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World Top 10 Fastest Roller Coasters

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<b>1. Kingda Ka – Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 128 mph / 206 km/h</div>
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Kingda Ka is not just the fastest, but also the tallest roller coaster 
in the world. A hydraulic launch mechanism rockets the train from 0 to 
128 miles per hour (206 km/h) in 3.5 seconds, pulling about 1.67 g’s. At
 the end of the launch track, the train climbs the main tower, twisting 
90 degrees to the right before reaching a height of 456 feet (139.5 m). 
The train then descends 418 feet (127 m) straight down through a 
270-degree spiral. Finally, the train climbs the second, 129 foot hill, 
producing a moment of weightlessness before being smoothly brought to a 
stop by the magnetic brakes. Due to the high speed and open nature of 
the trains, this ride will not operate in even light rain, as rider 
contact with rain drops can cause discomfort.</div>
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<b>2. Top Thrill Dragster – Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 120 mph / 193 km/h</div>
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Top Thrill Dragster was the first “Strata Coaster,” loosely defined as a
 complete circuit coaster that is 400 to 499 feet tall. It was the last 
one to use lapbars instead of over-the-shoulder restraints due to 
mechanical problems. Shortly after reaching its maximum velocity in less
 than four seconds, the train begins its ascent up a 90-degree incline 
that has a 90-degree counter-clockwise twist that takes the train 
straight over the top of the 420 foot hill, where riders will experience
 significant airtime (zero g-forces). On the way down the other side, 
there is a 270-degree clockwise twist that leads into the magnetic 
braking section that brings the train to a swift but comfortable stop.</div>
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<b>3. Dodonpa – Fuji-Q Highland, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan</b></div>
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Top Speed: 106.9 mph / 172 km/h</div>
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Dodonpa opened in 2001 and is a steel sit-down roller coaster with a 
compressed air launch. It is 52 metres (170 feet) tall, and has a launch
 speed of 172 km/h (107 mph), which is reached in less than 2 seconds. 
The launch is followed by a huge, sweeping, overbanked curve, giving 
riders a chance to catch their breath back, before they hit the 170 foot
 top hat; an element with some extreme negative G forces. The name 
‘Dodonpa’ comes from the musical sound which is played to customers 
waiting to board it.</div>
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<b>4. Tower of Terror – Dreamworld, Coomera, Queensland, Australia</b></div>
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Top Speed: 100 mph / 161 km/h</div>
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Tower Of Terror is a steel reverse freefall coaster. The six ton 
passenger vehicle, is electro-magnetically powered, accelerating its 
passengers rapidly to 160.9 km/h (100 mph) in seven seconds. The track 
then turns skyward, with the passengers pulling 4.5 G’s. The car climbs 
to almost 38 stories high. Following the climb, there is a 6.5 second 
free-fall before the 90 degree turn is executed in reverse. The vehicle 
then hurtles into the station where it comes to a rapid stop.</div>
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<b>5. Superman: The Escape – Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 100 mph / 161 km/h</div>
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Superman: The Escape, is probably the most hair-raising of the coasters 
listed here. Instead of looping and twisting, the Escape is a straight 
track that rises to 41 stories in a matter of seconds and then, after 
pausing, drops back down. The ride is L-shaped and accelerates to 100 
miles per hour (the first roller-coaster to reach that speed) in 7 
seconds. The drop involves 6.5 seconds of weightlessness and when you 
drop, you drop backwards.</div>
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<b>6. Steel Dragon 2000 – Nagashima Spa Land, Mie Prefecture, Japan</b></div>
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Top Speed: 95 mph / 152.9 km/h</div>
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Steel Dragon 2000 is the tallest coaster to utilize a traditional chain 
lift. Because of the length of the lift hill, two chains are used – one 
for the bottom half and one for the top half. A single chain would have 
been excessively long and heavy, at least twice the weight of one of the
 trains. As a result, two trains can safely occupy the lift 
simultaneously. It debuted only months after Millennium Force and 
surpassed the Cedar Point coaster as the world’s tallest 
complete-circuit coaster. It also set a record for longest track length –
 8133 feet, 2 inches (2479 m).</div>
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<b>7. Millennium Force – Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 93 mph / 149.7 km/h</div>
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Debuting in May, 2000, the Millennium Force is one of the highest roller
 coasters in the world. It boasts 10 world records. It rises to a height
 of 310 feet and travels through Cedar Point Park before crossing on to 
an island. During the trip you experience corkscrew turns in dark 
tunnels, 300 foot drops, and an 80 degree plummet down its highest 
point. The 2 minute 20 second ride covers 13 acres of track.</div>
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<b>8. Titan – Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, Texas, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 85 mph / 136.7 km/h</div>
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The Titan was built by the same Swiss designers that built the Goliath 
but includes extra twists. It has 5,280 feet of track, allowing for more
 drops, loops, and corkscrews. After dropping from the 255 foot hill, 
you are plunged in to a dark tunnel at the speed of 85 miles per hour. 
