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Egyptian military reportedly kills dozens of suspected Islamist militants...
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt’s military killed dozens of suspected Islamist militants in an operation in Sinai, security sources said on Wednesday, while state media reported the kidnapping of a...
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Corruption in China's military is so bad that it might undermine their...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military can only achieve its modernization goals if it respects the law, the Central Military Commission said on Thursday, offering a warning to the armed forces which have...
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Russian fighter jets to stage exercises over Barents Sea
Russia fighter jets will take part in exercises on thwarting a potential missile attack off the coasts of Russia and NATO member state Norway, in the Barents Sea, RIA news agency said on Thursday....
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Russian defense minister explains why the Kremlin is militarizing the Arctic
Since Russia's new military doctrine was signed into effect on December 26, the Arctic has been one of three geopolitical arenas deemed by Moscow as vital to national security.Because of the new...
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London's University of Westminster 'shocked and sickened' that Jihadi John...
The college reportedly attended by Mohammed Emwazi, the British ISIS executioner who appeared in a number of beheading videos made by the Islamic State group, said Thursday it was “shocked and...
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Meet the US generals ramping up the mission in Iraq and Syria
The US Army generals charged with strengthening Iraqi and Syrian forces to dislodge Islamic militants from vast stretches of both countries are poised to ramp up the effort in coming months.As the top...
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Only the US and Estonia are meeting NATO's defense budget goals
Fourteen NATO countries have so far announced their defense budgets for 2015. Of those fourteen, only the US and Estonia have passed the 2% of GDP threshold that every NATO nation pledged to have as...
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Top US Navy admiral: China has more submarines than the US
China is building some "fairly amazing submarines" and now has more diesel- and nuclear-powered vessels than the United States, a top U.S. Navy admiral told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, although he...
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Russia's military exercises are WAY bigger than NATO's
If military strength and ability was determined solely by the number of soldiers participating in military exercises, Russia would be able to steamroll through NATO without much of a second thought....
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Debating whether ISIS is or isn't 'Islamic' may actually be a waste of time
The international conversation that forms the backdrop for the campaign against the so-called "Islamic State" (also known as ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group has suddenly found itself drawn into a rabbit...
View ArticleWatch Leonard Nimoy in a Marine Corps instructional video from 1954
Long before he played the greatest Starfleet officer of all time and directed the immortal 'The Voyage Home' Leonard Nimoy spent 18 months in the Army reserve. According to Military.com, Nimoy achieved...
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This plane is the face of salvation when you're outgunned in the US Army
When you're hunkered down behind a sliver of cover taking heavy fire, it seems like there's no more reassuring sound than the twin engines of the A-10 Thunderbolt screaming in from the distance.That's...
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See if you can find the camouflaged German sniper pointing a gun directly at you
Simon Menner contacted the German army in 2010 to see if they’d be interested in helping him create images where members of the army are hidden, or, “Camouflage,” like the title of his series. Turns...
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Russia is turning Crimea into a forward operating base against NATO
Russia is heavily militarizing Crimea as a way to project power deep in to the Black Sea, USNI News reports citing supreme commander of NATO Gen. Philip Breedlove. “What we have seen is that Crimea has...
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China investigates another former top military officer for corruption
China is investigating a second former top military officer on suspicion of corruption, two independent sources told Reuters, as President Xi Jinping widens his campaign against deep-rooted graft in...
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Watch RAF airstrikes annihilate Islamic State targets on YouTube
Here's something we didn't know — the Ministry of Defence is uploading videos of precision air strikes on Islamic State military targets in Iraq on YouTube.A report from the MoD released today shows...
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Here's a Marine's advice for braving the extreme cold
The polar vortex pummeling the East the last several weeks got me thinking about the misery of living and sleeping in frigid temperatures. When I recently heard a friend say, “I’d much rather be cold...
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This chart shows the competition between India and China's submarine fleet
China and India, the world's two most populous states, share the world's longest contested land border. The two nations also have the dubious distinction of being the largest weapons importers on...
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China's military budget is booming
China's military is set to have a banner year. Beijing will increase funding for the military in 2015 by about 10%, The New York Times reports citing Fu Ying, the spokeswoman for China's National...
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Concern grows for civilians as Shia militias cut off Saddam Hussein's hometown
Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Concern mounted Wednesday over the fate of civilians in Tikrit where Iraqi forces were trying to trap Islamic State group jihadists on the third day of a huge offensive to retake...
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