in the […]
09/20/2010. Category: war. Tags: canada, invasion, plan red
Colombian paramilitaries extradited to U.S., where cases are sealed
Since 2006, more than a dozen of Colombia’s most notorious paramilitary leaders have been extradited to the United States to face drug-trafficking […]
09/13/2010. Category: war. Tags: columbia, paramilitaries
Iraq war civilian casualties
While people are still debating the real reason for the Iraq war the casualty numbers for soldiers and civilians keep climbing. According […]
04/07/2010. Category: war. Tags: 911, iraq
Crossing the Rubicon
The expression “crossing the Rubicon” is used to describe an irreversible decision. It originates from the Roman times where the Rubicon river […]
03/23/2010. Category: war. Tags: rome, rubicon
Lost nuclear bombs
The very first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo, […]
02/09/2010. Category: war. Tags: bombs, nuclear
International terrorism – the modern terrorist
The famous French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) wrote in his book on the origins of government, The Social Contract (1762), that no […]
02/05/2010. Category: war. Tags: terrorism
Chemical warfare used since 4000BC
Chemical and biological warfare has been used long before World War One. As early as the Stone Age (4500-2000 BC), arrows were […]
02/05/2010. Category: war. Tags: anthrax, chemicals, clostridium, poison
Slush Funds and War
According to David McClintick (“Swordfish: A True Story of Ambition, Savagery, and Betrayal”), in the late 1980’s, the FBI and DEA set […]
02/05/2010. Category: war. Tags: banks, funds