Award For Drone Pilots May Be The Most Ridiculous Thing The Pentagon Could Do
The new Distinguished Warfare Medal signals two things — the drones are here to stay, and sitting in an easy chair and pushing a button is quite literally valued above the battlefield valor of military...
View ArticleAssad's Seat Of Power Is Not Invincible
The predominant view on the Syrian war, as told by Reuters journalist Samia Nakhoul, is that "there looks to be little chance the rebels can storm the center of Damascus and attack the seat of Assad's...
View ArticleSenior Iraq Intel Officer Killed In Suicide Blast
A suicide attack on Saturday killed a senior Iraqi intelligence officer outside his home near the main northern city of Mosul, officials said.Brigadier General Aouni Ali, the head of Iraq's main...
View ArticleTwo Nuclear-Armed Russian Bombers Reportedly Skirt US Base
According to the Washington Free Beacon website two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers circled Guam island, in the Pacific Ocean, on Feb. 12.“Defense officials said the bombers tracked over Guam...
View ArticleNetanyahu Doubles Down On Spy Secrecy Following Prisoner X Fallout
Exposure of intelligence activities can "badly damage" state security, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday in his first remarks on the arrest and death of a jailed Australian-Israeli with Mossad...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Geriatric Air Force Is A Harmless Joke Straight Out Of The 60s
Can you really believe Korean People’s Army Air Force can reduce enemy to ashes?They seem to believe it.In the following video, personnel of the North Korean Air Force proudly affirm that they are in...
View ArticleBritain's 'Floating Shop Window' Signals Massive Undeclared Arms Race In Libya
Undeclared arms race among European defence contractors to re-equip Libya's armed forces causes concern among locals.Britain is trying to boost the sale of defence equipment to Libya by sending a Royal...
View ArticleIranian Commander Killed In Syria Was A Major Enemy Of Israel
Iran vowed revenge against Israel after a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was shot dead in southwestern Syria last week while traveling to Lebanon.A closer look at General...
View ArticleMuslim Preacher Tells Followers Getting Welfare Cash For Holy Wars Is Easy...
A Muslim preacher has been secretly recorded explaining to followers how to receive government assistance they can use to fund a Muslim holy war.Calling it a "Jihadi Allowance," cleric Anjem Choundary,...
View ArticleReader Buys Arsenal Of Assault Weapons And Then Taunts Government: 'Please...
President Obama's heartfelt State of the Union plea for stronger gun safety laws was still fresh in mind when I received these pictures from a reader.The photos show an arsenal of weapons the reader...
View ArticleMystery Of Immense Barcodes Painted Across American Landscape Explained
Just the words 'barcodes' or 'QR codes' inspire a certain paranoia among some people. Their uses are many, but until the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) published a recent report, not many...
View ArticleChina Has Found A Brutally Simple Way To Steal Corporate Secrets
The Chinese army appears to be conducting cyberhacking and espionage against large U.S. corporations, according to an extensive report from computer security firm Mandiant.The report even identifies...
View ArticleCongressman Says US Will Put Larger Footprint In Mali
The United States is likely to play a more active military role in Mali, where French-led forces are battling Islamist rebels, after the country holds elections, the chair of a key Senate sub-committee...
View ArticleNow There's A White House Petition About This New Drone Medal
More than 5,000 people have signed an online petition urging the White House to demote a new medal that will honor drone pilots and other service members who participate in combat operations without...
View ArticleHacking For The Chinese Army Is A Competitive Job With Great Benefits
Mandiant's big report on Chinese hacking offers a fascinating look at one of the most secretive arms of the Chinese military.The hacker military arm falls within China's Signals Intelligence, or...
View ArticleNorth Korea Threatens South Korea With 'Final Destruction'
South Korea faces "final destruction" if Seoul and its allies continue to push for tougher UN resolutions against North Korea's nuclear programme, Pyongyang warned Tuesday."We have never recognised the...
View ArticleNorth Korean Prison Camps Are 'Like Hitler's Auschwitz'
North Korea's prison camps are a closed-off world of death, torture and forced labour where babies are born slaves, according to two survivors who liken the horrors of the camps to a Holocaust in...
View ArticleChina May Have 'Blessed' Hacking, But May Not Be In Total Control
Cybersecurity expert Dr James Lewis says China's central leadership have effectively "blessed" the hacking activities that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy...
View ArticleMilitary Cuts Likely To Affect Small Families First, And The Worst
As the Army prepares for 5,300 redundancies, an annonymous military wife contemplates the life to come as a civilian:My husband calmly informed me last week that, as a Captain in the infantry, he was...
View Article11 Ways The Sequestration Will Ravage The US Government
On March 1, the first $85 billion of the $1.2 trillion sequester will go into effect, hitting almost every aspect of the government with across-the-board spending cuts. The cuts go to the heart of...
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