Titan includes a spiral that creates forces of up to 4.5gs.</div>
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<b>9. Goliath – Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 85 mph / 136.7 km/h</div>
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Not only is the Goliath the 9th fastest roller coaster, but it also has 
the third highest drop and is the seventh tallest (standing at over 20 
stories high). It includes a 255 foot drop, at 85 miles per hour, 
leading to a tunnel full of smoke. It also includes camel-like humps and
 an amazing bunny hop in which riders float off their seats due the 
force. It is recognized as one of the most entertaining roller coasters 
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<b>10. Phantom’s Revenge – Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA</b></div>
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Top Speed: 82 mph / 131.9 km/h</div>
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In 2001, the Phantom’s Revenge was built to replace the Steel Phantom, 
which had consistently been ranked in the top five roller coasters in 
the world. It includes a 228 foot drop, subterranean tunnel, and reaches
 a maximum speed of 82 miles per hour. For the sake of tradition, some 
of the features of the Steel Phantom were retained, including the steel 
track. Replacing the loops and corkscrew, it now offers an array of 
hills and drops. With more than 1400 roller coasters in the world how do
 you know which ones to pack into your summer? If you are crazy about 
speed then here are ten of the fastest rollers coasters in the world. 
The interesting fact about this list is that USA holds seven places in 
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World Top 10 Fastest Roller Coasters

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The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, better known as the Stealth Bomber, can
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protected enemy lines on earth thanks to its ability to evade radar 
detection. Originally, it was supposed to be manufactured in a run of 
132, but it was so expensive that the initial 1987 order was slashed to 
21. The cost of the B-2 program in 1997 was $737 million, or just over 
$1 billion today. Combined with procurement costs, the B-2 Spirit costs 
over $2 billion. The craft was first used during the Kosovo War in 1999,
 and it has been used successfully in Iraq and Afghanistan as well. They
 have also been used during the 2011 Libyan uprising, according to the 
BBC.No other country on earth has a larger defense budget than the 
United States. According to the Department of Defense, its base budget 
for fiscal year 2010 is over $500 billion, with another $130 billion to 
bolster the War on Terrorism and another $33 billion in supplemental 
spending on top of that. And that’s not to mention Homeland Security or 
nuclear arsenal maintenance.A lot of this money is spent on aircraft, 
tanks and ships, all of which are top – of – line and represent the 
furthest advances in military technology. In other words, they cost a 
lot of money.</div>
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The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is a versatile aircraft with vertical 
takeoff and landing capabilities similar to those of a helicopter. 
However, it’s much faster than any existing chopper and it can fly at 
speeds as high as those of conventional turboprop airplanes. It was 
first used for combat in 2007 in Iraq, and the Marine Corps intends to 
use them in Afghanistan by late 2011. Unfortunately, the Osprey was 
plagued by a series of accidents during its design and testing phase 
between 1991 and 2000, and during that period the aircraft was involved 
in multiple accidents that caused thirty fatalities. Since 2008, the 
Osprey program has cost $27 billion, and as of 2010, each unit has cost 
$67 million.</div>
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<b>3. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)</b></div>
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Named for World War II veteran and former President of the United 
States, George H. W. Bush, the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the 
final Nimitz supercarrier to be produced for the US Navy. It was 
commissioned in 2001 and built by Northrop Grumman for a cost of $6.2 
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The carrier was completed in 2009, and is docked in Virginia. At almost 
1,100 feet in length, it’s one of the longest warships in the world. Its
 top speed is over 30 knots, which it reaches with the help of two 
onboard nuclear reactors. This power source is capable of keeping the 
ship running for more than twenty years without once having to refuel.</div>
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<b>4. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</b></div>
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The F-35 Lightning II was developed as part of a joint program between 
the US, the UK and other allies known as the Joint Strike Fighter 
program. It was developed for use in air, ground and reconnaissance 
missions, it has a wingspan of 35 feet and a length of over 51 feet. Its
 internal fuel capacity is over 18,000 pounds and it can reach speeds of
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The F-35 Lightning II is armed with a 4-barreled Gatling cannon and 
eight types of missiles, and if all else fails, it also has a B61 
nuclear bomb. The cost for one aircraft is $122 million. The US plans to
 purchase over 2,000 units, at a cost of $323 billion. When this deal 
was cut in 2001, it made Lockheed Martin the recipient of the largest 
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<b>5. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet</b></div>
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The F/A-18 Hornet was introduced by McDonnell Douglas and is 
manufactured by Boeing, who acquired the company in 1997. After making 
