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470 episodes transcribedThe United States is the world's largest arms merchant. It's not even close. So, who decides what gets sold, and to whom? And how closely does anyone...
The United States has more aircraft carriers than any other country. Depending on what you call an aircraft carrier, it's 10 times as many. So wh...
It's a situation where the United States has interesting choices to make. India and Pakistan are often at each other's throats. Both want U.S. support...
Hackers released a treasure trove of unpleasant internecine emails on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. The Democratic Par...
When the United States Air Force tests a new aircraft it needs to make sure it won't crash should a stray bird slam into the plane's side. Thankfully,...
The United States is at war and has been for more than a decade. Although major combat operations in Iraq in Afghanistan have ended, America still mai...
In the West, people tend to think of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strongman dictator – a former KGB man who oppresses his people, censors the...
Suicide attacks in Paris, Brussels, Orlando, Istanbul. And where to begin in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Nigeria, Israel? Further back, attacks in the Un...
Until 1947, the Air Force was part of the U.S. Army. Of course, even then, the Navy had its own airplanes launching from aircraft carriers, protecting...
There’s an argument to be made that humans evolved to fight each other – and to be good at it. But as the United States approaches its 15th straight y...
The United States keeps some very old, very strange-looking planes in its arsenal. But each serves a purpose. The A-10 Warthog provides close-air supp...
For a group of scientists working on weapons — some of which could end the world — DARPA has a surprisingly good reputation. The Defense Advanced Rese...
If you’re looking for a place on the globe likely to spark a world war, you could do worse than the South China Sea. The United States, China, Vietnam...
It was just this year that U.S. women were officially allowed in combat roles. That’s officially. But in Afghanistan, American women were on the...
An economy in deep trouble. A scandal involving billions in off-shore bank accounts and shell companies. Seemingly endless military entanglements. Sou...
Video games are an industry worth tens of billions of dollars. Games make more money than Hollywood and the music industry combined. Video games can b...
When Ukraine pulled itself apart in 2014, the world was confused over who was doing the pulling. Was the takeover of Luhansk, Donetsk and other r...
This week on War College we're diving into the weeds on how weapons systems come into existence. Andrea Shalal, Reuters’ longtime aerospace correspond...
Just months before the Sept. 11 attacks, Scott Swanson was piloting an early version of the Predator drone over Afghanistan. Swanson and his team were...
This week on War College, we’re talking about a secretive nation where everyone serves in the military – and not just for a year or two. In fact, once...
