Russian TV Appeared To Show Russian Marines Inside A Contested Ukraine Airport
Video footage has emerged from Russian state-controlled television reportedly shot inside the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and showing troops with the insignia of the Russian Naval Infantry, or...
View ArticleThere's A Bitter Debate Forming Around 'American Sniper'
Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper," a film based on the life of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in US military history, posted a $89.5 million opening weekend that smashed records for...
View ArticleThis Freaky Recording Of A Rudyard Kipling Poem Is Used To Train Elite...
Anyone who has ever attended the US Navy's Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) school will never forget Rudyard Kipling's poem "Boots," according to SERE graduate and Navy veteran Ward...
View ArticlePentagon: The F-35 Is Secure Despite Chinese Hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday said classified data about the $399 billion F-35 fighter jet program remains secure, despite fresh documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden...
View ArticleISIS Is Building Strength On Lebanon's Doorstep
Exclusive: How Islamic State fighters have been training new recruits close to Lebanon – and could launch cross-border attacksIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters in Syria, massed close to the...
View ArticleWhat It's Like Flying With The US Navy's Elite Blue Angels
The Blue Angels’ high level of precision begins nearly 90 minutes before the six gleaming F/A-18 Hornets take to the skies, and when Blue Angel number one — the commanding officer — announces the start...
View ArticleThis Is The Militant Group That Iran Created To Extend Its Power Into Iraq
The Badr Organization is the oldest of Iraq’s militias and is currently taking the lead in the country's ongoing fighting.It was the creation of the Iranian government during the Iran-Iraq War as the...
View ArticleRussian Robot Warrior Drives In A Circle In Front Of Putin
Killer robots are a reliable staple of science fiction, a culmination of humanity’s technological prowess turned against civilization as a cruel, cosmic joke. While this is a good premise for a movie,...
View ArticleMore Russian Soldiers Enter Ukraine As Separatists Extend Land Grab
KIEV (Reuters) - Russia is boosting its military presence in eastern Ukraine and attacks from separatist rebels have intensified as they seek to gain more territory, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy...
View ArticleNearly Every US Weapons System Has 'Significant Vulnerabilities' To Cyber...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly every U.S. weapons program tested in fiscal 2014 showed "significant vulnerabilities" to cyber attacks, including misconfigured, unpatched and outdated software, the...
View ArticleWe Still Know Very Little About The US Plan To Build An Army To Fight ISIS In...
As the U.S. train-and-equip program for vetted Syrian rebels reportedly approaches its long-delayed kickoff, many questions remain unanswered about its nature and purpose. Setting the new force's...
View ArticleAmazing Video Shows An F-5 Performing An Ultra Low Level Flyby
This is probably the coolest way to trim your trees.The video in this post was filmed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mombasa (Moi International Airport), one of the airbases in Kenya.It shows two F-5E...
View ArticleUkraine Just Lost A Crucial Airport To Russia-Backed Rebels, And The Photos...
After almost eight months of constant fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists, the Ukrainian military lost control of the Donetsk Airport, according to the Los Angeles Times....
View ArticleThese Are The Weapons That Russia Is Pouring Into Eastern Ukraine
As Russian military supplies continue to enter Ukraine, it becomes harder by the day for Putin to deny that Moscow is providing arms to the separatists. In fact Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the US Army's top...
View ArticleA Japanese Hashtag Is Mocking ISIS Amid Hostage Threats
A Japanese hashtag mocking ISIS after its threat to kill two Japanese citizens has gone viral on Twitter. The hashtag #ISISクソコラグランプリ, meaning something along the lines of "ISIS Photoshop grand...
View ArticleHezbollah Is Under Serious Pressure After Israeli Strike
With a confident smile, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement warned in a recent interview that allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would strike back if Israeli attacks inside Syria...
View ArticleUS Pulls Some Staff From Embassy In Yemen
The United States has pulled more staff out of its embassy in Yemen, U.S. officials said on Thursday as Washington scrambled to cope with the collapse of a government that had been a key ally in the...
View ArticleThe Mother Of One Of The Japanese ISIS Hostages Says Her Son Only Wanted To...
The distraught mother of one of two Japanese men being held by Islamist militants pleaded for his release Friday and urged Tokyo to pay a $200 million ransom hours before a deadline expires.A sobbing...
View ArticleThe Fight Against ISIS Is Not The Success It's Being Portrayed As
Ministers from 21 countries gathered in London on January 22 to discuss the fight against Islamic State (IS). They had their photo opportunity and issued their statements. US secretary of state, John...
View ArticleHere Is Russia's Plan for Arctic Supremacy
"Russia's Plans for Arctic Supremacy is republished with permission of Stratfor."Although the crisis in Ukraine continues to focus attention on Russia's western border, Moscow is seeking to exploit a...
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