it maiden voyage in 1978, it was introduced in 1983 and since then, it 
has been used in a variety of capacities. It was used in Operation 
Desert Storm, and it’s the featured aircraft of the Blue Angels, the 
U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron. However, its primary 
functions are reconnaissance and air support.<br />
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The Hornet can reach a maximum speed of 1190 miles per hour, and it can 
climb up to 50,000 feet in a minute. Outside of the US, the fighter is 
used by the armed forces of such countries as Australia, Canada and 
Switzerland, and it has appeared in the 1996 science fiction film 
Independence Day as the aircraft used to defeat the alien menace. A 2006
 report by the US Navy estimated that the cost of one unit is $57 
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<b>6. Boeing EA-18G Growler</b></div>
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The Boeing EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based fighter used for electronic
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with electromagnetic radiation and directed-energy weapons. Because of 
its use as an electronic warfare fighter, it carries no guns, although 
it carries missiles for self-defense.<br />
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The Growler is a modified version of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and it’s 
relatively new; it went into production in 2007 and only began operating
 in September 2009. The aircraft has a wingspan of over 44 feet and a 
length of over 60 feet. According to the US Navy, it costs $67 million 
to manufacture a single unit.</div>
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<b>7. Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle</b></div>
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The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle had its fifteen minutes of fame when 
2008 presidential candidate John McCain cited the amphibious assault 
vehicle as the basis for a costly program that was wasting billions of 
taxpayer dollars. Developed for the US Marine Corps, it is deployed at 
sea and transports a full marine rifle squad to shore, then operates on 
land with the full capabilities of a tank.<br />
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The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is manufactured by General Dynamics, 
and the cost for each unit is over $22 million. To date, the program, 
which is expected to be complete in 2015, has a project cost of $15 
billion, $3 billion of which has already been spent. The Bowles-Simpson 
Commission has recommended that the program be cancelled, and Secretary 
of Defense Gates said in January 2011 that he believes the program 
should end.</div>
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<b>8. Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye</b></div>
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The E-2 Hawkeye is an airborne early warning aircraft that dates back to
 the 1960s. It has been upgraded to the E-2B and E-2C models when 
advances were made to its radar and communications capabilities, but the
 most recent model, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, is the most sophisticated
 yet. It features a new radar system that triples the craft’s ability to
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The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, which took its first flight in 2007, costs 
$232 million to produce. It features a brand new avionics suite, 
complete with satellite communications capability, and the capability 
for midair refueling. According to Northrup Grumman, the aircraft began 
delivery to the US Navy in 2010.</div>
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<b>9. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III</b></div>
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The C17A Globemaster III is a military transport aircraft in operation 
since 1993. The plane, which can drop over 100 paratroopers into a war 
zone at one time, has been used to move troops into Iraq and 
Afghanistan, and has also been used to deliver humanitarian aid and 
perform medical evacuations.<br />
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The price for one unit is $191 million. McDonnell Douglas developed it 
during the 1980s for strategic and tactical airlift, and it’s used by 
the militaries of the U . K . and Canada, as well as by NATO. Both the 
United Arab Emirates and India are planning to use the aircraft as well.</div>
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<b>10. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor</b></div>
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According to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, the F-22 Raptor is the 
best combat aircraft on earth. While this might seem tantamount to 
saying your son is brilliant, one look at the aircraft’s capabilities 
actually bears out the manufacturer’s statement. It can break the sound 
barrier, it can avoid detection by radar and it can shoot down cruise 
missiles.<br />
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Unfortunately, an Air Force budget document estimated that one unit 
costs $150 million, with an overall program cost of $65 billion. The 
high price inspired the Defense Department to call for the program’s end
 in 2009. The Senate voted to end it in July of that year, and when the 
military policy bill was signed into law three months later, funding for
 further production of the F-22 had been cut.</div>
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Born a Corsican, Napoleon became by far the most able general of the 
modern age, rising from obscurity during the Revolution to Consul and 
Emperor of the French Empire which spanned from Madrid to Moscow and 
from Oslo to Cairo. Originally an artilleryman, he led campaigns that 
conquered the Italian States, Austria, Egypt, Prussia, Spain, the 
