The Psychologist Behind The CIA's Torture Program Desperately Wants To Speak Out
The psychologist who wrote the CIA's post-9/11 torture program wants to tell his story to the world, if only non-disclosure agreements with the U.S. government weren't holding him back. James Mitchell,...
View ArticleFormer Commander Of Navy's Elite Blue Angels Relieved Of Duty
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy officer was relieved of duty Friday because of unspecified alleged misconduct while he was commanding officer of the Blue Angels precision flying team, the service said.Capt....
View ArticleJapan Begins First Military Expansion In More Than 40 Years
YONAGUNI, Japan (Reuters) - Japan began its first military expansion at the western end of its island chain in more than 40 years on Saturday, breaking ground on a radar station on a tropical island...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Are Being Armed With US-Made Anti-Tank Missiles
Some Syrian rebel groups are being armed with advanced American-made antitank missiles in a test run to judge whether the arms end up in the hands of extremist groups in the region, The Wall Street...
View ArticleThis Chart Shows How The Rest Of The World Doesn't Even Come Close To US...
Earlier this week, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released a Fact Sheet identifying global, regional, and national trends in military expenditures. According to the...
View ArticleClimate Change Could Start The Next World War
The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just completed a series of landmark reports that chronicle an update to the current state of consensus science on climate change. In a sentence,...
View ArticleStunning Photo Of 24 US Apache Attack Helicopters Performing A Mass Landing
This photo shows 24 AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters with the 4th Aerial Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade conduct a mass landing at Camp Humphreys,...
View ArticleThis Mantra Kept A Navy SEAL Alive During A Deadly Battle
As Navy SEAL Thom Snyder lay on his back, dazed, bleeding and in shock, he heard his wife Stacy’s clear, strong voice ringing in his ears, commanding him to get up and move. To fight. To live.Fight...
View ArticleHere's Why Putin's Surveillance Denial Was Clearly Wrong
Russia president Vladimir Putin gave a false answer about his surveillance when questioned last week, according to security expert James Andrew Lewis.Putin answered the following question from rogue...
View ArticleRussian And American Combat Dolphins Might Face Off This Summer
The tense East-West standoff in Ukraine could reach a new level of escalation: underwater. According to a report from the Russian newspaper Izvestia, the United States Navy's marine mammal unit will be...
View ArticleBoeing Is Building A Fighter Jet That Can Launch Military Satellites Into Space
And you thought space launches couldn't get any cooler: The next generation of small satellites may blast into orbit from the belly of a fighter jet.The United States military's Defense Advanced...
View ArticleExperts Are Very Skeptical About The Pentagon's Plan For Iron Man Suits
U.S. Special Operations Command recently built a new website to promote its vision of elite commandos outfitted in futuristic battle suits that have become so popular in Hollywood blockbusters.Military...
View ArticleRussia Is Giving Military Training To 11-Year-Olds At This State-Run School...
There's a state-run school in southern Russia where students aged 11 to 17 undergo military training in addition to traditional schooling.Reuters has published photos showing the weapons training at...
View ArticleSyria's Deadly Chlorine Gas Wasn't Included On Chemical Weapons Ban
Chlorine gas attacks in Syria this month, if proven, expose a major loophole in an international deal which promised to remove chemical weapons from Syria and suggest chemical warfare could persist...
View ArticleThese 23 Countries Have More Than Doubled Military Spending In The Last Decade
Bucking a global trend of reining in military spending, 23 countries around the world at least doubled their military spending between 2004 and 2013, according to a fact sheetreleased by The Stockholm...
View ArticleUkraine To Relaunch Military Operations Against Pro-Russia Rebels After...
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's acting president called for an anti-terrorist operation to be relaunched in the east of the country on Tuesday after the body of a local politician from his own party was...
View ArticleArmy Recognizes 'Humanism' As Distinct Religion
Members of the U.S. Army can now proudly and officially list their religion as "Humanist," after years of not being able to do so, according to the ACLU.The Army's faith code allows for designation of...
View ArticleThe 11 Most Powerful Militaries In The World
Asymmetrical wars in Afghanistan, Vietnam, and now in Syria demonstrate all too clearly that relatively small numbers of belligerents can carry out successful military operations against superior...
View ArticleUS Army Eyes Futuristic Night Vision Contact Lenses
It seems like every other day we read about some far-out, new technology that makes us scratch our heads and say, "What the heck?" In this series, we'll take a look at all types of crazy new gadgets,...
View ArticleBritain Scrambles Jets After Two Russian Military Planes Approach Its Airspace
Two British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled after two Russian military aircrafts were detected approaching northern Scotland on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said.The jets from...
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