This Is China's Response To The US Navy's Struggling Coastal Warship Program
The fact that China's been building up its military with speed and agility recently is nothing new, but Beijing is now going head-to-head with one of the U.S. Navy's most troubled programs. The Navy's...
View ArticleScientists Think The Amazing 'Peacock Mantis Shrimp' Can Teach Us How To...
A four-inch tropical shrimp has made a big impression on scientists trying to create state-of-the-art military shields and military body armor. Jacqueline Klimas at Navy Times reports the peacock...
View ArticleWar Is Still The Most Profitable Racket In The World
One of the advantages of moving overseas is that you see home more clearly. We came to France last week. Already, America comes into clearer focus. The French press seems fascinated by the...
View ArticleThis Picture By A Desperate Army Wife Has Started A Movement And Saved Her...
When Rob Wise left the Marine Corps to join the Army a decade ago he may have looked forward to a better life, starting a family and receiving support from the people he worked for. The Marines have...
View ArticleThe Navy SEAL 'Kill House' Trains For A Special Kind Of War
Urban combat is a way of life for Special Forces troops, and they need the kind of training facility that simulates the claustrophobic intensity of indoor battle. That's where a new facility in...
View ArticleA Huge Cyber War Is Being Waged Upon Britain
The head of MI5, Britain's counter-intelligence agency, described the recent levels of cyber assaults on the United Kingdom's computer systems as "astonishing". Jonathan Evans is dealing with the...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Look What All That Defense Spending Could Do For The Average...
The numbers flung about when speaking of defense acquisitions are so large and so many that it's easy for the amounts to lose their meanings. This infographic from Military Education shows the money...
View ArticleThe Navy Gave Us A Personal Tour Of Their Massive Hovercraft
When the Marines want to haul infantry troops and the gear they'll need to fight on any shoreline they send the Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC). A huge hovercraft that skims the surface of the...
View ArticleFifty-Two US Troops Who Crashed On This Glacier 60 Years Ago Have Finally...
Thanksgiving was just five days away on November 22, 1952 when a huge Air Force plane nicknamed "Old Shaky" went down East of Anchorage, AK killing all 52 servicemembers on board. The U.S. was in the...
View ArticleYou're Supporting The Defense Industry Every Time You Buy One Of These...
Regardless of how you may feel about America's military industrial complex, chances are some items in your home we're made by the same companies that makes drones and fighter jets. Fact is, a lot of...
View ArticleEach Of These Common Household Items Is Made By A Defense Manufacturer
Regardless of how you may feel about America's military industrial complex, chances are some items in your home we're made by the same companies that makes drones and fighter jets. Fact is, many...
View ArticleThis Army Wife Is About To Blow The Lid Off How The Army Treats Its Damaged...
This is the first in a series of letters written by a military wives from a group called Battling BARE for BI Military & Defense — Smoke Pit. These women are attempting to show that the system set...
View ArticleChina Has Deployed 'Combat Ready' Patrols To The South China Sea
After months of mounting tensions that flared up with the Philippines at the Scarborough Shoal in April, China announced it's sending "combat ready" naval and aerial patrols to the Spratly Islands....
View ArticleIt Is Once Again Totally Legal To Lie About Military Service
Obscured in the news by the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court also weighed in on the legal challenge to the Stolen Valor Act. The Act — which makes it a federal crime...
View ArticleTroops Are Piling Up On Both Sides Of The Syria-Turkey Border As Tensions...
Both Turkey and Syria have reportedly sent troops to their shared border in the aftermath of the downing of a Turkish jet last week. Yesterday Al Arabiya reported that Turkey was deploying troops and...
View ArticleHere's What Defense Secretary Panetta Learns From Gravely Wounded US Troops
Today a the last Department of Defense press briefing before the Fourth of July, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opened up to the press. He gave a deep answer to a personal question. One journalist...
View ArticleWith Only $1,000 UT Austin Showed How Iran Totally Could Have Taken The US...
A research team at the University of Texas has successfully hijacked an unencrypted drone for the first time by overtaking its GPS signals with $1,000 worth of equipment and custom software. The...
View Article31 Alleged Sex Scandal Victims Are Going To Rock The Air Force To Its Core
Yesterday, the Air Force revealed that 31 female victims have been identified in a sex scandal at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Twelve male training instructors have been accused of...
View ArticleThe Biggest And Most Expensive Embassy In The World Is About To Get A Massive...
The State Department is planning to spend $115 million to upgrade the the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad only three and a half years after American diplomats moved into the massive $700 million facility,...
View ArticleA Full Rundown Of China's Military Might
Americans have heard about China's military expansion for years at this point. Some say it's a minor threat, others claim Chinese expansion is to everyone's benefit, and still others think it spells...
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