20 Breathtaking Pictures From The US Air Force
Servicemembers in the U.S. Air Force do more than just fly planes.Sure, they have a variety of them that you may have seen — the F-22 Raptor, the F-16, or the C-17 Globemaster.But there are plenty of...
View ArticleLEON PANETTA: Women In Combat Are 'Integral' To 'Our Ability To Perform Our...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey officially announced Wednesday the Pentagon's plans to integrate women into previously-closed combat jobs across the country's defense...
View ArticlePutin Says Shame On The Western World
On Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Western countries created the current turmoil in Africa by arming Libyan rebels to topple the Qaddafi regime.On Thursday Russian President...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Threat Against The US Is Totally Delusional
North Korea got itself in a  fist-clenching, foot-stomping twist Wednesday after the U.N. again expanded sanctions against the country.This recent resolution comes as a direct response to Pyongyang's...
View ArticleFully Armed Chinese Z-10 Helicopter With Extra Fuel Tanks On 'Combat Status'
Alert 5Â posts Chinese military hardware pictures straight from the ground, but they can lack context as PLA troops or brave civilians snap photos of classified military manuevers and post to...
View Article32 Militants Overran 100 Guards To Take Over Algerian Oil Field
The Amenas gas plant in Algeria was guarded by around 100 armed gendarmes but they failed to fend off an attack by less than half the number of terrorists, it can be disclosed.A base for the gendarmes...
View ArticleHow The West Misread Mali
For 10 months the collapse of Mali was largely ignored by the west. A country seen as a model democracy imploded, with an army coup in the south and an Islamist takeover of the vast desert regions in...
View ArticleWhy The Marine Corps Is Locked In A Crazy Battle With The Navy Over Camouflage
Military combat uniforms have two purposes: to camouflage soldiers, and to hold together in rugged conditions.It stands to reason that there's only one "best" pattern, and one best stitching and...
View ArticleChina Successfully Tests 'Carrier Killer' Missile In The Gobi Desert [REPORT]
China's PLA "sunk" a U.S. aircraft carrier during a war game in remote China using its DF-21D "Carrier Killer" missile, reports Taiwan paper Want China Times.The China Times is a 63 year old Taiwanese...
View ArticleBeautiful And Deadly: Meet The Women Warfighters Of Israel
When Cpl. "S." came upon Cpl. Netanel Yahalomi, she knew he was finished."I ran under fire until I reached Netanel, but when I saw his condition, I told my commander there was nothing we could do to...
View ArticleEx-CIA Officer Given 30-Month Jail Sentence For Leaking Agent's Name
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou on Friday was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for leaking the name of a secret agent implicated in harsh interrogations of Al-Qaeda suspects.Kiriakou, 47,...
View ArticlePrivacy Advocates Urge Skype To Disclose Info About Alleged Government Spying
More than 600 million people use Skype to make voice and video calls and send text and audio messages, and there are indications that governments can gain access to these private...
View ArticleUNITED NATIONS: That's It, We're Investigating Drone Killings
The U.N. has launched an investigation into U.S., British, and Israeli airstrikes that allegedly resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians in Pakistan alone.Brenda Goh of Reuters reports that the...
View ArticleKissinger: The Iran Nuclear Situation Will Come To A Head In The 'Very...
Henry Kissinger recently gave an ominous forecast on the future of Iran's nuclear program: that it will be taken care of one way or another very soon.Speaking at the World Economic Forum at a Swiss ski...
View ArticleRussian Soldiers Encouraged To Look For 'Intimate' Tattoos On Each Other's...
Russia is encouraging its soldiers to check each other's "sexual organs" and "buttocks" for clues on sexual orientation according to a BBC report.From the report:The guidelines, which cover all aspects...
View ArticleThe Syrian War Has Arrived To Assad's Coastal Retreat
Local people describe it as a distant growl, an ever-present rumble, just to the north. A reminder that war is now at their doorstep.It has been this way for two months in Latakia. The port city had...
View ArticleFrench Airstrikes Blew Up A Key Al Qaeda Leader's House In Mali
French air strikes destroyed the home of the leader of an Al-Qaeda-linked group in northern Mali as French-led forces advanced Sunday on the Islamist stronghold of Timbuktu.The overnight strikes in...
View ArticleSurprise, Surprise: Prince Harry's Crazy TV Interview Angered Army Leadership
Prince Harry has been accused of ingratitude and immaturity by senior military figures after an interview in Afghanistan in which he spoke of his life as a helicopter pilot.The Prince has angered...
View ArticleSyria Regime Strikes Back Against Outgunned Rebels In Key City
Rebels close to Syria's central city of Hama are being pounded with bombs and shells as the regime wages a fierce assault to reverse losses in rural areas home to many of its Alawite supporters.The...
View ArticleRussian Prime Minister: Assad's Chances Of Holding On 'Shrinking By The Day'
President Bashar al-Assad's chances of staying in power are "shrinking by the day," Dmitri Medvedev said on Sunday in Russia's sternest criticism of the Syrian regime to date.Mr Assad, a Russian...
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