6 Of The Most Fascinating Stories From The CIA’s Huge Archive Of...
The Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday released a huge cache of declassified articles from its in-house journal "Studies In Intelligence"as a step in settling a lawsuit from one of its former...
View ArticleISIS Carried Out A 'Complex And Penetrating Attack' In The Capital Of Iraq...
On September 18, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) launched a complex attack likely targeting the Adala Prison in Baghdad’s Kadhmiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad. According to the...
View ArticleDARPA's Incredible Jumping Robot Shows How The US Military Is Pivoting To...
Robotics researchers at MIT have unveiled a four-legged robot with an amazing new ability: "The Cheetah 2" can jump.With funding coming entirely from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
View ArticleChina's Special Forces In Hong Kong Go Through A Ridiculous Training Regimen
China's Special Forces go through intense training to ensure that the top soldiers of a country that views itself as the world's rising superpower can be as versitile as possible. China's People's...
View ArticleEstonian President: Europe's Security Architecture 'Has Collapsed'
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves expressed concern that Russian aggression in Ukraine has led to the collapse of Europe's security system n a presentation at the Open Society Forum in Tallinn on...
View ArticleMississippi Community College Says It's Getting Rid Of Its Military-Issued...
A community college in Mississippi has announced that it will dispose of a grenade launcher that it had received under a Defense Department program intended to distribute surplus military...
View ArticleHere's How The Kurdish Peshmerga's Female Fighters Prepare For Battle Against...
As fighting continues to rage between ISIS and its enemies in Iraq and Syria, the female soldiers fighting within the Kurdish Peshmerga have gained increasing prominence. Unlike many neighboring...
View ArticleThese Are The Planes That France Used In Its First Airstrike Against ISIS
Two Rafales and one C-135FR Tanker were involved in a 7-hour mission flying 1,700 kilometers from Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates to destroy an ISIS target in northern Iraq on September...
View Article6 Russian Fighter Jets Were Intercepted Near Alaska
Six Russian MiG 35 fighter jets entered a US "air defense identification zone" Friday and were intercepted by American and Canadian warplanes near Alaska, two US defense officials said.Although Russian...
View ArticleObama's 2 Previous Defense Secretaries Are Criticizing His ISIS Policy
Two defense secretaries who previously served under President Obama are now criticizing his decisions in countering the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS).In a new...
View ArticleThe Military Is Taking Another Look At Its Ties To The NFL
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has asked for a review of the connections between the military and the National Football League following the scandals over the arrests of players for domestic and child...
View ArticleVideo Shows French Air Strike On ISIS
On Sept. 19, two Rafales of the EC 3/30 “Lorraine” supported by a C-135FR Tanker of the GRV 2/91 “Bretagne” were involved in the first air strike on an ISIS target in northern Iraq.The 7-hour mission...
View ArticlePakistan's Most Dangerous Militant Group Claims It Shot Down An F-16
Pakistan’s most dangerous militant group claimed that it shot down a Pakistani military F-16 with a surface-to-air missile Friday taking a number of pictures of the aircraft wreckage, most of which is...
View ArticleHow A Crucial Western Ally Is Similar To ISIS Militants
The condemned may request a painkiller. Their end is not televised, and comes with a swift sword stroke from a skilled executioner rather than from hacking with a kitchen knife by an untutored brute....
View ArticleChina Is Trying To Build A New World Order
The clue is in the name. The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) groups six countries--China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan--and aims to be the dominant security...
View ArticleNew ISIS Video Features A Masked Fighter Who May Be American
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) has released a 55-minute long propaganda video featuring battle scenes and slick editing, but it is the last moments of the video...
View ArticleRetired Head Of Marine Corps: Obama’s ISIS Strategy Doesn’t Have ‘A...
The man who was the top Marine general from 2006 until his retirement in 2010 says President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is doomed to...
View ArticleEven The Most Untrustworthy US Police Departments Receive Military Weapons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Pentagon program that distributes military surplus gear to local law enforcement allows even departments that the Justice Department has censured for civil rights violations to...
View ArticleHere Are The Most Amazing Combat Aircraft From The Belgian Air Force's Huge...
From September 13 to 14, Kleine Brogel airbase, in Belgium, hosted the Belgian Air Force Days (BAF). The air show's main themes were "100 years of military air power" and the 40th anniversary of the...
View ArticleThis Amazing Plane Is The Military's Most Versatile Beast Of Burden
The endlessly flexible Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an absolutely astounding aircraft that can adapt to any challenge thrown its way. Designed against the backdrop of the Korean War, the C-130 celebrated...
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