Iran's Spy Chief Secretly Advised Muslim Brotherhood To Push Back Against The US
Providing more evidence of the warming ties between Iran and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Times of London reports that the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Suleimani, made a secret two-day...
View ArticleThere's An Arms Race Going On In Asia Unlike Anything Since The Cold War
Japanese officials followed their first defense spending increase in a decade by promising they would lay out another 2.1 billion dollar one-time bonus for defense procurement.The bonus puts Japan's...
View ArticleChinese Soldiers Fire Artillery Shells Using Bare Hands
Al Qaeda insurgents in Iraq used to wire Improvised Explosive Devices just like in this video — using 9-volt batteries and stereo wire — but those would just explode underground.In this video, however,...
View ArticleCheck Out This Drone-Proof Counter-Surveillance Clothing
"Counter-surveillance clothing" is the new brain child of New York based artist Adam Harvey.Harvey, in conjunction with UK-based company Primitive London, plans to display the fashion accessories Jan....
View ArticleConservative Pundit Ridicules US Marines For Yoga PTSD Prevention
A few weeks ago we wrote about the U.S. Marines including Yoga in a prevention and therapy approach to post traumatic stress.Well, conservative talk show host Tony Perkins, president of the Christian...
View ArticleAmerica Is Setting A Dangerous Precedent For The Drone Age
The decisions America makes today regarding drone policy could come back to haunt it sooner than later.Micah Zenko of the Council of Foreign Relations makes this argument in a new report:A major risk...
View ArticleOne Of Hitler's Rare Kamikaze Rockets To Go On Display In Britain
A rare kamikaze-style rocket capable of launching a direct hit on Buckingham Palace will go on display in Britain almost 70 years after Hitler had it made in the hope it would help destroy London.This...
View ArticlePentagon Prosecutor To Abandon Major Charge Against Alleged 9/11 Plotters
The Pentagon's war crimes prosecutor has decided to no longer seek a conspiracy conviction at the Sept. 11 death penalty trial, a move designed to shore up the case after a federal court undercut the...
View ArticleJapan Scrambles Jets To Head Off Chinese Military Planes ... Again
Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial dispute, Japanese media said.The Chinese planes were spotted on...
View ArticleUS Government Says WikiLeaks Material Was Found At Osama Bin Laden's Safe House
On Wednesday military prosecutors in the case of former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning said they would introduce evidence that WikiLeaks materials Manning is accused of passing to Julian...
View ArticleThere's Only One Reason For The 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan
Let's get one thing straight: the 'zero option' is a bluff.The American news media collapsed into a tizzy when Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said all 'options were on the table.' His...
View ArticleTrackingPoint Sniper Sight Can Display Targets On An iPad
A few months back we covered a new 'TrackingPoint' rifle sight that "turns every shooter into a sniper," and recently they presented their weapons and sights at the massive techie gathering CES.The...
View ArticleA Steady Stream Of Foreign Fighters Is Increasingly Vital To Syrian Rebels
The other day we detailed how the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime may have purposely allowed rebel advances to consolidate resources and force the opposition to administrate the suffering...
View ArticleChina Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As It Sends Fighters To East...
After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, and Tokyo scrambling F-15s in response, China's now sending fighters of its own on "routine flights" into the East China...
View ArticleFrance Promises Its Military Will Deliver 'A Fatal Blow' To Terrorists In Mali
France will support Mali's request for military assistance to help counter an offensive by Islamist rebels, Francois Hollande has said.Mr Hollande said they would help but strictly within the framework...
View ArticleThe Air Force Is Tripling Its Bomber Training Airspace To Almost 30K Square...
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Air Force has launched a six-year plan to more than triple the airspace used for its bombers to accommodate more training sorties of its Dakotas-based B-1...
View ArticleThe Navy’s New F-35C May Have The Coolest Fighter Markings Ever
In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 “Grim Reapers” at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-35C CF-6 has received a cool high-visibility color scheme.The Grim Reapers were...
View ArticleThe US Paraded This Immense String Of F-16s In South Korea Last Month
On Dec. 14, 2012, Kunsan airbase, Republic of Korea, hosted the latest of a series of Elephant Walk exercise involving F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons of the 8th Fighter...
View ArticleThe F-8 'Daytime Fighter' Absolutely Ruled The Skies Over Vietnam [PHOTOS]
Navy personnel referred to the F-8 as "Vought's Last Chance," since the Vought company's last iteration, the F-7, was a miserable piece of gear.Vought hit a home run though, producing a fighter jet...
View ArticleThis Week Al-Nusra Showed They'll Either Win Or Destroy The Syrian Revolution
It appears Jabhat al-Nusra — the most fearsome Syrian rebel fighting force — led another successful attack as the opposition captured its first major military airport, Zeina Karam of The Associated...
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