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The US Just Bombed A Terrorist Leader In Somalia
The US military has carried out an airstrike in Somalia today against a senior leader of the al-Shabaab group, the Pentagon has said in a statement.The Pentagon is currently uncertain as to whether or...
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The US Strategy Against ISIS Is Fundamentally Flawed
Apparently the U.S. Special Operations Command is wrestling with the question of what makes the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “so magnetic, so inspirational.”This is an interesting question to...
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A Journalist Who Survived An ISIS Prison Describes The Torture And Abuse He Saw
A journalist who survived detention in an Islamic State (IS) prison in Syria has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq about the horrific torture and psychological abuse to which he was an eyewitness.Louay...
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How Navy Special Ops Survive Training Missions In Freezing Water
During Navy Special Ops training, candidates complete exhaustive missions under extreme stress, limited sleep, and in freezing water conditions. For the last 25 years, the US military has used an...
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REPORT: The US Offered Iran A Prisoner Swap For An Imprisoned US Marine
DUBAI (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Iranian-American former US Marine jailed in Tehran was reported on Tuesday as saying the United States had sought his release through a prisoner swap, but officials in...
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A US Airstrike Has Killed A Terrorist Leader In Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. airstrike killed the intelligence chief of Somali terror group al-Shabab, Somalia's intelligence service said Tuesday.Abdishakur is the name of the slain leader, who is...
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This Chart Shows The Staggering Hourly Cost Of Operating US Military Aircraft
The US military is set replace many of its aircraft with planes that cost substantially more to operate by the hour.James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, noted in a recent cover...
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Kurdish Soldiers Have Found Nine Mass Graves Of Yazidis Massacred By ISIS
An Iraqi Kurdish regional official says Kurdish Peshmerga forces have discovered nine mass graves containing members of the Yazidi minority thought to have been executed by Islamic State (IS) militants...
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DARPA Is Building A Surveillance System That Can Pick Up Tiny Details From...
Get ready for an insane leap forward in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, courtesy of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.For the past few years, DARPA has been working on a system...
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John McCain Describes What It Was Like To Be A War Prisoner In Vietnam
"I reacted automatically the moment I took the hit and saw my wing was gone. I radioed, 'I'm hit,' reached up, and pulled the ejection seat handle. I struck part of the airplane, breaking my left arm,...
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Seven Steps To Cementing The Defeat Of ISIS In 2015
Although Washington should have no illusions about resolving the region's wider problems, it can build on early successes against ISIS by making the commitments needed to fully defeat the group in Iraq...
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Obama Has Released Another Five Prisoners From Guantanamo
The United States has transferred five prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Kazakhstan for resettlement. The men -- three Yemenis and two Tunisians – had been imprisoned at the...
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Stunning GoPro Footage Brings You Aboard An Aircraft Carrier During Fighter...
The following footage will bring aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier during routine flight operations.The video was recorded with a GoPro camera attached to the...
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Astonishing Pictures Of What Afghanistan Looked Like Before Its Decades Of War
Operation Enduring Freedom, the US's over-13-year-old campaign in Afghanistan, ended this week.The next chapter in Afghanistan's modern history — one that's left all but the most remote corners of the...
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The F-35 Won't Be Able To Fire A Shot Until 2019 Due To The Latest Technical...
Software glitch is the latest problem to dog state of the art fighter which is costing American taxpayers nearly $400 billion (£257 billion)The much vaunted new F35 stealth jet has run into fresh...
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Amazing Footage Takes You Aboard A Super Hornet Fighter As It Surfs Along The...
Cloud surfing is every bit as cool as it sounds.The aircraft dances and banks to and fro, following your eyes as you look for gaps between puffy white citadels, raging through vaulted corridors and...
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Syrian Journalist Explains The Terrifying Reality Of Working In Areas...
Syrian journalists working in areas under the control of Islamic State (IS) militants have described the harsh conditions faced by local reporters forced to operate under the rule of the extremist...
View ArticleRobot Funded By The US Military Can Sprint And Jump Just Like A Cheetah
The cheetah was the inspiration for the US military-funded “cheetah robot” created by researchers at MIT. Crafting the robot took five years of designing, testing and tweaking. Developers say the robot...
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Russia Prepares Testing Of 'Killer Robots'
Russia is preparing to test military robots in the Astrakhan region, an industrial outpost on the coast of the Caspian sea, about 1,500 kilometres (1,000 miles) south of Moscow.The Moscow Times quotes...
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These Are The Most Incredible Photos The Air Force Took In 2014
The past year was a busy time for the US Air Force. Aside from coordinating and carrying out airstrikes against ISIS and other militant groups around the world, the branch also had to maintain its...
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