Netherlands, Swedish Pomerania, parts of the Caribbean, and large 
swathes of Russia. Leading brilliant campaigns, using concentrated force
 in lightning strikes on the field, developing independent and complete 
army corps (a system still modeled today), installing puppet rulers, 
conscripting troops from each nation he subdued, and inspiring a host of
 marshals who were all able tacticians themselves (Murat, Massena, 
Bernadotte, Ney, and many others), Napoleon revolutionized warfare. No 
less than four international alliances of powers were required to bring 
his empire to its knees, and without the simultaneous pressure or 
Russian winter, British naval domination, Spanish guerillas, and 
Wellington’s stolid and unbreakable Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese Army, very 
likely Bonaparte would have sat astride the his European conquests for 
years to come.</div>
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<b>2. Hannibal Barca</b></div>
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The most feared opponent Rome ever faced, this Carthaginian general was 
raised to the task of defeating the Romans from early childhood by his 
father, Hasdrubal. Hannibal abandoned previous Carthaginian tactics of 
passive naval superiority, and marched a force on elephants over the 
Italian Alps. Defeating the Romans at nearly every battle he fought, he 
made a Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus, famous merely for being 
able to delay Hannibal’s advance without enormous loss of life (Fabius 
was granted the title “Cunctator”, or delayer, by the Roman senate). At 
Cannae, Hannibal’s forces, cobbled together and suffering from losses, 
routed an enormous Roman army, killing or capturing upwards of fifty 
thousand enemies. Eventually defeated by Scipio Africanus and deserted 
by his government, he remained a scourge the Romans invoked to justify 
razing Carthage.</div>
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<b>3. Salah ad Din</b></div>
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Saladin, as he is known in our language, was the most outstanding leader
 of the Crusades, hampering the fledgling crusader states and European 
invasions with equal aplomb. Known for his calm and rationality, his 
lack of fanaticism, and his respect for his opponents, he conquered 
Syria, Egypt, and most of modern day Israel steadily and without great 
difficulty. He was enormously respected by nearly all of his rivals, and
 maintained an epistolary friendship with Richard the Lionheart, sending
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Lee, perhaps the most successful commander in history against 
numerically and materially superior forces, was the gentle genius in 
charge of the Army of Northern Virginia and most Confederate forces 
during the Civil War. He developed a reputation of near omniscience 
among both enemies and allies, and soundly thrashed Union forces soundly
 on numerous occasions. His losses, few as they were, were generally 
more devastating to his opponents than himself, and Ulysses S. Grant, 
the only general to successfully corner Lee, was forced to adopt a 
strategy of attrition, rather than any attempt to outfight Lee.</div>
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Washington was the pivotal, and probably most successful, leader of the 
American revolutionary forces vying for independence from the British 
Empire. Though ably assisted by several subordinates (including Benedict
 Arnold, whose military acumen has been overshadowed by his famous 
betrayal), Washington proved the uniting force of the Continental Army, 
leading it to victory at Trenton and Yorktown, and holding the piecemeal
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The famed consul of Rome was perhaps the ablest of the late Republic’s 
military leaders, vying with his co-consul, Pompey for glory in 
subjugating territory to Rome’s expansionist will. His campaign against 
the Gauls is still required reading in many military academies, and his 
defeat of Pompey nearly granted him the kingship of firmly republican 
Rome. The political and personal treachery that ended his life and 
provided the opportunity for his nephew, Octavian, to become emperor, is
 legendary, but Caesar’s successes were more reliant on the loyalty and 
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The maid of Orleans is the only commander on this list to have had to 
share command in even her finest moments of victory, but as she is also 
the only woman, one feels an exception is in order. A French peasant 
girl who claimed visions from God, she traveled to Charles II, the 
French king losing the war to the English. Though she was hampered by 
skepticism at first, Joan influenced several important French victories,
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The most controversial figure of the Allied forces in WWII, Patton 
himself may have believed himself to be reincarnated from more ancient 
warriors, carrying their bravery and experience into his battles. A 
promising early career helping Pershing hunt Pancho Villa jumpstarted 
Patton into the armored corps, where he became a mentor to Eisenhower 
(later promoted over his head). In WWII, he gladly used the Germans’ 
blitzkrieg against them, using the maneuverability of American armored 
units to out maneuver German lines and gaining large amounts of ground 
over short periods of time. His infamous incidents, including troops 
under his command executing more than one massacre, and Patton’s 
slapping of a supposedly cowardly soldier in a field hospital, 
contributed to his decline, but more than anyone else, he led the Allies
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Frederick II of Prussia was a student of modern warfare, and later its 
guiding voice in the late 18th century. He modernized the army of his 
disjointed pseudo-German kingdom, and fought continuous wars against 
Austria, the dominating power of the Holy Roman Empire at the time. 
