Massive Explosion Reported At Iran's Fordow Nuclear Facility
Reports of an explosion at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility have surfaced and are being both confirmed and denied by multiple sources.The Jerusalem Post cites a report by Reza Kahlili that says: “The...
View ArticleRussia Denies Selling China A New Fleet Of Deadly Bombers
It looks like the news that China had just bought the entire Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber production line was unfounded.According to the ITAR-TASS News Agency, the Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state arms...
View ArticleChina's Heavy Transport Plane Makes Its First Flight
Ushering in a new era of Chinese military projection, China's Xian Y-20 indigenously produced heavy transport plane took its maiden flight January 26.Pakistan Defence reports the Y-20, built by Xi'an...
View ArticlePolice Gingerly Return Hand Grenade To Proper Owner
The Orland Park Police Department shut down its lobby and front parking lot for about an hour last week after someone carried a non-functioning military grenade into the building.Cmdr. John Keating...
View ArticlePentagon Announces Cyber Force Expansion As Anonymous Hacks Government Websites
The Pentagon plans to expand its cybersecurity force from 900 personnel to 4,900 troops and civilians over the new several years, Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post reports. The expansion reflects...
View ArticleHagel Warned Obama Of Rogue Pentagon Leading A 'New World Order'
As Chuck Hagel seeks support for his nomination to become Secretary of Defense, Bob Woodward has released a story about a White House trip the former Senator made in 2009.The Washington Post...
View ArticleAwesome Photo Of Six F-22 Raptors Over The Mediterranean Sea
Stealth planes might be invisible to radars but they can do nothing against human eye.This is what the following images prove.Taken by Gian Luca Onnis, a (lucky) photographer and aviation enthusiast,...
View ArticleSoldier To Get Medal Of Honor For Fighting Off Hundreds Of Taliban While Injured
There were 53 US troops at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan on the morning of Oct. 3, 2009. While they had been attacked many times before, on that morning at 6 AM everything went to hell.Skip to...
View ArticleHere's The Answer For Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Broiling in the back of society's collective head is the hulking fear of our invincible, infinitesimal undoing: drug-resistant bacteria.Just last week, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Britain's leading...
View ArticleYou May Soon Be Able To Buy Your Own Drone For Only $50
Unmanned aerial vehicles have seen extensive use in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the military isn't the only organization playing the drone game. As IEEE Spectrum reports, you may be seeing your own...
View ArticleChina Is Set To Make A Killing On The Afghan War
China is positioning itself to tap Afghanistan's vast mineral resources as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, Dennis Gray of The Associated Press reports.U.S. and Afghan geological surveys have found...
View ArticleDARPA's New Drone Camera Can Monitor The Globe Like Never Before
Drone technology is about to take another huge leap.The $18.5 million Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS) program is set to become the most advanced surveillance...
View ArticlePlanned US Drone Base Near Mali Marks Latest American Expansion In Africa
The U.S. military command in Africa (AFRICOM) is planning to establish a drone base in northwest Africa to increase surveillance on radical Islamists in the region, Eric Schmidt of The New York Times...
View ArticleUS F-16 Goes Down Off Italian Coast
Italian news wire agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata has reported that an American F-16 flying out of Aviano airbase lost radio contact and crashed in the Adriatic.From the report:The aircraft,...
View ArticleHow Cell Phone Tech Resulted In The Spookiest Surveillance Camera On Earth
Everyone marveled when the iPhone 4S came equipped with a full high definition video camera. Little did they know that the race to miniaturize cell phone cameras led to quite possibly the spookiest...
View ArticleThe Pentagon's Massive Expansion Of Its 'Cyber-Security' Unit Is All About...
As the US government depicts the Defense Department as shrinking due to budgetary constraints, the Washington Post this morning announces "a major expansion of [the Pentagon's] cybersecurity force over...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is No Longer A Big White Space On Google Maps
Until Tuesday the Google Maps of North Korea were mostly blank — only the capital of Pyongyang was labeled. But with the help of "citizen cartographers,"Google has released a detailed map revealing...
View ArticleStrange Censorship Episode At Guantánamo Trial Enrages Judge
GUANTANAMO NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Someone else besides the judge and security officer sitting inside the maximum-security court here can impose censorship on what the public can see and hear at the Sept....
View ArticleBob Costas: It's Culture, Not Gun Laws That Are The Problem
Famous sportscaster Bob Costas took some heat for his gun comments following Sandy Hook, but he appeared on The Daily Show last night, in part to clear the air."Even if every bit of common sense bit of...
View ArticleJon Stewart Skewers The Main Arguments Against Women In Combat [VIDEO]
There are a few arguments Jon Stewart doesn't understand about the women in combat debate.Argument: Putting women in male-dominated combat units would encourage improper sexual relationships, wearing...
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