China's Official Military Newspaper Says The Army Isn't Ready To Win A War
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Weaknesses in China's military training pose a threat to the country's ability to fight and win a war, China's official military newspaper said on Sunday.China's military authority...
View ArticleAn Awe-Inspiring Tour Of The Navy's Most Important Submarine Base
Naval Submarine Base New London is one of the US Navy's most important and fascinating facilities.Located along the eastern bank of the Thames River in eastern Connecticut, New London serves as the...
View ArticleThe Fight Against ISIS Shows That The F-35 Isn't Such A Disaster After All
Despite continuing debate, it is inevitable that the F-35 will become America’s workhorse air platform.After billions spent on its procurement, and considering the ageing of the current fleet, the lack...
View ArticleThis Is The Biggest Sign Yet That There Hasn't Been A Coup In North Korea
North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un hasn't been seen in public since early September, leading to intense media speculation that a shakeup or even a coup could be taking place in one of the world's most...
View ArticleMeet The 'White Shroud,' A Guerrilla Group Fighting Back Against ISIS In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Small groups of Syrians are hunting down Islamic State fighters in one of their main strongholds in eastern Syria in a new guerrilla campaign that has emerged as a response to the...
View ArticleThis Incredible Special Forces Battalion Is One Of South Korea's Top Lines Of...
South Korea faces one of the biggest security challenges on earth: an opaque, belligerent, and possibly nuclear-armed northern neighbor with the largest artillery force in the world and a standing army...
View ArticleToday Is The US Navy's 239th Birthday — Here's What The Branch Was Like In 1898
A series of recently uploaded photos from Naval History and Heritage Command reveal what life was like in the U.S. Navy over 100 years ago.The photos are being released to coincide with the official...
View Article29 Awesome Pictures Of The US Navy's 239 Years Of History
October 27 is Navy Day in the United States, celebrating the world's largest fleet, with 317,054 active duty personnel, 109,671 reserves, and 285 ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service.It...
View ArticleCoalition Military Leaders Are Meeting To Fix The Plan Against ISIS
Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Commanders from the US-led coalition against Islamic State jihadists will meet in Washington Tuesday to discuss halting the group's advance in Iraq and Syria, as air...
View ArticleChina Military-Linked Firm Eyes Quick Approval Of Drug To Cure Ebola
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese drugmaker with close military ties is seeking fast-track approval for a drug that it says can cure Ebola, as China joins the race to help treat a deadly outbreak of a...
View ArticleChina's Alarming Military Buildup Is Shifting The Balance Of Power In Asia
China’s decades-long buildup of strategic and conventional military forces is shifting the balance of power in Asia in Beijing’s favor and increasing the risk of a conflict, according to a forthcoming...
View ArticleIraqi Kurdistan Is Urging Turkey To Let Kurdish Fighters Use Its Border To...
A top official of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged Syrian city of Kobane, where Syrian Kurds are waging a desperate battle against...
View ArticleMilitias Are Ruling The Day As The Middle East Burns
Embattled governments in Iraq and Syria have come to rely on Shiite militias as their armies have crumbled in the face of mostly Sunni insurgents and rebels. In Libya, various armed groups loosely...
View ArticleHere's An Amazing Video Of Osprey And Harrier Jets Refueling Over The...
The following video shows fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling exercises involving AV-8B and MV-22s over the Mediterranean Sea with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response...
View ArticleOne Paragraph Explains How ISIS Managed To Seize Iraq's Second-Largest City
On June 6, hundreds of ISIS jihadists on pick-up trucks raced towards Mosul with the somewhat modest goal of seizing control of parts of the city for several hours, thus making a statement that the...
View ArticleTurkey Is Now The Latest Country To Deal With Serious Violent Spillover From...
The Syrian civil war has become a Pandora's box in the Middle East. The conflict ripped the country apart before leading to spillover violence in Iraq, Lebanon, and the UN-patrolled border region with...
View ArticleThe Bowe Bergdahl Probe Is Complete — But The Results Are Still Not Public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the capture of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl by Taliban militants in Afghanistan has been completed, but it is unclear when the...
View ArticleUS Files Death Penalty Charges Against Benghazi Suspect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal grand jury issued a new indictment on Tuesday that includes a possible death penalty against Ahmed Abu Khatallah, a Libyan militant accused of involvement in the...
View ArticleUS Troops Found Huge Caches Of Chemical Weapons In Iraq — And The Pentagon...
Numerous US troops found and were exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq after the 2003 invasion of the country, and they were plagued by not only the terrible after effects, but substandard...
View ArticleUS Military Admits ISIS 'Has Tactical Momentum' As Jihadist Siege Of Kobani...
The US military admitted last night that Isil "has tactical momentum on several fronts" as jihadist forces continued to make advances in both Syria and Iraq.American warplanes dramatically escalated...
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