Russia's Increasingly Brazen Moves In Ukraine Are Still Part Of A Stealthy Game
Not long ago, it seemed that pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine were fighting a losing war – but recent events have changed the status quo dramatically.Russia’s delivery of reinforcements to anti-Kiev...
View ArticleRussian-Backed Rebels Are Pushing Toward A Major Ukrainian City On The Way To...
Their tanks bearing the flag of their would-be state, Russian-backed separatists held control Friday over this coastal town on the new front in the Ukraine conflict and announced their intention to...
View ArticleHere's The Epic Tribute Video For A Police Dog Killed In The Line Of Duty
An Oklahoma City K-9 police dog was laid to rest on August 28 with full honors after being stabbed to death by a burglary suspect on August 24. Kye was three-years-old. The funeral was open to the...
View ArticleTwo California Cities Are Giving Up The Mine-Resistant Vehicles Their Police...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Northern California cities have made plans to rid themselves of armored vehicles built to withstand roadside bombs that their police got for free from the U.S. Defense...
View ArticleHere's How The Rules Of Engagement Save Lives In Combat
On a day that marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first Geneva Convention, it is worth remembering that even warfare has limits. Signed in August 1864, the Geneva Convention was the first...
View ArticleVideo Released By US Military Shows Airstrikes On ISIS Trucks In Iraq
The US military has released video of what it says was an air strike on Islamic State group fighters in Iraq.The footage, purportedly shot on Tuesday, shows the destruction of an armed truck driving...
View ArticleThis Video Of An Unmanned F-16 Fighter Dodging A Missile Is A Glimpse Into...
The military plane of the future is not likely to have anyone actually inside the aircraft, and a new video released from Boeing gives us a glimpse into what that could look like.Boeing and the U.S....
View ArticleWhite House Denies Report Obama 'Hesitated' On James Foley Rescue Mission
The White House is pushing back on a report in the Sunday Times earlier this week that said Obama "took too long" to authorize the mission to rescue James Foley and other American hostages held by ISIS...
View Article25 US Marines And Sailors Survive Helicopter Crash In Gulf Of Aden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says a Marine Corps helicopter with 25 aboard has crashed in the Gulf of Aden, but all aboard have been rescued.The 17 Marines and eight Navy sailors were recovered and are...
View ArticleWhy The Kurds Initially Failed Against ISIS In Iraq
The Kurdish peshmerga have enjoyed a reputation as the strongest and fiercest fighting force within Iraq.However, the recent advances by ISIS against Kurdish positions has highlighted some of the key...
View ArticleHere's How Putin Might Use The Nuclear Weapons He Keeps Talking About
I don’t miss the Cold War, but apparently Russian President Vladimir Putin does. Either that, or he’s now clinically insane.There aren’t a lot of other explanations for Putin’s nuclear chest-thumping...
View ArticleIsrael Raises Alarm Over Islamist Militants On Its Frontiers
Israel's frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeepers, has become a magnet for Islamist activity and Israel itself is now a target, the defense minister and security...
View ArticleHere's How Heroic Irish Troops Rescued UN Peacekeepers Hunted By Syrian Rebels
Over the weekend, Irish peacekeepers operating in the Golan Heights rescued Filipino troops who were being held captive by the al Qaeda linked group Jabhat Al-Nusra, Garreth MacNamee of the Irish...
View ArticleEstonian President Asks NATO To Establish A Permanent Military Base In...
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says his country wants NATO to set up permanent bases on its territory to protect it against potential threats from Russia.Ilves said on September 2, "We should...
View ArticleHere's How The US Could Defeat ISIS And Assad
Syria is a hard one.The arguments against the United States’ taking a more active role in ending the vicious three-year-old conflict there are almost perfectly balanced by those in favor of...
View ArticleISIS Has A Deeply Troubling Campaign To Indoctrinate Children Under Their Rule
One of the many striking differences between the so-called "Islamic State" (IS; formerly ISIS) and its ideological brethren and predecessors in the Salafist-jihadist movement is the unusual degree of...
View ArticleHere's What It Is Like To Work In A Nuclear Submarine
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, as an answer to the question, "What Is It Like To Work In A Nuclear Submarine?" With permission we have shared Retired U.S. Navy Jeff Kay's...
View ArticleUS SENDS 350 MORE TROOPS TO PROTECT EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD
President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized the deployment of approximately 350 additional troops to "to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad, Iraq," the White House said.White House...
View Article27 Phrases Only Spies Will Understand
People and regions all around the world have their own unique phrases and slang that only they would understand, and the intelligence community comprised of spies, analysts, and cryptography...
View ArticleRussia's Strategic Nuclear Forces Are Holding A Major Exercise Soon
The forces responsible for Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal will conduct major exercises this month involving more than 4,000 soldiers, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of...
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