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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Were there 19,000 rapes in the US military in 2011?
Donald Trump claimed in a tweet posted by him in 2012 that
Rape is a huge problem in the U.S. military. Over 19,000 rapes last year.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/215817662998126593
But this…
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Does nuclear deterrence work?
A commonly held theory and an often-used argument in favour of the possession of nuclear weapons is that it deters foreign states from military threats against vital interests. For example, see deterrence theory on Wikipedia, which has plenty of…
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Did Pakistan make a broader request than what the US has granted in the $450 million F-16 package?
Some US sources cited in Pakistani media claim Pakistan might have requested/wanted more that it got in the recent $450 million package
Daniel Markey, a senior adviser on South Asia to the Washington-based US Institute of Peace (USIP), described…
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Does the Russian 300mm "guided" rocket 9M949 use gyroscopes made in the USA?
One Ukrainian website seem to claim that:
Керована 300-мм ракета 9М949 ракетного комплексу "Торнадо-С": оптоволоконний гіроскоп для інерційної навігації. Виробництво - США.
in google translation:
Guided 300-mm missile 9M949 missile system…
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Are MAVs (micro air vehicles) a legitimate future possibility?
Someone recently sent me THIS video about "micro air vehicles" (MAVs), essentially bug and bird look-alikes that are really airborne spy drone vehicles for military surveillance. It's just a concept video, but I'm wondering if anyone can…
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Was the Polish army the fifth largest in 1939?
In an Italian mini-series, Campi di Battaglia, in an episode about tanks, they claim that the Polish army ranked fifth worldwide just before the German invasion in 1939.
I think the claim refers to the number of soldiers, not weaponry.
Is this true?
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Does the US military use an Xbox 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots?
According to this 2016 gameranx video:
The US military actually uses an Xbox 360 controller for EOD robots - which are essentially robots that pick up bombs, or deliver bombs.
(EOD stands for Explosive Ordinance Disposal.)
Is that true?
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Does the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier have unlimited distance range?
According to Wikipedia USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier range is unlimited distance.
How can this be possible? It says it uses nuclear power/engines. How can this be safe for a military transportation? One hit and the carrier can blow up.
If the…
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Can a US veteran who died after their discharge from the service be buried in full military honors?
warning, minor spoilers for the HBO series True Blood...
In the 9th episode at the 6th season of True Blood, Life Matters, one of the characters is buried.
The character buried was a US marine with a rank of "private" who served in Iraq and has…
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Does the Defense establishment have plants in vast majority of Congressional districts?
One of the commonly cited reasons for the ratcheting of defense spending in the United States is that it's an easily justifiable kickback (tugging on patriotic heart strings) to representatives' districts. A recent Howard Dean opinion piece has him…
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Did Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird ignore direct orders from Nixon during the EC-121 crisis, as Henry Kissinger alleged?
It's mentioned in a paper on the Vietnam war that (contemporaneously):
When [... in 1969] a North Korean jet shot down a U.S. EC-121
surveillance plane, Laird again acted on his own as he ignored a presidential
order and limited American actions…
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Was a Russian colonel "required to volunteer for the war in Ukraine" as punishment for asking for a washing machine as a bribe?
Polish TVP reports:
Mertvishchov conducted an inspection at a military police station in Moscow. The colonel admitted in a telephone conversation with the station’s management that “the matters related to the recruitment of conscripts were going…
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Did China steal technology from the USA to make their J-20?
The Chengdu J-20 is a Chinese fighter aircraft.
Wikipedia reports that
The combination of an integrated targeting pod with spherically situated passive-optical tracking system is reported similar to the design concept of Lockheed Martin F-35's…
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Is the F-35 aircraft literally invisible?
Donald Trump said of the F-35 "You can’t see it. You literally can’t see it. It’s hard to fight a plane you can’t see"
The video of him saying this makes it seem as if he really believes it can't be seen.
Is the F-35 literally invisible, as Trump…
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Were 900,000 US troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan?
According to the IB Times, 900,000 troops have been injured in the wars in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They claim there have been that many troops treated at Veterans hospitals through December of 2012.
So is this number true? If a troop is…
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