Here's What It's Like To Fly A Russian Attack Plane At Ultra-Low Altitude
Russian Air Force Sukoi-24 pilots like low-level flying. Here’s a video that shows one of their treetop-altitude missions from inside the cockpit. The latest footage shows Su-24s flying a training...
View ArticleHere's Why The Pentagon Has A Plan For The Zombie Apocalypse
The Defense Department, known for having a plan in place for any disaster scenario, has created a detailed strategy for a possible zombie apocalypse, Gordon Lubold reports for Foreign Policy. The...
View ArticleThe Philippines Accuses China Of Seizing Some Of Its Territory In The South...
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines accused China on Wednesday of reclaiming land on a reef in disputed islands in the South China Sea, apparently to build an airstrip, only a day after Washington...
View ArticleHere's The Pentagon's 6 Steps To Combat A Zombie Apocalypse
United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has a detailed plan that outlines how the military should respond to a zombie apocalypse, Gordon Lubold reports for Foreign Policy.The training manual,...
View ArticlePro-Russian Separatists Killed Seven Ukrainian Soldiers In Disastrous Ambush
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists ambushed Ukrainian troops on Tuesday, killing seven in the heaviest loss of life for government forces in a single clash since Kiev sent soldiers to put...
View ArticleHere's A Shocking Picture Of A Turkish Politician Kicking A Protester In The...
Turkey is up in arms over the Soma Mine disaster, which has killed over 280 people. Labor unions have called for a national one-day strike on Thursday. Simultaneously, protests have shaken several...
View ArticlePro-Russian Rebel Commander Warns Of Onslaught Against Ukrainian Forces
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A senior rebel commander in Ukraine's separatist eastern region has threatened an onslaught on Ukrainian military checkpoints if they are not withdrawn on Thursday,...
View ArticleAnti-Chinese Protests Have Broken Out In Vietnam — Here's Why It Could Be The...
Anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam have turned deadly. At least five Vietnamese workers and 16 others have been killed within the past day in an eruption of tensions in the region. The riots began as...
View ArticleHere's The Massive Scope Of World War I In A Single GIF
One hundred years after the start of World War I, it is still extremely difficult to comprehend just how global a phenomenon the war was. It affected people on every continent and hastened the end of...
View ArticleHow Synthetic Marijuana Became The Drug Of Choice For US Soldiers
A type of synthetic marijuana, called Spice, is by far the drug of choice for active-duty Army personnel, according to a press release about a University of Washington study of soldiers at Joint Base...
View ArticleUS Air Force Launches One Of The Most-Generous Sabbatical Programs Ever
The Air Force plans to launch a pilot program later this year that would allow female and male airmen to leave active-duty to start a family and return three years later, Air Force Times...
View ArticleStunning Photo Shows Variants Of The F-35 Flying Together For The First Time
A nice aerial photo lets you compare the shape and size of the three variants of the F-35 Lightning II multi-role aircraft flying together for the first time.From right to left, 2x F-35A CTOL...
View ArticleStranded In Open Ocean For 5 Days — The Survivor Of The Worst US Navy...
The sinking of the USS Indianapolis by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II was the single greatest loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. Out of a crew of 1,196 sailors, 300...
View ArticleWhy Nigeria’s Giant Military Is No Match For Boko Haram
There was a time not so long ago when a mutiny by Nigerian soldiers invariably led to bloodshed, arrests and a new government in Lagos.On Wednesday, when army troops launched an unsuccessful attempt to...
View ArticleThailand Is A Powder Keg Of Instability
With Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s ousting at the hands of the Thai Supreme Court on May 7th, Thailand’s political paralysis is set to restart. The anti-government Yellow Shirts have welcomed...
View ArticleMeet The First Woman Ever To Command A B-52
Even if it has not been officially confirmed, Col. Kristen E. Goodwin will be appointed to lead 2nd BW at Barksdale Air Force Base, in Lousiana in the next weeks, according to the Shreveport Times....
View ArticleRussia Is Recycling Old Propaganda Footage To Whip Up Outrage Against Ukraine
Both the image and the implication were disturbing: a splayed corpse in an open field that Russian state television suggested was that of a civilian killed by Kyiv's forces to intimidate pro-Russian...
View ArticleCanadian Hezbollah Commander, One Of FBI's 'Most Wanted,' Killed In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Lebanese-Canadian commander in the Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah has been killed in Syria where he was fighting alongside Syrian government troops against rebels,...
View ArticleFive Alarming Facts About The State Of Nuclear Weapons In Today's World
In a piece titled Nuclear Weapons Modernization: A Threat to the NPT? in the May issue of Arms Control Today, Hans Kristensen reports that “all of the world’s nuclear-weapon states are busy modernizing...
View Article'Sniffer Bees' Will Soon Be Deployed To Search For Landmines In The Balkans
Biologists in France and Croatia have successfully reared “sniffer bees” which they claim could swiftly pinpoint mines and explosives that remain hidden underground in the Balkans.The insects are said...
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