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236 Pope St. Anterus (Nov 21, 235-Jan 3, 236) 1322 King Philip V "the Tall" of France (1316-1322), b. 1293: 1543 João Rodrigues Cabrilho, c. 42, Explorer, Conquistador
Special Operations: Exploding Pagers
The September 17th mass exploding pager attack against Hezbollah did enormous damage to the Iran-backed anti-Israel group The pager attack, and the next day exploding walkie-talkie attack, were planned several years in advance Israeli secret intelligen
Artillery: Marvelous M777
One of the more useful weapons NATO sent to Ukraine were about 200 M777 155mm towed howitzers supplied by the United States, Canada and Australia NATO nations sent Ukraine over 600 155mm howitzers but only a third of these were M777s Russians found the
Military Book Review Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek …
Our Reviewer: Mike Markowitz is an historian and wargame designer. He writes a monthly column for CoinWeek.Com and is a member of the ADBC (Association of Dedicated Byzantine Collectors). His previous reviews include, The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, The Age of the Dromon: The Byzantine Navy, ca. 500-1204, Military Saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200, Heroes and Romans in Twelfth ...
Information Warfare: Depleted Propaganda
In 2023 Britain was criticized by Russia for sending depleted uranium tank gun shells along with the Challenger 2 tanks sent to Ukraine Apparently, the people running Russian propaganda operations were not aware of what was going on with the ammunition
Weapons: Russian Assault Rifles in Ukraine - StrategyPage
January 24, 2024: Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine since early 2022 have used so much assault rifle ammunition that by the end of 2023 troops were told to use less ammunition because there was a shortage of rifle ammo.
Surface Forces: Japanese Navy Expansion
In addition to new frigates ordered in 2023, Japan has decided to also build a similar number of 4,800-ton New FFMs Japan plans to build twelve new frigates in five years Now Japan is also producing ten of the New FFMs as well Until 2023
Forces: Russia Runs Out of Soldiers
Russia is running out of soldiers for its war in Ukraine Now in its third year, the war has cost Russia at least 600,000 dead and wounded soldiers The economy went from rebuilding in 2021 to contraction and substantial reorganization by 2024 These hea
Space: Baikonur Blowout
December 3, 2024: Russia handles lucrative commercial satellite launches at the old Soviet Baikonur launch center in Kazakhstan. Russia rents this site from Kazakhstan and has fallen behind in rent payments. In response Kazakhstan seized $26 million of …