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A Chilling Look Inside North Korea's Modern-Day Gulag
Controversy is flaring up over North Korea's human-rights record.Late last month, the UN General Assembly recommended that the Security Council refer the Kim Jong Un regime to the International...
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Iran Is Bombing ISIS With This 40-Year-Old US Fighter Jet
In late November Iran carried out a series of airstrikes close to its border with Iraq against ISIS. Although the airstrikes are already notable for signaling possible military coordination between...
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Defense Secretary Favorite Ash Carter Had A Very Good Reason For Wanting To...
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is going to be President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. (Yes, that will once again make him my superior in the Defense Department, about a...
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South Korea Is Building A Giant Christmas Tree To Annoy North Korea
South Korea is hoping to spread some Christmas cheer to North Korea this year with the construction of a 30-foot-tall Christmas tree alongside its border with the north, according to the Associated...
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The Stage For Global Cyberwar Is Already Set
Back before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, before military thinkers and policymakers became obsessed with counterinsurgency, the idea of the day was the Revolution in Military Affairs, or RMA. RMA,...
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Here Are The Weapons That Special Forces Really Use
The M4 rifle is a shortened M16 carbine and is by far the most common weapon found in the hands of US forces today. Special Forces troops carry the M4 and utilize the new SOPMOD 2 package, which...
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Here's The Latest Setback For The Troubled F-35
While the number of training systems for the F-35 joint strike fighter program continues to grow, the simulators the services and foreign military customers use are unable to connect to each other,...
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US General: ISIS Has Training Camps In Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group has set up training camps in eastern Libya, and although they are not yet well developed, the U.S. is watching them closely, a senior U.S. general said...
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China Wants To Grow Its Navy To Over 350 Ships By The End Of The Decade
China has plans to grow its navy to 351 ships by 2020 as the Chinese continue to develop their military’s ability to strike global targets, according to a new report.The 2014 US-China Economic and...
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The Sony Hack May Be Unprecedented, But The US Is Still Routinely Getting...
Starting on Nov. 24, Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of what Reuters characterized as the most devastating hack ever committed against a major US company. Hackers managed to shut down Sony's...
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A Suspect Has Been Arrested In The Murder Of An American Teacher In The UAE
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Police in the United Arab Emirates have arrested a local woman on suspicion of stabbing to death an American teacher in a toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall.Colonel Rashid...
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The Confederates Pulled Off History's First Successful Submarine Attack — But...
When testing new military technology, there are always risks for the operators.Test pilots suffered appalling death rates in the early days of jet planes, and the MV-22 Osprey withstood a series of...
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An Al Qaeda Linked Group Just Launched A Huge Attack In Chechnya
Fighters from the Caucasus Emirate entered the Chechen capital of Grozny last night and launched a major assault on security forces and government buildings.The fighting, which lasted through the...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a sense of optimism in his national address today, despite the country's economic struggles brought about by Western sanctions and falling oil prices....
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At Least Three Female Sailors Were Secretly Filmed While Showering On A...
Some of the Navy's first female submariners were secretly videotaped while undressing and showering on board the USS Wyoming, a ballistic missile submarine, service officials confirmed Wednesday.Navy...
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Hagel Insists He Wasn't Fired As Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday his resignation last week was not prompted by "major differences" with President Barack Obama, pushing back against statements that...
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China Is Rapidly Advancing Its Military And Weapons Systems
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged faster development of advanced new military equipment to help build a strong army, state media reported, as the country steps up an ambitious...
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Top General: Americans Are Increasingly Lacking The Smarts And Fitness Needed...
Young Americans are increasingly unfit for Army service due to obesity, academic failings, and various other shortcomings.Maj. Gen. Allen Batschelet, the US Army Recruiting Command commanding general,...
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The Chaos In The Middle East Is Hurting One Of America's Top Arab Allies
From Jerusalem to Iraq to Syria, Jordan's King Abdullah and President Obama will have much to discuss when they meet in the Oval Office tomorrow. No doubt, the US-led air campaign against the Islamic...
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The Incredible History Of The Navy SEALs, America's Most Elite Warriors
One of America's elite special operations units was back in the spotlight when a SEAL claiming to be the "trigger man" who killed Osama bin Laden in May of 2011 decided to reveal his identity on a Fox...
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