The F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...

Military history is often seen through the lens of success. When looking back on the weapons and vehicles that have powered warfare over the ages, there are some exceptions, however. You’ll find ...

Sidearms are the weapons soldiers hope they never have to use, but rely on when everything goes wrong. When a primary weapon fails in the middle of a fight, a handgun becomes the last line of defense.

In Sidney Lumet’s 1964 masterpiece Fail-Safe, a single technical glitch–a tiny electronic component that fails at the worst ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...

Vice President JD Vance argued that Tehran’s actions during negotiations indicated that it was aiming to acquire a nuclear weapon, causing the U.S. strike on the country. In an interview on Fox News, ...