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6 Sep 2025 7 minute read 2 comments Investigator515
The U-2 provided critical intelligence before the evolution of spy satellites. In times of war, much is made of the “high ground” advantage. There’s no denying that this is highly relevant to ground forces, and as such, it is a primary factor in asse...
2 Sep 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Aura516
In medieval France and other parts of Europe, animals were sometimes held legally responsible for crimes especially if they hurt or killed a person. These trials were taken extremely seriously: the animal would be assigned a lawyer, brought befor...
31 Aug 2025 5 minute read 6 comments Investigator515
One of the most obvious features of our modern world is the way things interconnect. While this typically will make us think of things like smartphones and the internet, the reality is that this runs far deeper than just that. A great way to underst...
30 Aug 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515
In earlier feature articles, we’ve taken a look at recon aircraft like the SR-71 Blackbird and the U-2 Dragon Lady. Playing a key role in an era before satellites, these platforms would be major players in the early stages of the Cold War, helping to...
29 Aug 2025 23 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
Xenophon opens his third chapter of his Histories, reminding us that in 404 BC, the ninety-fourth Olympic games in honour of Zeus were held as per usual: At this Olympiad Crocinas the Thessalian was winner in the stadium. - Book 2.3.1 [ABOVE:...
25 Aug 2025 9 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta. — Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, 1.23 In the long tapestry of Greek history, few names stand as tall or austere as that of Thucyd...
20 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Aura516
In 1587, a group of roughly 115 English men, women, and children led by a man named John White landed on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. They were not the first Englishmen there; a previous military expedition had left...
19 Aug 2025 5 minute read 1 comment Investigator515
The Aries has an interesting past and was involved in a noteworthy incident. Intelligence comes in all forms, and as such, we see all forms of intelligence gathering platforms as well. As we’ve explored espionage through this series, we’ve looked at...
17 Aug 2025 5 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
When I think about my childhood in Bosnia during the 1990s and early 2000s, one word sometimes comes to my mind: Proleter. It was the name “everyone” in my birthplace town Teslić used for our local football club. In the late 1990s, I was about ten y...
17 Aug 2025 5 minute read 2 comments Investigator515
The GigaHertz bands would help us to achieve true, cable-free, high-speed data exchange.Today’s world is a world of connectivity. We stream our music from remote servers, access our documents via the cloud and even have the capacity to share our work...
