Poland's Would-Be Guerrillas
Marcin Waszczuk is ready for action. Dressed in camouflage fatigues with a Polish flag on the shoulder, the heavyset 41-year-old is the head of Strzelec, one of Poland’s largest paramilitary...
View ArticleHere’s What It’s Like Dodging 6 Missiles In An F-16
It was in the opening days of Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 19, 1991 when fighter jets were roaring through Iraqi airspace, and anti-aircraft crews were waiting for them with surface-to-air missiles...
View ArticleFresh Russian Vehicles Are Showing Up In Eastern Ukraine
On December 31st 2014 the following video was shared on various social media sites, showing what was claimed to be Russian military units inside Ukraine.Of particular interest were BPM-97...
View ArticleA Libyan Warplane Bombed A Greek-Operated Oil Tanker At Port
BENGHAZI, Libya/ATHENS (Reuters) - A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recognized government bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore, killing two crewmen in an...
View ArticleIt Isn't Clear Which US Official Is Actually In Charge Of The War Against ISIS
In the summer of 216 BC, during the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian military leader Hannibal, after his epic crossing of the Alps, led his numerically inferior army into a battle that would end with...
View ArticleTaliban Commander Caught Networking On LinkedIn
A terror leader wanted over the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai has account in his name on LinkedIn, the networking site for professionalsA senior Taliban commander who has threatened attacks...
View ArticleThese Amazing Patches Reveal The Most Secretive Units In The US Military
The embroidered patch is a concise way for different units within the military to show what they're about.Patches can cram a lot of visual information and text into a small space, conveying the...
View ArticleThe Air Force Doesn't Have Enough Man Power
The US drone fleet has been stretched to a "breaking point" due to an increased demand for missions coupled with a shortage of pilots, Dave Majumdar reports for The Daily Beast citing military...
View Article19 Terms Every US Navy Sailor Will Understand
Sailors have a language all their own. And all sailors from the “old salts” to the newly initiated are familiar with the following terms:• Chit: A chit in the Navy refers to any piece of paper from a...
View ArticleThese Are The US Navy's Top Photos Of 2014
To celebrate the end of 2014, the US Navy compiled a list of its top ten favorite photos the branch took this year. The Navy's 2014 list was selected from its photos that it had shared on Facebook and...
View ArticleChina Is Fuming After Taiwan Raised Its Flag In Washington, DC
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has protested to the United States after Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington hoisted a Taiwanese flag on New Year's Day, and urged the United States to respect the "One...
View Article3D Printing Could Revolutionize Modern Warfare
Paris (AFP) - 3D printing will revolutionise war and foreign policy, say experts, not only by making possible incredible new designs, but by turning the defence industry -- and possibly the entire...
View Article22 Photos Of The Army's Life-Saving Helicopter Crews That Fly Into Combat To...
Army soldiers count on the elite medics assigned to air ambulance crews to pull them out of combat when they are wounded.These crews, called, “Dustoff,” fly unarmed choppers into combat and provide...
View ArticleSouth Korea: DPRK Has Achieved 'Significant' Technology Level To Build Mini...
South Korean defense ministry said Tuesday that North Korea appeared to have achieved a “significant” level of technology to build mini nuclear devices that could be fitted on the tip of a missile.It...
View ArticleWhat Afghanistan's Largest Military Base Looks Like Now
The combat mission in Afghanistan officially ended last Sunday, marking the end of the longest war in American history. Now, a new non-combat mission centered at Bagram Air field will take its...
View ArticleDogfights Between Turkish And Greek Warplanes Escalated Sharply In 2014
Confrontations between Turkish and Greek military warplanes escalated sharply in 2014, Metin Gurcan reports for Al-Monitor citing anonymous Turkish military officials. In the first month of 2014 alone,...
View ArticleHere's The Lessons The US Military Needs To Learn From Failures In Iraq And...
America’s war in Afghanistan, the longest in the Republic’s history, has just officially ended in what even charitable analysts would term something less than success, and the less optimistic would see...
View ArticleMeet The Super-Hawkish North Korean General Thought To Be Behind The Sony Hack
The US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has named the North Korean official who he believes to be personally behind the Sony hacks. Clapper announced at a cybersecurity conference that...
View ArticleEach Mission In Afghanistan Had To Answer 14 Questions — And A 3-Star General...
In the ninth year of America's longest war, NATO required all International Security Assistance Force troops to answer a questionnaire before, during, and after each mission.Retired 3-star Army...
View ArticleFrance Is Deploying An Aircraft Carrier To The Persian Gulf To Join The...
France decided to deploy the Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier just prior tro the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which claimed 12 victims.The Charles De Gaulle will deploy...
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