Known for both his books and treatises on warfare, as well as leading 
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Leader of the Hunnish empire that stretched from the borders of modern 
day France to the steppes of Russia, this thorn in the side of both 
Roman and Byzantine empires assembled a massive force of all the tribes 
and nations traditionally viewed as provincial savages – Huns, Goths, 
Ostrogoths, Vandals, and many more, and nearly conquered mainland 
Europe. In the template of other “barbarian” conquerors to come after 
him, like Genghis Khan, he showed the lie of assumed Western 
superiority; and whenever your enemies names you “the Scourge of God”, 
you can assume you’ve proved yourself a respected threat.</div>
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1. Napoleon Bonaparte Born a Corsican, Napoleon became by far the most able general of the modern age, rising from obscurity during the Revolution to Consul and Emperor of the French Empire whi…

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In honor of a recent list of cheesy 80s actioners, here is a list for us
 James Bond wannabes. This list looks at 10 of the special forces from 
around the world that have the honor of being the most elite and – 
consequently – badass. Feel free to mention your own favorites in the 
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The Special Air Service is trained to perform equally well in all the 
fields listed for the SEALs, but is also trained by MI-5 and MI-6 for 
in-depth counter-espionage, more so than the SEALs. Physical competency 
must be of equal stature to the SEALs, to the degree that both special 
forces work closely together when necessary (Iraq and Afghanistan) and 
have good camaraderie.<br />
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They wear a tan beret, just as the U. S. Army Rangers, and both the SAS 
and SEALs are trained in knife fighting by experts in Apache Indian 
knife techniques, as well as Sayoc Kali, Krav Maga, Jeet Kune Do, and 
for the last 3 years or so, the Keysi Fighting Method, made famous by 
the Chris Nolan “Batman” films.</div>
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You might think there are a lot of them, given the number of action 
movies dedicated to the plot device of an invincible warrior, but there 
are only about 2,000 of them. They are the Unites States’s most elite 
special warfare combatants. They are trained in all the fields in which 
the other U. S. special forces are trained, but to an even higher degree
 of competency.<br />
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SEAL training lasts over a year, and requires an age of between 17 and 
28 years, male, incorrect vision no worse than 20/200 in either eye, and
 correctable to 20/20, and the physical screening test, which is beyond 
belief.<br />
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500 yd (460 m) swim using breast or combat sidestroke in under 12:30 
with a competitive time of under 10:30. Then training begins. Physical 
conditioning, diving, land warfare, for 24 weeks, then 26 more weeks of 
SEAL qualification training. Then specialization in whatever fields a 
SEAL team needs expertise in: anything from sniper to language 
specialist, rope climbing, diving, jumpmaster, surreptitious entry, 
dynamic entry (door breacher), etc.</div>
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<b>3 Shayetet 13</b></div>
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The name means “Flotilla 13,” and their official motto is the same as 
the Israeli military: “Never Again,” in reference to the Holocaust. 
Their unofficial motto, as they like to joke, is “When the going gets 
tough, the Jews get pissed.”<br />
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They are 1 of the 3 most elite Israeli special forces units, but 
Shayetet 13 is the unit most similar to the Delta Force. They specialize
 in hostage rescue and counter-terrorism, and because they live so close
 to a host of nations that seem bent on eradicating them, they are at 
all times ready in an instant to travel abroad and kill. They are very 
secretive, but of their missions publicized, the most notable include 
Operation Spring of Youth, in which they hunted down members of Black 
September in Beirut Lebanon and killed them, in revenge for the 1972 
Munich massacre.<br />
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Apart from their firearms and heavy weapons training, they train 
extensively in Krav Maga, the national martial art of Israel, to which 
they endearingly refer as “Jew-jitsu.” It’s philosophy is based on the 
principle that in a real street fight no quarter will be asked or given.
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The only official United States counter-terrorism unit, dedicated to 
hostage rescues, counter-insurgency, and general counter-terrorism. 
They’re full name is 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, 
managed by the Army. Selection is done according to a physical fitness 
test: situps, pushups, followed by a 3-mile run, in an undisclosed time 
limit.<br />
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Then an all-night, 18-mile hike over mountainous terrain with a 35 lb 
backpack and a compass, no map. This finally culminated with a 40-mile 
hike with a 45 lb backpack, in a shorter time limit.<br />
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Then psychologists conduct a grueling battery of mental exams on the 
recruit to try to break him into confusion. If he passes this, he 
actually gets to begin Delta Force training, for 6 months. Firearms, 
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<b>5 U. S. Army Green Berets</b></div>
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That’s their nickname. Technically they are the U. S. Army Special 
Forces, as opposed to the special forces of other countries, many of 
which also wear green berets.<br />
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Typically, the Green Berets are trained to administer “unconventional 
warfare,” which entails infiltrating a hostile area in anticipation of a
 large-scale military engagement, and training the local resistance 
populations to fight back against the enemy. This was done in South 
Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, among others.<br />
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In the event that there is no local resistance to the enemy, the Green 
Berets infiltrate and soften up the enemy by “neutralizing” as many of 
its officers as possible. This usually involved sniping and throat 
cutting.<br />
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Training is very extensive and begins with the Army’s assessment of the 
recruit’s possession of 12 attributes: intelligence, physical fitness, 
