A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has one of the most powerful militaries in the world. The country is home to the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons with about 7,000 nuclear warheads. The way the Russian government has deployed its armed forces in recent year...
Smaller countries can often afford to use a bigger budget on their militaries than larger countries and thus can train them to a higher standard. Even the US has copied our fighting style in multiple battle situations. Australia has beaten many of the top armies in the world in training ...
This report covers technology innovations that are transforming the way militaries around the world are preparing for conflict in the 21st century. 1. Focus on counter-drone technology The prolonged conflict in Ukraine has made one thing clear:drones play an important role on the battlefield. In ...
Asia is a huge continent. In fact it is the largest continent in the world. It has five of the world’s top 10 most powerful armies. Here is a brief overview of the top 10 most powerful militaries in Asia as of 2015. This ranking grants a good approximation of a country’s basic m...
But that's just scratching the surface. There's a reasongovernments and militariesused pigeons around the world. Before technology progressed, these pigeons carried critical messages back and forth behind enemy lines during both World Wars. And other pigeons, equipped with tiny cameras, flew over ...
Bryan Adams (1984):'Reckless' had peaked, it seemed, outside the Top Five in January 1985. But Bryan Adams kept releasing songs, and they kept becoming hits, and pretty soon his album had not only reached No. 1 but had become the first by a Canadian to sell one million copies in hi...
The Panzer IV was Germany’s most-produced tank of WWII; it first entered service in 1940 and was still built right up until the end of the conflict. Other countries' militaries used it well into the 1960s. The Panzer IV did, however, undergo significant changes in its role and specifica...
Patrick O'Donnell (Irish: Pádraig Ó Domhnaill; 1835 – 17 December 1883) was an Irish republican executed for the murder of James Carey, whose testimony for the prosecution led to the executions of five men adjudged responsible for the Phoenix Park Murders. O'Donnell was from Gweedore, Co...
On July 30, 2019, Ford purchased Quantum Signal— the 20-year-old company behind computer-generated environments (ANVEL) used by militaries to test unmanned remote and autonomous systems — for an undisclosed amount. The company said that it will use Saline, Michigan-based Quantum’s “extensive...
It's not unusual for militaries in various nations to make films, nor is this is Pak Army's first foray in film-making.Life of a Siachen Soldier, a documentary produced by Pakistan Army, won the top prize at the International Film Festival "Eserciti-e-popoli" (armies and people) held...