Korean War

Here's What You Need To Remember: The F-51D Mustang, which by 1950 was predominantly assigned to Air National Guard and Reserve squadrons based in the continental United States, turned out to be the ideal aircraft for relieving the pressure on the United Nations forces. Even More from the National Interest:  Can…

Key Point: A conflict on the Korean Peninsula could claim millions of lives. More From The National Interest:  How the F-35 Stealth Fighter Almost Never Happened  Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitting on the Ocean Floor  Yes, America Has a ‘Ninja’ Missile  How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier…

The Global Positioning System signal and service need to be protected based on the importance of GPS to national security, civil services and the economic benefits to the nation. The Defense Department is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department to provide support…

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Key Point: MacArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons to win. Truman said no. In 1950, as U.S. forces retreated from China’s onslaught across the Yalu River, General Douglas MacArthur called for strategic air attacks against China. Many believed that this would necessarily include the atomic bomb, America’s “asymmetric advantage” of the time. More…

The campaign to send propaganda leaflets across the border to North Korea dates back to the 1950-53 Korean War, when the U.S. military dropped hundreds of millions of them from bombers and fighter planes. North Korea also disseminated them by the truckload. Lee Yoon-kyu at the Joint Forces Military University…

The U.S. should not give up efforts to bring the Korean talks back on track By blowing up a joint liaison office on the border with South Korea and threatening to deploy troops along the demilitarised zone, North Korea is back to what it is best at — aggressive posturing…

Military history and culture is filled with rumors and myths that have been debunked but are still passed around as true to everyone who joins. Those tales are then passed down to the next generation. There's nothing wrong with having legends as part of our culture. The fact that these…

An Instagram post claims that crates of pipe bombs were found near the Korean War Memorial and that U-Haul trucks were “connected to suspected weapons stashes” in Washington, D.C. in early June. Verdict: False The National Park Service confirmed that no pipe bombs were found near the Korean War Memorial.…