motivation, trustworthiness, accountability, maturity, stability, 
judgment, decisiveness, teamwork, influence, and communications. 40% of 
applicants satisfy the Army that they have these attributes.<br />
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Final training consists of various endurance courses, carrying heavy 
backpacks over 40 miles of rugged terrain, with nothing but a live 
chicken and a knife, day and night. If the recruit can make a fire, he 
can eat the chicken cooked. He is not given matches or a lighter. He is 
allowed only a compass and his own hand-drawn map, completed from 
earlier reconnaissance courses.</div>
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After basic Army training, voluntary enlistment into the 75th Ranger 
Regiment will train the recruit for the HALO parachute jump, SERE, 
languages, elite combatives expert, mountain warfare, combat diving, in 
addition to all the weapons qualification training.<br />
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After nine weeks of this, they enroll in Advanced Individual Training, 
to become masters of their chosen fields, then immediately enroll in the
 Army Airborne School, then in Ranger Indoctrination or Orientation 
Programs.<br />
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By the time they’ve graduated, they’re so well trained that members have
 reported waking up screaming from nightmares about Ranger school to be 
relieved that they are only in Vietnam.<br />
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But then, they lose a few points for an incident a Ranger told me about:
 he was the captain of a tank regiment on maneuvers in the Amazon 
jungle. Just an exercise, but because of the sweltering heat, they had 
to open their tank hatches. This captain, who shall remain nameless, 
heard a thump behind him, and turned to see a Goliath Bird-eating Spider
 crawling toward him, raising its front legs and hissing.<br />
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He admits to screaming like a girl, knifing the tarantula, jumping out 
of the tank and running off into the jungle for a mile and a half. His 
buddies still rib him about it.</div>
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<b>7 MI-6</b></div>
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The closest thing to James Bond can be found in the personnel of the 
UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, or Security Service, section 6. It 
works in close partnership with section 5 (MI-5), the latter which is 
more of a pure spy agency, dedicated to counter-intelligence and 
counter-espionage.<br />
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MI-6, however, is the unit which deploys its agents all over the world 
to detect international intelligence threats and “neutralize” them 
before they become truly dangerous. Their headquarters is at Vauxhall 
Cross, London, and they will be quick to tell you there that there is no
 James Bond among them, and that their assignments and missions are 
quite boring.<br />
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They do, however, have an agent very similar to “Q,” who is in charge of
 all equipment and weaponry deployed for each operation. They also have 
indoor firing ranges, dojos, and a gym.<br />
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The closest thing to James Bond can be found in the personnel of the 
UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, or Security Service, section 6. It 
works in close partnership with section 5 (MI-5), the latter which is 
more of a pure spy agency, dedicated to counter-intelligence and 
counter-espionage.<br />
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MI-6, however, is the unit which deploys its agents all over the world 
to detect international intelligence threats and “neutralize” them 
before they become truly dangerous. Their headquarters is at Vauxhall 
Cross, London, and they will be quick to tell you there that there is no
 James Bond among them, and that their assignments and missions are 
quite boring.<br />
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They do, however, have an agent very similar to “Q,” who is in charge of
 all equipment and weaponry deployed for each operation. They also have 
indoor firing ranges, dojos, and a gym.</div>
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Currently, only men are allowed to try out for the U. S. Marine Corps 
Forces Special Operations Command. It’s primary missions are typically 
special reconnaissance, direct action, and internal defense within 
foreign nations.  Their training regimen is comprised of 4 phases, 
increasing in strenuousness. Phase 1 is SERE training, survival, 
evasion, resistance, escape. They are trained to make fire by friction, 
fire by mirrors, even fire by ice, depending on the location to which 
they are deployed. You mold the ice with the heat of your hands into the
 shape of a lens, which works just like a magnifying glass. Of course, 
they take matches and Zippos with them. After this, they begin physical 
fitness training, and hand-to-hand combat, practicing a hybrid of the 
most functional martial arts: Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Karate, 
Jiu-Jitsu, even Pankration. Then, Sayoc Kali, which is Filipino knife 
fighting. This is just phase 1. Phase 2 is marksmanship, amphibious 
demolitions, reconnaissance. Phase 3 is a contrinuation of 2, but with 
the addition of field radioes and satellite data-uplink systems. Phase 4
 is “irregular warfare” instruction, which is a euphemism for “anything 
goes.” This phase consists primarily of the Derna Bridge operation, 
which forces the recruits to use all skills acquired during the course.</div>
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They call themselves “berets verts,” or “green berets,” and consist of 6
 units: Hubert, Trepel, de Montfort, de Penfentenyo, Jaubert, and 
Kieffer. Each unit is trained for special tasks, whether combat diving, 
close quarters sea combat, exfiltration, canine units, or long range 
fire support, including snipers and missile launchers. They were 
established much at the behest of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who was a naval
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Whereas most of the training regimens of militaries around the world are
 designed to teach, Russia’s Special Purpose Regiments, equivalent to 
the U. S. Green Berets, endure punishment daily throughout their 
training. They may quit anytime they want. The Spetsnaz want only the 
best, pain-hardened, battle-loving killers. They spar with the express 
goal of injuring each other, breaking ribs, fingers, vertebrae, healing 
only long enough to get back on their feet and complete the training. 
