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There Are Two Simple Rules To Surviving An Improvised Explosive Device Blast
Improvised explosive devices (IED) are one of the deadliest weapons facing U.S. troops in combat, and surviving an IED blast is no easy feat.Aside from a healthy dose of luck, there are two simple...
View ArticleVideo From The Crazy Shootout Between Police And Boston Suspects
After a police officer was shot dead at MIT university, the manhunt for the suspects sought in the Boston Bombing carried over into nearby Watertown, Mass.The Telegraph has captured some video of the...
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Here's The FBI's Updated Poster For The Most-Wanted Man In America
Dzhokar Tsarnaev is the lone identified suspect still on the loose from the Boston bombing attack.While the manhunt continues, the FBI is releasing photos, descriptions of vehicles he may be driving,...
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Let's Hope The Boston Bombers Aren't Linked To Chechen Militants
When it was announced that the Boston bombing suspects were ethnically Chechen, we were worried.Chechnya is home to some of the deadliest militant groups in the world, though so far they have primarily...
View ArticleWatertown Residents Are Looking Out Of Their Windows And Seeing These...
Law enforcement continue to search throughout the northeast for the remaining suspect in the terror attack at the Boston Marathon.Dzhokar Tsarnaev is the lone identified suspect still on the loose, and...
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Looming Cyber-Security Bill Could Have Ruined Reddit's Boston Investigation
When the FBI came out Thursday with a few blurry images and asked for "help" identifying the subjects, they were asking Reddit.Put more simply, they were asking the Internet to help them find the...
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Russia's Fourth-Gen Fighter Could Be The Best Thing On The Market
Of the jets in production that promise to take military fighters deep into the 21st century and beyond, the U.S. F-35, the Chinese J-20, and the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA are at the top of the heap....
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The B-2 Stealth Bomber Will Deliver Nuclear Cruise Missiles Anywhere In The...
The single wing B-2 has been stealthily slipping through skies for over 20 years, but until now its ability to carry nuclear munitions was limited.That all changes with a report from the Senate Armed...
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Legendary Air Force Pilot Dies In Williamsburg Cessna Crash
Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Brown and wife Sue Brown both died as a result of injuries sustained during a crash landing of their Cessna 210 in Williamsburg, Va., Friday.Brown was the first pilot to...
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Chuck Hagel Tries To Win Back Some Friends In Israel
What a run for Chuck Hagel this weekend in the Middle East.In the following week, he's visiting Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, but arguably his most pressing mission is to...
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Soldier Who 'Snapped' And Killed 5 Other Troops Pleads Guilty
In an effort to avoid the death penalty, a U.S. Army sergeant pled guilty Monday to the 2009 murders of five of his fellow servicemen while serving in Iraq, Reutersreports.Sgt. John M. Russell, 46, was...
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See What It's Like For US Troops Before They Hit The Front Lines
Military members know very well that if you aren't deployed to a war zone, you're likely training for one.Soldiers deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan (and elsewhere) in year-long stints, while the other...
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Here's The Science Behind The Technology That Ended The Boston Manhunt
Only four days after two blasts killed three and wounded nearly 200 in downtown Boston, the culmination of a massive law enforcement manhunt came down to an incredible technology: infrared imaging.The...
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Chinese Investors Are Reportedly Having Big Money Trouble In North Korea
As many as 100 Chinese businessmen have reportedly holed up in hotels in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, waiting to recover money invested in the country.Some of these businessmen may have even been...
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Senior Israeli Official Says Assad Has Used Chemical Weapons In Syria
Israeli military official says Assad has used chemical arms in civil warTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A senior Israeli military intelligence official said on Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad used...
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It's Getting Hard To Ignore The Atrocities In Syria
Fighting in Syria has been relentless for more than two years. During this time as many as 120,000 people have been killed, including many women, children, and other civilians who wanted nothing to do...
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This Rocket-Like Plane Could Have Been The SR-71 Blackbird Replacement
The above image, published by Code One on its Facebook page, shows the configuration for the SA-2S, an SR-71 Blackbird replacement concept that was studied by Convair in the early ’60s.According to...
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Russia Simulated A Large-Scale Aerial Night Attack On Sweden
Erik Arnberg, a reader of The Aviationist, brought to my attention an episode that occurred on the night of Mar. 29, 2013, when Russian military aircraft simulated a large scale bomb run on Sweden.The...
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GOP Senator Says Military Handling Of Rape Cases 'Not A Serious Problem'
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) doesn't see a problem with the way the military handles an epidemic of sexual assault.Despite an Air Force general recently overturning a sexual assault conviction, Inhofe...
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The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Armies
Its been a banner decade for modern military fighting. In 2010 alone there were more than 70 armed conflicts across the globe from Sangin to Ingushetia.As different as each of them were, they all had...
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