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Russian security police accused Mr. Imai of reporting on Russian soldiers taking part in live-fire bombing exercises over the Kuril Islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Forty-nine aircraft were available for water bombing and cloud seeding to make rain, although many have been grounded intermittently due to the haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

A major American bombing raid struck Vemork on November 16, 1943, contributing to the eventual end of heavy water production there.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

You bring up a historical moment that not a lot of Cuban Americans know about, which was the 1976 bombing of Cubana Flight 455, by an anti-Castro Cuban exile group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

If North Vietnam agreed to a cease-fire and returned the American prisoners of war, Nixon said, he would end the bombing and withdraw the remaining American troops.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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