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UPI Almanac for Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- When it comes to the evolution of weapons, designers make things bigger when they can't think of anything else to do with them.
WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) -- The history of procurement and upgrades of the M1 Abrams tank over the past 30 years reflects the changing perceptions of the use of tanks by the U.S. Army.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The effectiveness of IEDs against tanks in Iraq has been claimed as proof that they have become obsolescent. But it's not true.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- It is extraordinary how often the obituary of the Main Battle Tank has been written in modern war over the past 60 years -- and how often it has been proven wrong.
UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Main battle tanks are not obsolete in war, so General Dynamics should keep making them.
UPI almanac for Friday, Nov. 17, 2006.
STUTTGART, Germany, April 14 (UPI) -- When the Desert Rats defeated the Desert Fox at El Alamein, they thwarted Nazi plans for the extermination of Palestinian Jews, German researchers report.
Today is Thursday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2005 with 44 to follow.
