President Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” in the war. He has demanded that he choose the next leader. And Trump has told Iran’s military and security structure to “lay down their ...

The rise of air power fundamentally changed modern warfare, allowing nations to strike far beyond the front lines and deep into enemy territory. As bombing campaigns grew in scale and intensity, they ...

Bombing civilian power infrastructure amounts to a war crime under a widely accepted interpretation of international law. The U.S. could argue that a particular attack is justified because the ...

During World War II, the United States and Britain adopted very different bombing strategies. One focused on precision strikes, the other on overwhelming area bombardment. The results reshaped cities, ...

The phone call came after the first missile hit. A father in Minab, in southern Iran, was told his daughter had survived a strike on her elementary school. He headed there immediately in his car, but ...

A World War II bomb discovered near a U.S. Army installation in western Germany forced evacuations, road closures and access restrictions Wednesday, underscoring the lingering dangers of unexploded ...

The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

This article explores how strategic bombing evolved from targeting military forces to devastating entire nations by destroying infrastructure, industries, and civilian populations, blurring the line ...

NOTE: President Trump announced Tuesday evening that he was pulling back his threat to attack civilian infrastructure in Iran. Iranian officials said they agreed to a two-week ceasefire and that the ...