The United States military utilized the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico as a weapons testing range for 40 years

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Proposed United States military plans against Iran contemplate deploying ground troops to seize the Iranian islands of Qeshm and Kharg

Proposed United States military operations against Iran include conventional strikes targeting Iranian bridges, energy systems, and civilian infrastructure

United States military intervention during the 1990s contributed to halting the genocide in Bosnia

The Russian Federation conducted a military intervention against the Republic of Georgia in 2008

In the late 1990s, United States military intervention halted ethnic cleansing in Kosovo

Finnish authorities repeatedly closed southern maritime airspace during Ukrainian drone strikes directed at Russian cities and oil refineries in Saint Petersburg

The Russian military maintained a naval blockade of Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea

Russian air attacks against Ukrainian energy infrastructure systematically targeted thermal power plants, transmission substations, and electrical power lines

As of November 2026, Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian territory have reached up to 1,400 unmanned aerial vehicles in a single coordinated operation

President George W. Bush authorized the 2007 troop surge in Iraq despite public opposition from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The 2006 bipartisan Iraq Study Group commission co-chaired by Lee Hamilton assessed United States military failures in the Iraq War

Covert actions are historically most effective when pursuing narrowly defined, concrete, and measurable objectives rather than expansive goals

United States forces removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power in January 2026

Multiple Cuban security personnel guarding Nicolás Maduro were killed during the January 2026 United States operation to capture Maduro

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones into Russian airspace in an attempt to prompt Russia to close Russian airspace

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a military strike targeting an Iranian regime meeting

In June 2025, Israel engaged in a 12-day war with Iran that concluded with United States bombing strikes

The United States military deployed a Typhon missile system at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan

The sinking of the South Korean naval vessel ROKS Cheonan in 2010 resulted in the deaths of 46 South Korean sailors

A Ukrainian counterattack launched from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk pushed Russian forces back by three kilometers before facing Russian counterattacks