Atomic artillery was a staple in the United States deterrence doctrine since the early 1950s. Guns and howitzers of various calibers and carriages were developed with the added mission of delivering atomic payloads throughout the Cold War. These ranged from the 155 mm W33 shell in the M110 and M115Continue Reading
With a 2006 population of around 280,000, the city of Ramadi was a rapidly growing metropolitan area in Iraq. Situated about halfway between Tharthar Lake and Habbaniyah Lake, the city is located about 60 miles west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. Ramadi is also a converging point for transit,Continue Reading
Situated in the hills that ran along the boundary which divided North and South Korea was the county of Chorwon in Kangwon Province now within North Korea. The land ebbed and flowed along more than just the horizon but to the sky itself. Peaks, ridges, plateaus, and valleys were theContinue Reading
Following a successful, yet costly, defense of the Pusan Perimeter in 1950, the American-led coalition force in South Korea moved to launch a counterattack against the invading North. Termed Operation CHROMITE, the mission was to land on the Korean west coast near Inchon. Without the benefit of training, the AmericansContinue Reading
In April of 2008, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was well underway across Afghanistan and neighboring regions. The campaign had been launched in response of a coordinated terrorist attack on American soil on 11 September 2001. The situation in the Afghani territory of Helmand in early April of 2008 was thatContinue Reading
The B-29 bomber has worked it’s way into the annals of history through various means. It was a B-29 that set dozens of flight length records between 1948 and 1952, and it was the B-29 to function as the first dedicated reconnaissance platform and the first airborne refueling platform. However,Continue Reading
It was an unfathomable decision to make. The president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was presented with a way to possibly end the war in the Pacific which would have dire consequences for thousands or even millions of people. What was worse was that if he chose theContinue Reading
Large caliber artillery is not unique to the modern era, nor is it unique to the Cold War where many large artillery pieces were engineered and produced. The largest artillery pieces can trace themselves back well before World War I. However, it was during World War I and the deploymentContinue Reading
This is one of those ideas that you read about and it just makes you scratch your head. There are many different versions of ideas like this: the “is that really a good idea?”; the “no way”; and the “oh God, I gotta see this.” Fortunately, the Davy Crockett fulfillsContinue Reading
The Cold War exhibited some the greatest inventions that mankind had to offer and provided the springboard that propelled technology and innovation ultimately to where we find ourselves today. The Atomic Age, confined within the Cold War era, not only embodied the advancement of nuclear technology, but it also includedContinue Reading
