Al-Qaeda Jihadists Are The Best Fighters Among The Syria Rebels
Members of al-Qaeda and other foreign jihadist organizations are entering Syria and establishing themselves as some of the best fighters in the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad's regime, Ghaith...
View ArticleF-22s Arrived In Japan With No Sign Of Those Oxygen Problems
Air Force officials breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as at least eight of the first 12 F-22s scheduled to deploy to Kadena Air Force Base, Japan, arrived safely with no reports of pilots suffering...
View ArticleThe US Bought Another Of These 'Unreliable' $1.5-Billion Ships
Able to carry 800 Marines and their gear anyplace they need to go — the San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock is vital for projecting U.S. forces abroad: but they don't come cheap. The newest...
View ArticleThis Is The Awesomely Bad Logo For The Navy's Drone Department
This logo (below) is being used by the Navy's Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons. It was photographed by Wired's Spencer Ackerman and shared on his Instagram account....
View ArticleHow One Iraq Military Vet Got Involved In A White Supremacist Plot To...
He began corresponding with the leader of a white supremacist group when he was stationed at Camp Striker on tour in Iraq. Before long, the young veteran was being invited to become a sworn member of...
View ArticleThis Is How One Air Force Pilot Helped Beat Hitler — Twice
His chunky 5-foot-8 frame gave no hint of the giddyup in his short strides, but it was said of Foy Draper that he could run a hole through the wind. His speed led to Gold, when he helped run a hole...
View ArticleThe Government Admits The US Power Grid Can Be Taken Out At Any Time
The Government Accountability Office just released a report backing up earlier findings: because a series of recommendations were ignored, the U.S. electric grid remains highly susceptible to...
View ArticleMissile Defense Staff Told To Stop Watching Porn At Work
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) warned its employees and contractors to stop watching and downloading porn on government computers, Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg reports. Executive Director...
View ArticleObama Authorized Secret Support To Syrian Rebel Forces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with...
View ArticleThe President Of Iran Calls For 'The Annihilation Of The Zionist Regime'
Gearing up for Iran's annual "Qods Day", a nationwide event dedicated to expressing outrage against Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted a speech to his website saying world forces...
View ArticleThese Potential Defense Cuts Outlined Yesterday Are Ugly
So far, nearly everyone in government has remained coy about what exactly gets cut if sequestration — the mandatory spending cuts that make up one half of the "Fiscal Cliff" — goes through. Yesterday...
View ArticleThese Massive Vehicles Are A Colossal Waste Of Taxpayer Money
The Pentagon's $600,000 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP) do not save more lives than cheaper alternatives and therefore are a huge waste of money, according to a study by Chris Rohlfs...
View ArticleAmerica’s Abrams Tank Is Outliving Its Usefulness
Scan over the Sierra Mountains about an hour north of Reno, Nevada and you’ll come across the sprawling complex known as the Sierra Army Depot, a remote location where the military stores unused...
View ArticleTake A Ride In The Cockpit Of An F-18
We stumbled across this great video shot by the pilot of an F/A-18 jet flying over the Sierra Nevada mountains on a flight run. The stills themselves are great pictures, and they also give the viewer...
View ArticleStep Aboard The Navy's $2.4 Billion Virginia-Class Nuclear Submarine
The USS Virginia-class submarines are the United State's newest and most advanced submarine. The first Virginia slipped beneath the waves just eight years ago and only nine vessels have been...
View ArticleA Bunch Of Elderly Protestors Managed To Sneak Past Security Into A US...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old...
View ArticleThe Newest Wave Of Russian Marines To Syria May Be The First Step In An...
According to reports, Russia is sending three boatloads of Marines to their base in Syria, and everyone is speculating about why. One of the more compelling theories is that Russia wants to deploy a...
View ArticleIran Is Wants To Pay $4 Billion To Buy $900 Million Worth Of These Missiles
While the world went back and forth about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2002, Saddam Hussein was planning for the worst and did all he could to acquire a batch of Russian S-300 surface-to-air...
View ArticleIsrael's Prime Minister Admits He Wants The US To Lead Any Strike On Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told officials in a closed meeting that he prefers the U.S. “do the work" in a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, Barak Ravid of Haaretz reports....
View ArticleThis Peter Thiel Company Is Ripping The Army Intelligence Community Apart
Palantir is a company founded by Peter Thiel — of Paypal and Facebook renown — that has software which absolutely changes the game with intelligence. It's one of the best programs at coordinating the...
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