Former Soldier Turned Ice-Road Trucker Dies Pursuing His Dream
A former soldier who was so fascinated by the TV series "Ice Road Truckers" that he flew to Canada to become one, died when his giant rig careened off a frozen highway featured in the show.Brett...
View ArticleReport: Israel Was Allegedly Using An 'Electronically Tagged Vulture' As A...
Officials in Sudan say they have captured an electronically-tagged vulture suspected of being dispatched by Israel on a spying mission.The avian discovery was made in Kereinek, a town in the Darfur...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Hopes To Arm Drones With Laser Weapons Inside Five Years
General Atomics is developing a powerful laser that can be fitted to an unmanned drone, Mark Thompson of Time reports.Last year the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gave General...
View ArticleThis US Marine Is Chained To Bed In A Mexican Prison Over A Simple...
U.S. Marine Infantryman Jon Hammar survived Fallujah and Afghanistan only to find himself in chains, strapped to a bed in solitary confinement in a Mexican prison.All over an innocent Aug. 13 trip to...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Are Fighting Assad's Forces Less Than A Mile From The...
There are reports of clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assadless than a mile from the presidential office in Damascus, Dana El Baltaji of Bloomberg...
View ArticleCNN: New Camouflage Technology Makes Troops Invisible
The military has done everything possible to develop a uniform that helps troops blend into whatever environment they might be in, but a Canadian firm may be the one who beat countless development...
View ArticleNearly 1 in 10 Syrian Rebels Are Now Terrorists In The Eyes Of The US
The State Department has designated Syria's al-Nusra Front— a highly effective jihadist Syrian rebel group — as a Global Terrorist organization because of its direct links to al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),...
View ArticleCNN's Barbara Starr Tweeted This Fiscal Cliff Holiday Scene From The Pentagon
As the fiscal cliff looms and defense threatens countless jobs, CNN correspondent Barbara Starr stumbled upon this holiday decoration inside the the Pentagon and tweeted it out for all of us to...
View ArticleThis Video Of The Navy's X-47B Drone On An Aircraft Carrier Is A Glimpse Into...
Amid the expense and controversy surrounding America's effort at fifth-generation piloted, like the F-35 and the F-22, there is the silent but hard fact that unmanned drones are poised to make...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Pledge Allegiance To Newly Named 'Terrorist' Militant Group
Rebel groups across Syria are defying the United States by pledging their allegiance to a group that Washington will designate today a terrorist organization for its alleged links to al-Qaeda.A total...
View ArticleExpert: Hundreds Of Bomber And Fighter Parts 'Waiting To Be Found' Across...
Hundreds "or potentially thousands" of bombers, fighters and trainee aircraft are still scattered across Britain and intact engines could be recovered by enthusiasts, according to Peter Elliott, the...
View ArticleThe CIA Agent Who Found Bin Laden Is Not Well Liked And Was Even Denied...
The CIA Agent largely responsible for locating and planning the capture/kill mission of Osama bin Laden isn't getting the credit she thinks she deserves.Since her — and America's — success tracking...
View ArticleChina's New MIRV Ballistic Missile Is A Big Deal
During the nuclear honed days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a nuclear missile able to strike anywhere in the U.S.Loaded with multiple maneuverable warheads (MIRVs), while carrying decoys...
View ArticleThere's A Dangerous Vacuum In Western Africa As Mali's Government Dissolves
Mali's prime minister has been arrested and forced to dissolve the government by soldiers who orchestrated a military coup earlier this year, Adam Nossiter of The New York Times reports.The removal of...
View ArticleWe'll Never Forget This WWII Vet Telling Us How He Met The Most Famous Marine...
Aside from repeating his accomplishments over and over in bootcamp ("Only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses, Sir!"), the closest I had ever been to anything relating to Chesty Puller was the...
View ArticleObama May Need The NDAA To Justify Widespread Use Of Drones
We've covered how President Obama needs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to justify detention powers he has used for the past four years, but there's another reason he needs it: drones.At...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Going To Rock Their Upcoming Rocket Launch And Here's Why
North Korea's attempting to launch a long range missile again this year and after refusing to comment on the effort, we can hold back no longer.The media seems to think that Pyongyang's inglorious...
View ArticleREPORT: NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ROCKET 1600 MILES
North Korea launched a rocket just before 8 p.m. EST (9:51 a.m. Wednesday South Korean local time), and it later fell into the ocean 200 miles east of the Philippines, Yonhap News Agency reports.It...
View ArticleKabul Is Still The Best Place In The World To Move Boatloads Of Unmarked Cash
Kabul International Airport (KBL) has allowed monied officials to allegedly smuggle billions out of the country over the years and according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for...
View ArticleEveryone's Freaking Out About North Korea's Successful Rocket Launch
North Korea's successful rocket launch has provoked rapid and widespread condemnation, with the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, deploring a clear and "provocative" breach of security...
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