LOCKHEED: We Made A Huge Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit...
View ArticleA Top Japanese General Says The US Needs To Be Ready To Confront Chinese...
In stark contrast to White House policy, a top Japanese general on Tuesday said the US military rebalance of forces to the Pacific should confront Chinese aggression in the region.Japanese Gen....
View ArticleIran Publishes Information About Its Secret Services For The First Time
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has for the first time provided public information about the structure of its secret services, saying Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi heads a coordination council...
View ArticleA Senior Operative In Al-Qaeda's External Operations Branch Has Reportedly...
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State reported that a wanted Bahraini citizen who served as a leader in al Qaeda's external operations branch has been killed.The al Qaeda leader is on the US list of...
View ArticleHere's How The Ukraine Crisis Is Deepening Military Ties Between China And...
US-led economic sanctions against technology exports to Russia might have the unintended consequence of pushing Russian and Chinese technological industries into close cooperation, Russia-based...
View ArticleThe US Marine And Korean Army Bands Had An Awesome Drum Battle
A competition between the U.S. Marine Band out of Okinawa, Japan and the Republic of Korea Army Band was luckily captured on video.Filmed in the parking lot at the 2014 Gyeryong Military Culture...
View ArticleAmerica's Elite Soldiers May Be Burning Out On The War On Terror
Frustrations with the never-ending U.S. war on terror are mounting among the country’s elite fighting forces. These top-level troops—called special operations forces—are fraying at the edges after more...
View ArticleThe B-52 Played A Crucial Role In The NATO Air Campaign Over Kosovo
The iconic US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, a symbol of the US nuclear deterrence, has taken part in nearly all the wars fought by Washington in the last 50 years (Syria, so far, is...
View ArticleJapan Has Doubled The Number Of Times It's Scrambled Fighter Jets Against...
CHITOSE, Japan (Reuters) — The number of times Japanese fighter jets scrambled to ward off Russian military aircraft more than doubled in the last six months, amid diplomatic tensions between the two...
View ArticleMoscow Accuses The US Of Working On 'Military Scenarios' On Russia's Border
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the United States on Thursday of working on military "scenarios" near Russia's borders that he said were a source of grave...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Just Sentenced A Prominent Shiite Scholar To Death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A widely revered Shiite Muslim cleric was convicted Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of sedition and other charges and sentenced to death, raising fears of renewed unrest...
View ArticleUS Official: The Army's Manufacturing Capacity Is In A 'Death Spiral'
There was plenty of doom and gloom on the final day of the Association of the United States Army annual conference where a panel of officials, industry leaders, and academics spelled out all the...
View ArticleThis Incredibly Lucky Marine Survived Getting Shot In The Helmet
Kevlar helmets really do work.Case in point comes from a Marine's helmet-mounted camera while on patrol in southern Afghanistan. The recently uploaded video shows a very close call after a sniper...
View ArticleFormer Iraqi Pilots Are Now Training ISIS Fighters To Fly Fighter Jets
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war in Syria said on Friday,...
View ArticleIraq's Third-Largest Military Base Is In Danger Of Falling To ISIS
ISIS is laying siege to Iraq's third-largest military installation, where Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) warn that they are ravaged psychologically and on the brink of being overrun, Susannah George...
View ArticleIndia Just Successfully Tested A Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
India has successfully conducted a test-launch of a nuclear-capable cruise missile that has a range of over 620 miles. The Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile is India's first long-range missile to be...
View ArticleThe Coalition Against ISIS Is Hobbled By Splits And Inadequate Resources
The gathering on October 14th at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, DC, of top military brass from 22 countries in the American-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) had two main aims. The...
View ArticleSeparatists And The Ukrainian Army Have Devastated Donetsk's Airport
A ceasefire is technically in place in eastern Ukraine, but Donetsk International Airport continues to be the site of intense shelling and fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed...
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 Groton, Connecticut, New London serves as the...
View ArticleThe Case For Arming 'The Rebels' In Civil Wars
It was reported that a CIA commission found that arming rebels in civil wars is ineffective. That might not be a shocker to many who remember the 1980s. But does this finding stand up empirically?After...
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