Russia Is Moving Combat Aircraft To The Ukrainian Border
According to the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is continuing to amass forces at the border. These forces include radar stations and Mig-31 Foxhound combat...
View ArticleHere's The Army's Plan For Adapting To Future Threats
The US Army is seeking to reinvent itself in the face of a host of unprecedented challenges. Between tightening budgets, a shrinking military force, and a world of smaller and asymmetrical threats, the...
View ArticleOne Man's Path From ISIS Commander To Iraqi Informant
The former Islamic State group commander walked into the visitors' room of his Baghdad prison, without the usual yellow jumpsuit and shackles his fellow inmates wear. In slippers and a track suit, he...
View ArticleThese Military Night Combat Photos Look Straight Out Of 'Halo'
The U.S. military is the largest, most powerful force in the world. After two wars over the last ten years, it's clear that the U.S. has had plenty of time and practice to keep our forces...
View ArticleObama Is Making His Middle East Allies Look Like Chumps
Last week, CNN reported that President Barack Obama had asked his national security team for a review of the Syria policy. According to the report, the review is premised on the recognition that...
View ArticleHere Are All The Russian Weapons Separatists Are Using In Ukraine
As Russian military supplies continue to pour into Ukraine, it becomes harder by the day for Putin to deny that Moscow is providing arms to the separatists. Since the conflict in eastern Ukraine began...
View ArticleChina's Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Bigger And More Destructive
China is on the cusp of truly ominous nuclear and space warfare gains, the 2014 annual congressional report from the US China Economic and Security Review Commission states. The report warns that...
View ArticleJapan Is Holding Its Most Complex Naval War Games Ever
Japan stepped up its role in large-scale war games with the United States this week, with one of its admirals commanding air and sea maneuvers that the U.S. military described as the most complex ever...
View ArticleUkraine's Maidan Started A Year Ago — Here Are 26 Unbelievable Photos From...
The European Union has called an extraordinary meeting of the bloc's 28 foreign ministers to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sanctions "against those responsible for violence and use of...
View ArticleInteresting Video Shows The Ukrainian Army Launching A Spacecraft-Like Drone
Some months ago we published pictures showing a Tu-143 Reys drone, recovered almost intact, in a field by the pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine.Here is an extremely interesting video showing the...
View ArticleHayden: US Intelligence Probably Couldn't Detect Iran's Development Of A...
Former top George W. Bush administration official Gen. Michael Hayden said on Thursday that unless Iran provides the West with extensive access to its suspected nuclear facilities—a concession the...
View ArticleUS-Led Airstrikes Continue To Hammer ISIS In Iraq And Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have staged 30 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, the U.S. Central Command said on Friday.The 23 strikes in...
View ArticleThat Time China's State Media Ran An Article About Nuclear Strikes Against...
China has entertained the threat of nuclear strikes against west coast cities such as Los Angeles and Seattle, the annual 2014 congressional report from the US China Economic and Security Review...
View ArticleAstonishing Pictures Of Afghanistan From Before The Wars
Operation Enduring Freedom, the US's over-13-year-old campaign in Afghanistan, is just a few weeks away from ending. The next chapter in Afghanistan's modern history — one that's left all but the most...
View ArticlePeter Kassig Is Not Just An American Hero, But A Global One
Last week, militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria executed another American hostage. This one was Peter Kassig, and American aid worker who changed his name to Abdul Rahman upon converting...
View ArticleThe Military Just Finished Testing Its Truck Prototypes Of The Future
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps have finished testing prototypes of the Humvee replacement known as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.But results of the evaluations haven’t been released and...
View ArticleA Snapshot Of Terrorism In The World Today
Within a single year the world has experienced a 61% increase in terrorist attacks, according to the 2014 edition of The Global Terrorism Index from the Institute for Economics & Peace. The index...
View ArticleJapan's Military Is Revving Up To Meet China's Growing Regional Ambitions
For a long time, Japan's military force was an exercise in contradiction. The country has ranked among the world's top military spenders, at almost $50 billion in 2013 — despite a constitution that...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Kills 45 At Volleyball Match In Afghanistan
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a crowd of spectators at a volleyball match in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 45 people, a provincial official said, as...
View ArticleThese Are Assad's Henchmen
In cities and towns across Syria, the “Shabiha” are a much-feared cadre of pro-Assad paramilitary militia thugs. The word “Shabiha” means “ghost” in Arabic, and their ranks are composed of thousands of...
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