America Is No Longer As Alarming To Its Foes Or Reassuring To Its Friends
America's allies are nervous. With Russia grabbing territory, China bullying its neighbours and Syria murdering its people, many are asking: where is Globocop? Under what circumstances will America act...
View ArticleThese 11-Year-Old Russians Are Getting Military Training At A State-Run...
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 ArticleA High-Speed Camera Captured The Moment A Missile Was Fired
A new BVRAAM (Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile) was successfully test-fired from an Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI.On May 4, an Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI successfully test-fired an...
View ArticleWhy Japan's Smaller Military Could Hold Its Own Against China
China's soaring military spending — up 12.3% this year — and aggressive gestures in the region could be setting the scene for major conflict. With various countries feuding over Pacific territory,...
View ArticleThe American Legion Calls For Resignations At Veterans Affairs Over...
The American Legion, the largest veterans' advocacy organization in the country, has issued a call for the resignations of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Under Secretary of...
View ArticleThe CIA Probably Has A Huge Secret Arms Cache At This Base In Texas
Camp Stanley, a U.S. Army weapons depot north of San Antonio, is the probable location of a secret CIA weapons cache, Charlie Savage of The New York Times reports.Until now, nobody has known the exact...
View ArticleHere's An Award-Winning Photo Of The Super Agile Eurofighter Typhoon
This intense photo, taken by photographer Ian Ramsbottom in 2011, shows a Eurofighter Typhoon racing through the Mach Loop, a series of valleys in Wales used for training jet aircraft. The Eurofighter...
View ArticleThe Norwegian Army Uses Oculus Headsets While Driving Massive Combat Tanks
The Norwegian army is getting some virtual help steering their massive tanks thanks to Oculus Rift. When you're driving a tank, it's difficult to see. It becomes even more difficult when the hatch is...
View ArticleUS Plans To Send Expert Team To Nigeria To Help Rescue Kidnapped Schoolgirls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered to send an American team of experts to Nigeria to support the government's response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by an Islamist...
View ArticleUN Report: Warlord Joseph Kony Is Hiding In South Sudan Enclave
Warlord Joseph Kony and some of his Lord's Resistance Army commanders are hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan bordering Central African Republic and Sudan, the...
View ArticleNATO Is Working On Plans For A Second Cold War Faceoff With Russia
OTTAWA (Reuters) - NATO will have to consider permanently stationing troops in parts of Eastern Europe as a result of the increased tension between Russia and Ukraine, the alliance's top military...
View ArticleThe 16 Countries With The Biggest Risk Of Violence And Unrest
Leading global risk analytics firm Maplecroft have put out a midyear update of the countries facing the worst risk of conflict and political violence. All together, 48 countries around the world have...
View ArticleNazi Germany Surrendered 69 Years Ago Today — Here Is General Eisenhower's...
At the time of the surrender on May 7, 1945, Nazi forces had all but disintegrated. Hitler had committed suicide and Soviet forces had already taken Berlin, which resulted in 70,000 Nazi soldiers...
View ArticleRebels In East Ukraine Region: 'We're Already Not In Ukraine'
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Behind the barricades of tires and car bumpers, past the masked militants who hold Donetsk's filthy administration building, there is a man in a suit in a spotless office,...
View ArticleUS MILITARY: Here's How We Failed In Afghanistan
When President Obama met top NATO officials in Brussels on March 26, he publicly expressed renewed optimism that America’s estimated $120 billion effort to reconstruct Afghanistan will leave behind “a...
View ArticleRussia Will No Longer Tell Lithuania About Its Weapons In The Russian Enclave...
Russia unilaterally suspended an agreement on Monday that allowed Russia and Lithuania to inspect each others' armed forces, The Lithuania Tribune reports. Russia, which borders Lithuania and Poland...
View ArticleUS Officials: Israel Spying On America Has Reached 'Terrifying' Levels
Israel spies on the United States more than any other ally does and these activities have reached an alarming level, Newsweek magazine reported on Tuesday.The main targets are US industrial and...
View ArticleMilitary Personnel Reveal Amazing One-Liners From Drill Instructors
Members of the military are bonding over their service and taking time to reminisce about harsh words from their drill instructors in an entertaining new Reddit Military thread.The thread started with...
View ArticleMilitary Personnel Reveal The Funniest Punishments They've Ever Seen
Anyone who has served in the military has great stories from boot camp, deployments, or military life.A recent thread on Reddit asked “Military personnel of Reddit, what’s the best/weirdest/funniest...
View ArticleA Navy 'Nuclear Black Hat' Allegedly Hacked The Government Through Its Own...
A former U.S. Navy systems administrator who worked in the nuclear reactor department aboard the USS Harry S. Truman has been charged with hacking into sensitive government websites through the Navy's...
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