They are typically deployed for reconnaissance or house-to-house close 
quarters combat, but are also employed as extremely formidable 
bodyguards for high-ranking politicians. They claim that they are not 
taught to ignore pain, since that is impossible. They are instead taught
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Top 10 Badasses of the World’s Special Forces

In honor of a recent list of cheesy 80s actioners, here is a list for us James Bond wannabes. This list looks at 10 of the special forces from around the world that have the honor of being the most…

08 Oct 2014

Top 10 War Animals of All Time

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Humans have enlisted animals to help fight their battles since the dawn 
of war, and today’s militaries use an even wider range of creatures for 
everything from bomb sniffing to coastline patrolling. Here we count 
down some of the creatures that have become unwitting recruits in both 
ancient and modern warfare.</div>
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<b>1. Bat Bombs</b></div>
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These nocturnal flying mammals became part of a bizarre animal 
experiment during World War II. A dental surgeon upset by the Japanese 
attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor proposed attaching tiny 
incendiary bombs to bats. The creatures were meant to set thousands of 
small blazes across Japan’s cities as they flew to roost beneath 
building roofs. But the idea floundered after receiving the green light 
from President Roosevelt. Many uncooperative bats simply dropped like 
rocks or flew away, despite the U.S. Army using as many as 6,000 of the 
mammals in their experiments. The U.S. Navy spent $2 million after 
taking over the effort, before finally giving up. Still, the bat bombs 
did manage to set fire to a simulated Japanese village, a U.S. Army 
hangar and a general’s car. Nowadays, Pentagon scientists study how bat 
flight mechanics could inspire future aircraft designs and spy robots.</div>
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Camels only provide a few modern militaries with patrol mounts, but 
camel cavalry once flourished in certain regions of the world. Camels 
found much use in the arid or desert regions of North Africa and the 
Middle East during ancient times, given their ability to survive harsh 
and often waterless conditions. The smell of camels reportedly 
frightened enemy horse cavalry, even if the camels did not provide as 
much of a shock to enemy troops during charges. The Parthian and 
Sassanid Persians sometimes armored their camels as heavy cataphract 
cavalry (picture camels equipped with armor, artillery and carrying 
cavalrymen), and Arab warriors often rode camels during raids against 
other tribes or during the Muslim conquests of North Africa and the 
Middle East. Camels fared less well outside their natural ranges, where 
horses became the preferred battle mount. The combat role of camels 
rapidly declined with the development of guns throughout the 1700s and 
1800s, but they still saw some action with British general Lawrence of 
Arabia and Arab forces during World War I.</div>
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<b>3. Angry Bees</b></div>
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Stinger-equipped bees could become effective weapons when provoked. The 
ancient Greeks, Romans and other civilizations occasionally used the 
insects as tiny weapons of war to deter enemy troops. Besiegers would 
sometimes catapult beehives over the walls, and Greek defenders of 
Themiscyra supposedly returned the favor by barraging Roman attackers 
with hives. The Heptakometes of the Trebizond region in Turkey even 
tricked Roman soldiers under the command of Pompey with a tribute of 
toxic honey, which led to the defeat of the subsequently vomiting, 
intoxicated Romans. A more direct use of angry bees continued during 
castle sieges of the Middle Ages, as well as during World War I and the 
Vietnam War. These days, U.S. scientists have found more peaceful uses 
for bees by training the insects to detect land mines.</div>
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<b>4. Sea Lion Patrol</b></div>
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California sea lions have gained odd fame in the service of the U.S. 
Navy’s marine mammal program, alongside dolphins and a beluga whale or 
two. The marine mammals have excellent low-light vision and underwater 
hearing, can swim 25 mph (40 km/h), and do repeated dives of up to 1,000
 feet (300 m). The U.S. Navy has accordingly trained sea lions as 
minesweepers that can locate and mark mines. The animals can even attach
 a special leg cuff to human divers or saboteurs, which allows sailors 
to haul the suspects to the surface. A special sea lion harness also 
carries cameras that provide live underwater video. Just one sea lion, 
two human handlers, and a rubber boat can replace a full-sized naval 
vessel, its crew and a group of human divers in searching for objects on
 the ocean floor.</div>
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Carrier pigeons carried messages for conquerors and generals throughout 
much of human history, based on their homing ability and navigational 
skills that enable them to return home across hundreds of miles. But the
 pigeons gained much of the military fame during World War I, where 
Allied forces used as many as 200,000 of them. One pigeon named Cher Ami
 even earned the French “Croix de Guerre” for delivering 12 messages 
between forts in the Verdun, France region. He made his last message 
delivery despite suffering serious bullet injuries, and is credited with
 saving the “Lost Battalion” of the U.S. 77th Infantry Division, which 
had become cut off by German forces. Another group of 32 pigeons earned 
the British Dickin medal for animal valor during the D-Day invasion of 
World War II, when Allied soldiers kept radio silence and relied upon 
the pigeons to relay messages. The birds have since retired from 
military service because of advances in communications technology.</div>
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Bottlenose dolphins have served alongside sea lions in helping the U.S. 
