An organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats.
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Does North Korea have largest special forces in the World?
One of the claims repeated very often lately is that North Korea has largest special forces in the World (such a claim can be found for example in "North Korea
a country study" by Federal Research Division, Library of Congress).
While I have…
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Did an SR-71 Blackbird airbase have a plaque regarding the valley of the shadow of death?
A common meme around the internet involves a quote from a supposed plaque in front of an SR-71 Blackbird airbase.
The meme seems to be extremely popular on the internet, but I can't seem to find an original source.
Most sources I've found online…
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Did Syrian army Pantsir systems destroy 23 Tomahawks (using just 25 missiles) in an attack on Damascus?
It's been claimed in a Russian documentary that
When NATO delivered a Tomahawk strike against Damascus, it was the Pantsir systems of the Syrian army that destroyed 23 targets, using just 25 missiles. Those Tomahawks that pieced through did so in…
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Have more people "been to space than have flown in a B-2?"
According to Popular Mechanics (emphasis added):
More people have been to space than have flown in a B-2.
... A B-2 pilot at Whiteman [Air Force Base] told me that the number of astronauts who've been to space is larger than the number of people…
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Did Trump reveal the identities of a SEAL team in Iraq?
According to Newsweek (and several other news outlets that cite Newsweek), during his trip to Iraq over Christmas, Trump revealed the identities of a SEAL team that was deployed in Iraq.
President Donald Trump and the White House communications…
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What is the economic burden of having transgender people in the US military?
Donald Trump recently said on Twitter that the US
... cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.
What are the medical and disruption costs of having transgender people in the…
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Is "five" removed from military countdowns because it sounds like "fire"?
This question on english.stackexchange.com asks if a word with multiple meanings could be misunderstood and result in death. This answer says:
The word 'five' is generally omitted from countdowns for warfare or similar given its similarity to the…
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Do soldiers intentionally miss their targets?
The claim is that a surprising percentage of soldiers do not shoot to kill in battle or do not shoot in the general direction of the enemy at all, unless specifically conditioned to do so with special…
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Did US troops drop aid without parachutes?
http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2014/08/12/much-of-the-us-aid-to-yazidis-useless-because-it-was-dropped-from-15000ft-without-parachutes-and-exploded-on-impact/
The site claimed that water and food are dropped from 5000 meters without parachute and it…
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Is it illegal in Russia to call the war in Ukraine a "war"?
Several news outlets have reported that calling the Russo-Ukrainian War a "war" is illegal in Russia since a law was passed in March 2022.
Business Insider, March 2022
Putin signed a law that would punish anyone who shares "false information" about…
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Have autonomous military machines killed people without human supervision?
As the reports I have linked below refer to military machines, namely robots, drones, and the like, these are what I mean by autonomous machine. These military machines have, to my knowledge up to now, to be controlled by a military operative,…
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Does mixing genders in an army lead to a lower incidence of sexual abuse by male soldiers?
The Israeli Knesset member Merav Michaeli has uploaded a video to her Facebook page where she claims:
אני רוצה לדבר על זה שאילו מתחילת הקריירה הצבאית שלו היו ליד אופק בוכריס חיילות לוחמות, וקצינות שעלו איתו בסולם הדרגות [...] היה הרבה פחות סיכוי…
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Does this video show a sniper shooting a Palestinian?
In this troubling [not suitable for all audiences] video, you see a young man being shot.
There were many claims on Reddit that it was fake, and then claims that it was real.
Is there a way to know for sure if this is real or not?
I personally…
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Is Israel's Air Defense System, Iron Dome, 90% successful?
According to New York Times, March 20 about Israel's Air Defense System, Iron Dome:
Israeli officials initially claimed success rates of up to 90 percent.
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But a growing chorus of weapons experts in the United States and in Israel say their…
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Are many US Army Rangers young people with no combat experience?
The context is the film Black Hawk Down.
The film portrays most of the US Rangers as young men, often with no or little combat experience. Furthermore, some of them are chalk commanders, even with no combat experience at all.
For example:
Private…
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