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The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1115+ words) On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb that weighed 9,788 pounds called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 5 square miles of the city, including 62,000 buildings. As many as 80,000 people are estimated to have been…...
Photos Show National Park System's History on Its 110th Birthday
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1430+ words) Before federal rangers became stewards of America's 63 national parks, responsibility was fragmented among several agencies — including the Department of the Interior, the US Army, and the Forest Service. At the time, federal lands, largely in the western US, received minimal…...
All the long-lost relics unearthed by Europe's drying rivers amid summer heatwave
3+ week, 1+ day ago (399+ words) A combination of severe heat and little rain has left many of Europe's rivers drier than normal this summer, revealing formerly submerged relics and blind spots in the continent's supply chain. The two rivers at the center of the crisis…...
A Japanese destroyer fired its new Tomahawk missiles for the first time
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (336+ words) A Japanese destroyer has launched a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time, marking a major milestone in Tokyo's push to build out its long-range strike capability. Tomahawk missiles give Japan a new ability to strike targets beyond the reach…...
Russia replaced its once-grand Navy Day parade with a shipless event and a giant poster
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (480+ words) Russia canceled its landmark Navy Day parade for the second year in a row, instead holding a muted event where only large posters of warships on display. Two rows of roughly 30 sailors greeted the country's leader, Vladimir Putin, as he…...
A Japanese submarine sank USS Juneau in World War II. One just did it again as the US and its allies train for a Pacific fight.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (509+ words) Over 80 years ago, a Japanese submarine attacked and sank the US Navy ship USS Juneau. Now, a Japanese torpedo sent another American vessel bearing that same name to the ocean floor, but under very different circumstances. During a recent exercise,…...
Only one C-5 plane in the world is on public display. I went to a museum on an active Air Force Base to see it.
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1023+ words) There's only one place in the world where you can see a C-5 plane on permanent public display: the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Any C-5 would be impressive enough. As the largest aircraft in the…...
The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (554+ words) The Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is so large that it couldn't fit into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's flagship location on the National Mall in…...
10 famous women you had no idea served in the military
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (732+ words) Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the Marines....
The USS Torsk was the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy warship until the war with Iran. Take a look inside.
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1392+ words) For 81 years, the USS Torsk held its claim to fame as the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. Then, a US Navy submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship on March 4 as part of Operation Epic Fury,…...