Iran And Russia Are Forming A New Espionage Alliance Aimed At The US And Israel
Given the difficult, indeed parlous, relationship between many Western states and both Russia and Iran, any collaboration between Moscow and Tehran is an important factor for Western capitals to...
View ArticleThe US General In Charge Of Fighting The Ebola Epidemic Has Been Quarantined...
The US general appointed to oversee America’s fight against Ebola in West Africa has been quarantined in Italy with at least 10 other Americans upon returning from the disease-stricken continent.Major...
View ArticleRussia Is Moving Aircraft To The Arctic In A Pivot To The North Pole
Russia is moving fighters and bombers towards the North Pole.Although the production of the Mig-31 ended in the early 1990s, the Foxhound interceptor is being upgraded to extend its operative life up...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of An Abandoned Underground Cold War Missile Base
In 1960, during the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force introduced the Titan I, its first series of multi-stage Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Along with the Atlas missile program, they...
View ArticleA Union Soldier Who Made A Heroic Stand At The Battle Of Gettysburg Will...
A Union Army soldier who helped hold the line during the crucial Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 will be posthumously presented the Medal of Honor on Nov. 6, the White House announced on Monday.First Lt....
View ArticleThe Truth Behind That 'French Spy'-Turned-Al Qaeda Operative The US Targeted...
Three weeks ago, McClatchy made worldwide headlines with a remarkable scoop: recent US missile strikes on Al Qaeda forces in Syria, the so-called Khorasan Group, explicitly targeted a French national...
View ArticleHow The Saudi National Guard Maintains The Royal Family's Authoritarian Grip...
The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) is one of the most efficient tools of internal control — and even internal oppression — in the Middle East.It has foreign training, equipment that is constantly...
View Article10 Works Of Fiction Every US Service Member Should Read
A few years ago, an email from Marine Gen. James Mattis began to make its viral way around the Internet.In it, Mattis extolled the importance of reading to gain an understanding of history, taking...
View ArticleThe German Air Force Intercepted 7 Russian Jets Over The Baltic Sea
NATO's Baltic air-policing mission is busy these days.According to the Latvian military, on Oct. 28 German Air Force Eurofighter jets on Quick Reaction Alert at Šiauliai, Lithuania, were scrambled to...
View ArticleNATO Has Intercepted 26 Russian Jets In The Past Two Days
NATO has scrambled fighter jets to intercept an unusually high number of Russian military aircraft on Oct. 28 and 29. The incidents have taken place throughout Europe, from the Atlantic Ocean to the...
View ArticleISIS Will Undermine The US-Led Coalition If America Doesn't Fix Its Message
Victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is not only a matter of military success; President Obama recently made this point to coalition military leaders. The fight against ISIS is part...
View ArticleChinese Submarines Just Reached Another Alarming Milestone
China’s submarine fleet made its first known trip into the Indian Ocean, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. A Chinese attack submarine passed through the Straits of Malacca between...
View ArticleISIS Is Preparing For An Uprising In Iraq By Hunting Down Former Police Officers
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Islamic State group wanted to send a warning against anyone who might plot against its rule.Back when the extremists took over the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in June, police Col....
View ArticleHow ISIS Became One Of The World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Groups
When the US withdrew its last troops from Iraq in 2011, Al Qaeda in Iraq had been defeated and one of the Middle East's most troubled countries had the chance to carve out a normal existence for...
View ArticlePoland Is Making Serious Preparations For A Future Russian Invasion
As Vladimir Putin’s Russia continues to threaten Ukraine after stealing Crimea in the spring and exerting de facto Kremlin control over much of the Donbas this summer, war worries are mounting on...
View ArticleThe US's Iran Outreach Shows Obama Hasn't Learned The Lessons Of The Beirut...
Last Thursday marked the 31st anniversary of Hezbollah's twin attack on the US Marine barracks and the French paratroopers base in Beirut in 1983. The date passed quietly; ancient history as far as the...
View Article'If You Do Not Respond, You Will Be Shot Down' — How A Fighter Jet Intercept...
On Oct. 29, two RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled from Royal Air Force Coningsby airbase, and flew at supersonic speeds across the UK to intercept a Latvian Antonov An-26 cargo plane that took an...
View ArticleAfrica's Fourth-Largest Gold Producer Is Facing A Possible Military Coup
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore said on Thursday he would stay in power at the head of a transitional government until after elections, rejecting opposition calls for...
View ArticleThe Navy SEAL Who Wrote The Book About The Bin Laden Raid Is Under Criminal...
The ex-Navy SEAL who wrote the best-selling memoir "No Easy Day" that provided a first-hand account of the raid resulting in the death of Osama bin Laden is under a Justice Department criminal...
View ArticleA Newly Discovered Chinese Intelligence Unit Has Been Hacking US Targets For...
A Chinese intelligence unit carried out a massive cyber espionage program that stole vast quantities of data from governments, businesses and other organizations, security analysts who uncovered the...
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