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‘My God what have we done’: Enola Gay pilot’s combat notebook is for sale

Capt. Robert A Lewis wrote the account during and in the immediate aftermath of dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

By Claire Barrett

4 days ago

Army officer sets record for fastest mile run in EOD bomb suit

Wearing a 48-pound prototype suit, the former West Point soccer player crossed the finish line with the watch reading 10:19.

By Bridget Craig

4 months ago

US Army wants to manufacture 30,000 155mm cluster shells per year

The XM1208 cluster shell, which carries nine M99 Advanced Submunitions, is designed to be fired from both the M109A6/7 Paladin and M777A2 howitzers.

By Michael Peck

4 months ago

How Hitler’s fear-inducing ‘flying bomb’ ushered in drone warfare

The V-1 "flying bomb" could accurately be described in today’s nomenclature as an unmanned aerial vehicle — moreover, as the first suicide drone.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

6 months ago

8 decades after Hiroshima atomic bombing, search for missing continues

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago in Hiroshima, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima.

7 months ago

How the US bombarded Iranian nuclear sites while avoiding detection

Taking off from the U.S. heartland, B-2 stealth bombers, aided by refueling tankers and fighter jets, delivered a total of 420,000 pounds of explosives.

9 months ago