Navy patrol the seas since the 1960s. The brethren of Flipper use their 
sophisticated biological sonar to search for mines based on the concept 
of echolocation. A dolphin will send out a series of clicks that bounce 
off objects and return to the dolphin. That allows the marine mammal to 
get a mental image of the object, and it can then report to its human 
handler using certain yes or no responses. The handler can also follow 
up on a yes response by sending the dolphin to mark the object’s 
location with a weighted buoy line. Those mine-marking abilities came in
 handy during both the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War, with Navy 
dolphins helping to clear the port of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq during 
the latter. Dolphins can also tag enemy swimmers, but the U.S. Navy 
denies rumors about training dolphins to use weapons against humans.</div>
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<b>7. War Elephants</b></div>
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The largest living land mammals on Earth left their mark in warfare as 
creatures capable of devastating packed formations of enemy troops. 
Elephants could trample, pierce soldiers with their tusks and even throw
 hapless humans with their trunks. They sometimes wore armor or carried 
archers and javelin throwers. Ancient kingdoms of India may have been 
first to tame elephants as living tanks, but the practice soon spread to
 the Persians in the Middle East. Alexander the Great encountered enemy 
elephants during his conquests of the ancient world, and eventually the 
Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans made use of war elephants at certain 
times. Horses feared the sight and smell of elephants, and human 
soldiers also had to deal with the psychological terror of facing down 
the huge animals. Still, elephants could go mad with fear or pain after 
taking too much punishment, and the advent of cannons on the battlefield
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<b>8. Military Mules</b></div>
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Mules have played an unsung but crucial role throughout the history of 
warfare by carrying or pulling along much of the food, weapons and other
 supplies needed by armies. Born from a male donkey and a female horse, 
they became preferred over horses for carrying loads because of their 
greater endurance. They also displayed more intelligence and 
unwillingness to push to the point of injury, which led to the 
stereotype of being stubborn. Still, the ancient Roman legions marched 
with about one mule for every 10 Roman legionaries. Napoleon Bonaparte 
himself rode a mule across the Alps, in addition to using the animals in
 his baggage trains. The U.S. Army alone used about 571,000 horses and 
mules in Europe during World War I, and lost about 68,000 killed in 
action. Mules have continued to find use even today, as U.S. Special 
Forces, marines and soldiers rely upon the animals to keep supply lines 
open for remote outposts in the mountains of Afghanistan.</div>
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<b>9. Dogs of War</b></div>
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Most people may look upon man’s best friend as a cuddly creature, but 
humans have let slip the dogs of war for thousands of years. Large 
breeds served as war dogs on the battlefield and as defensive sentries 
for everyone from the Egyptians to Native Americans. The Romans equipped
 some of their dogs with spiked collars and armor, and the Spanish 
conquistadors also used armored attack dogs during their invasion of 
South America in the 1500s. Many European factions and nations used war 
dogs in ancient conflicts and throughout the Middle Ages, but more 
modern warfare reduced the battlefield role to that of messengers, 
trackers, scouts and sentries. The U.S. military and others have more 
recently trained dogs as bomb-sniffing detectors to work in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, where the four-footed companions get their own bulletproof 
vests.</div>
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<b>10. Horses</b></div>
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Perhaps no other animal has played so great a role in the history of 
warfare as the horse. Humans domesticated horses as early as 5,500 years
 ago in modern-day Kazakhstan, and the spread of horses across Eurasia 
soon gave rise to their use in large-scale warfare. The ancient 
Egyptians and the Chinese used horse-pulled chariots as stable platforms
 to fight from, before the invention of an effective saddle and stirrup 
gave mounted warriors a decisive edge. Armored knights on horseback 
could deliver devastating charges against all but the most steadfast 
foot-soldier formations. The stability provided by the 
saddle-and-stirrup combo allowed the Mongols to fight and shoot arrows 
effectively from horseback, and gave them the mobility to conquer much 
of the known world. A thunderous appearance of horses on battlefields 
often signaled the beginning of the end for civilizations that lacked 
similar warrior mounts. Major combat use of horses did not waver until 
the modern era of warfare, when tanks and machine guns entered the fray.</div>
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Top 10 War Animals of All Time

Humans have enlisted animals to help fight their battles since the dawn of war, and today’s militaries use an even wider range of creatures for everything from bomb sniffing to coastline patrolling…

08 Oct 2014

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