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The 25 Most Effective Weapons In The US Arsenal
American ingenuity is an incredible force, and nowhere more so than on the battlefield.Weapons like the M16 rifle have been battle tested and refined to near-perfection. Others like the atomic bomb...
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Syrian Rebels Pulled Off A Lethal Fake-Out On Assad
A Syrian parliamentarian and eight members of the security forces were killed in a Damascus suicide bombing Wednesday, and al-Arabiya reports that the attack was reportedly carried out by the al-Nusra...
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This Is What Assad's Scud Missile Attacks Look Like On The Ground
Mangled heaps of metal stretch for hundreds of metres (yards) from a crater in what was an olive grove in northwestern Syria. Rebels say they now face a new enemy: Scuds.According to the insurgents, at...
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In The Wake Of Yesterday's Shooting Here's A List Of The Best Reporting On...
Update: With today's shooting in Newtown, Conn., this article, first published July 24, 2012, unfortunately seems relevant again.In the wake of last week's shooting in Aurora, Colo., we've taken a step...
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'Zero Dark Thirty' Guardian Review Says Film Idolizes The CIA And Is Filled...
I've now seen "Zero Dark Thirty". Before getting to that: the controversy triggered this week by my commentary on the debate over that film was one of the most ridiculous in which I've ever been...
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Here's The Gear You Need When Embedding With The US Marines In Afghanistan
Believe me, I was nervous, and I rarely get nervous.Once you get out to the combat zone, you better have everything you need with you, or you're screwed. In the same breath, you better not bring too...
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Santa Ditches Google For Microsoft (GOOG, MSFT)
Since the 1950s, Norad, the North American Aerospace Defence Command, has been giving children updates on Santa's progress from the North Pole each Christmas Eve.Norad has teamed up with Google to...
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The New Defense Bill May Give Veterans Affairs Right To Deny Vets Gun Ownership
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS!!!Now that I have your attention…The new Defense Bill has a fight going due to the desire of a few politicians to, get this, protect Veterans’ rights by amending the bill.The...
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Code Breakers Finally Crack The Mysterious Cypher On The WWII Carrier Pigeon
A coded message from the Second World War found tied to the remains of a carrier pigeon in a chimney contains details of German tank movements sent by a British soldier, a team of Canadian researchers...
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New Japanese PM Vows Tough Treatment For A Brazen China
East Asia is bracing for an era of tension and confrontation after Japan's general elections returned a hawkish conservative to power.The Liberal Democratic party's resounding victory on Sunday...
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Senate Torture Report Could Hurt Case Against Alleged 9/11 Plotters
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report Thursday concluding that 'torture,' or 'enhanced interrogation,' is a flawed method that yields little actionable information.The 6,000 page report,...
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REPORT: Details Of Turkey's Proposed Endgame Plan In Syria Revealed
Turkey has made a new proposal to Russia for an orderly peaceful transition in war-ravaged Syria in the post-regime era, a Turkish newspaper reported on Monday.The proposal calls for President Bashar...
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The UN Atomic Agency Expects An Iran Deal That 'Will Take Years' To Put In Place
The UN atomic agency, after a year of false starts, finally expects to sign a long-elusive deal with Iran on January 16, but that will be the easy part, experts say.Implementing the accord will be a...
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'Did We Just Kill A Kid?' — The Six Words That Ended A US Drone Pilot's Career
The New Mexico desert gets blistering hot, but inside the small windowless container where Brandon Bryant worked as a drone operator in the U.S. Air Force it stays a cool 63 degrees all year...
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Why Syria's Chemical Weapons Are So Terrifying [INFOGRAPHIC]
The U.S. has said it would intervene if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons in the country's ongoing conflict.Craig Whitlock and Carol Morello of The Washington Post report U.S....
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It's Incredible How Much Guns Have Advanced Since The Second Amendment
Last week's Connecticut shooting has once again focused the national spotlight on assault weapons and their place in America.Everyone has heard of these guns. They've been available to the U.S. public...
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18 Terms You Need To Know If You Want To Be Part Of The Gun Control Debate
In light of recent calls for stricter gun control, an inevitability following the grisly acts of a troubled gunman in Connecticut, knowing a glossary of important weapons terms is integral to...
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Veteran Journalist Says The Media Is Totally Misreporting What's Happening In...
Veteran war correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent has been in Damascus for 10 days and says he is "struck by the fact that the situation in areas of Syria I have visited is wholly different...
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A Newly-Discovered Computer Virus Is Wiping Data From Iranian Hard Drives
Iranian computers are being targeted by a new malicious virus that clears large portions of hard drives, according to Iran’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT). Cybersecurity researchers don't...
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The Relationship Between A Battlefield Bomb-Tech And His Dog Is Unlike...
Army Specialist John Nolan’s heart pounded as he stared into the wadi in central Afghanistan. He wasn’t sure what lay beneath the loose, granular dirt.Was there a 500-pound bomb buried beneath him? If...
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