The Military Channel is a recent addition to the Discovery Channel group of programming options. It replaced the Discovery Wings channel, which focused on airplanes and Aerospace. Image File history File links Military_Channel. ... Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... Look up aerospace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Many of the Channel's shows center around war documentaries, though new content is still somewhat slim. This channel deals more with modern warfare, and in particular The U.S. Military, where as while The History Channel, The Military History Channel, and The History Channel International also sometimes show similar programing, they tend to show a greater deal of shows peraining to father time periods and other points of view (ancient, Roman, Medieval, eastern, foreign and other forms of warfare). The Military Channel has a greater deal of contemporary subject matter, that is, more shows dealing with electronic and network centric warfare (as well as Iraq and Vietnam wars) than its competetors seem to. An act of war - the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945, effectively ending World War II. The bombs over Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki immediately killed over 120,000 people. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... Modern warfare is a complex affair, involving the widespread use of highly advanced technology. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... The Military History Channel is a spin-off channel of The History Channel that focuses on Miltary History. ... The History Channel International is a digital cable television channel that features historical documentaries with an international focus. ...

Because this channel is still relatively new, and is based on the Discovery Wings channel, it still has an overwhelmingly high percentage of its shows dedicated to aerial warfare and related technologies/issues. It also shows a lot of content brought over from other Discovery stations.

Discovery's Military Channel is not related to a similar effort of the same name from the late-1990s, which went dark in June 1999, due to financial difficulties.

External links

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