South Korean marines storm the beach as smoke screens explode above them during a military exercise

South Korean marines storm the beach as smoke screens explode above them during a military exercise with the United States in Pohang on Monday. The same day, South Korea exchanged fire with North Korea, who is threatening a fourth nuclear test, in the Yellow Sea, a violent sign of increased tension between two countries that are still technically at war. Meanwhile, North Korea says it will conduct live fire drills near the border. [Gizmodo en Español]

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The Army Built a Fake City in Virginia to Train Its Troops

The Army Built a Fake City in Virginia to Train Its Troops

A shiny new city recently opened in northern Virginia’s Caroline County. It has a school, a church, a mosque, a subway station, and even an embassy that, at five stories, may be the county’s tallest building. But nobody lives there.

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What Kenya’s Mall Siege Reveals About the Urban Future of War

What Kenya's Mall Siege Reveals About the Urban Future of War

A 2003 article in the Military Review has proven darkly prescient with last weekend’s terrorist siege of an indoor shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Written by two retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonels, the piece outlines the emergence of modern-day siege warfare tactics, or the invasion of large architectural structures.

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Paint That Sucks Up the Dangers of Chemical Warfare [Military]

For soliders out in the field chemical warfare is a very real threat, but while they can throw away their clothes and decontaminate their bodies, large equipment is more difficult to clean. Now military scientists have developed paint which literally sucks up the fallout from chemical attacks. More »