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Cocaine Production Is Skyrocketing Since US Dropped Aid To Colombia
Colombian production of coca, the precursor plant to cocaine, rose three percent last year shattering the downward momentum of the past several years, according to Bloomberg. Cocaine production has...
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The Pentagon Announces Another $5 Billion In Arms Deals
When a country wants to buy a weapon system made for the United States, there's a very specific process that has to happen. They can't talk directly to the manufacturer. The nation must use the...
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Publicly Blames Iran For Bulgaria Bus...
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has publicly blamed Iran for the bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists, Julian Pecquet of The Hill reported today. “I believe...
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The US Government Is Failing Miserably At Helping Veterans
Earlier this week President Obama announced a "reverse bootcamp" for veterans returning from war in an attempt to overhaul the transition assistance program (TAP), which provides service members with...
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How The US Fleet Would Defend Itself Against A Full-On Attack
As the Navy directs its attention, and the majority of its fleet, to distant parts of the Pacific, concern about ship's safety becomes paramount. America's ships are getting expensive and the thought...
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Even The Fourth Of July Can Be A Nightmare For US Veterans
Reddit user Envinoverdad posted this photo yesterday after taking it with an iPhone. The thread is tilted: Shell shocked soldier hiding at a fireworks show. The comments are from responses on the...
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Iran Is Readying A 'Nightmare Scenario' For The US Navy
It's getting easy to overlook the tired rhetoric and hollow tension surrounding Iran, the U.S. and Israel. It's been months, and months since the back-and-forth began. First, Iran's shutting the...
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This Tragic Story Sums Up The Position Many Veterans Face When Coming Home
Yesterday we wrote about Phil Stewart's report for Reuters that laid out the daunting statistics regarding the current state of benefits for veterans. One of the bleak numbers is that a veteran within...
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This Is What A 1987 Soviet Invasion Of Western Europe Could Have Looked Like
The Lun-class Soviet Ekranoplane was a marvel of late 20th century technological prowess and the Soviets' considered it an integral part of their colossal military machine. I stumbled upon these...
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These 20 Advanced Military Projects Will Change Your Life
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gets a ton of funding to develop the science and technological future of the military. This is the agency responsible for GPS, the internet and...
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Hearing About Dozens Of 'Confirmed Kills' During A Lap Dance Sticks With You
I didn’t notice him right away—a scruffy haired kid that came in one Sunday night last fall. But with football season in full swing, I couldn’t get the attention of the other men around stage, whose...
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The US Blew More Than $200 Million On 'Unwanted Iraqi Police Training'
The Police Development Programme (PDP), the largest of its kind, was a five-year project designed to boost Iraqi security forces when US troops left the country last December. It had been pitted as...
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IEDs On U.S. Soil Are The Threat That The Military Needs To Solve Right Now
July 30--WASHINGTON -- Devilish improvised explosive devices that have claimed the lives and limbs of thousands of American soldiers across Iraq and Afghanistan pose a growing threat across Texas and...
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New Iranian Terrorist Training Camp Discovered In Iraq
With heightened scrutiny on Iran and every accusation a potential charge against the country should a military strike develop, this piece out of Bahrain is of interest. The Gulf Daily News reports an...
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INSPECTOR GENERAL: Money Spent In Afghanistan Is Actually Making Things Worse
Hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars being spent on construction projects in Afghanistan may be counterproductive in addition to being wasteful, according to the special inspector general for...
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If You Are An American Taxpayer, Then These Are Your Latest Defense Purchases
After a week where the Department of Defense didn't do very much at all — the DoD spent a measly $1.8 billion the last time we checked in on them — the Pentagon is back in business, spending $7.5...
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HELP! Trying To Get To The Persian Gulf For September's Minesweeping Exercise...
I wrote a piece recently on the long list of developments in the waters off Iran. It's something I think most military writers, and readers, think about a lot lately and while I can only speak for...
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Iran Says America's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Set Off A Global Conflict
Following last week's announcement from the U.S. Air Force that its 30,000 pound bunker-buster bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was ready for action, Iran's state-owned media outlet...
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Here's How America's $925 Million Missile Defense System Shoots Down A Target
The Missile Defense Agency just awarded Raytheon $925 million for development of the newest version of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), which will improve on the already hugely successful SM-3 designs...
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More Subs, Bombers, And Missiles Could Be On Their Way To The Pacific
With the Pentagon's increased focus on the Pacific region, and deployment of 60 percent of its naval fleet to the area, the locations now being considered for bases could shape U.S. military policy...
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