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A US Communication Plane Could Be Tracked Online During An Air Raid In...
At least seven Taliban militants were killed following a NATO air raid in Afghanistan on August 1o. A U.S. Air Force E-11A BACN plane orbiting over southeastern Ghazni province, clearly visible on...
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The Middle East Is Deep In Denial Over Where ISIS Came From
One of the most alarming features of Arab responses to the rise of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq is a persistent pattern of neurotic denial in the form of conspiracy theories and other...
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Heavy Russian Military Equipment Is Joining The 'Aid' Convoy To Eastern Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's government is sending a convoy of unmarked white trucks to Ukraine, and the supposed humanitarian mission is now being accompanied by heavy offensive Russian military equipment.The...
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These 22 Charts Reveal Who Serves In America's Military
Even as the Pentagon plans significant troop reductions, the U.S. Armed Forces remain by far the most powerful and most expensive military in the world.But who makes up America's over 1.3 million...
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Putin Waged A 'Special War' Long Before Crimea
Long before Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea and began his slow-rolling aggression against Ukraine, I was explaining the concept of Special War, specifically as an alternative to the very expensive and...
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Ferguson Gets Free Military Gear From The Pentagon — Like So Many Police Forces
The images coming out of Ferguson, Mo., in the last few days have been harrowing, and one element in particular has shocked those watching the events unfold. American law enforcement decked out in...
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The Marines Want To Build A Laser Weapon To Shoot Down Enemy Aircraft
The Marine Corps has begun field testing a laser weapon that can be mounted on a Humvee to shoot down low-flying aircraft such as enemy drones, Raytheon announced Wednesday."Raytheon is paving the way...
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This Hamas Video Shows The Group Building Rockets During Israel's Gaza Offensive
Hamas’s al-Aqsa TV aired footage on Wednesday of M-75 rocket production somewhere in the Gaza Strip in what it said was the course of the current conflict. The report said the clip was shot on August...
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REPORT: Ukrainian Troops Attacked Russian Military Column
The Ukrainian military has reportedly attacked and destroyed a part of a Russian military column that has crossed the border through the separatist-held border post of Izvaryne, according to Bloomberg...
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Here's What It's Like To Be A Navy SEAL Sniper
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, as an answer to the question, "What is it like to be a sniper?" Michael Janke, a former Navy SEAL, shared his answer with us.My initial reaction...
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US Colonel Explains Why ISIS Is More Dangerous Than Al-Qaeda
On a hot summer’s afternoon last week, I visited the 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon. After a day of news dominated by airstrikes in Iraq, I felt this was an appropriate reminder. In silence, I walked...
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The Clinton-Obama Spat Reveals Just How Naval Gazing The American Foreign...
When outsiders watch how America debates foreign policy issues, they are usually taken by the extent to which these become almost entirely domestic conversations.Before the Iraq war in 2003, as the...
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ISIS Is Turning Food And Water Into A Weapon In Iraq
Since its rapid expansion across Iraq in June, ISIS has scored a number of tactical victories throughout the north and west of the country. These victories have placed a large swath of Iraqi territory...
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Why The US Had To Rescue The Peshmerga With Airstrikes In Iraq
The extremist Sunni militants known as the Islamic State that swept across northern Iraq in June scattered government troops before them.Many of the panicked soldiers left their posts without firing a...
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In A Break With 70 Years Of US Military Practice, The American Operation In...
U.S. warplanes have been bombing militant vehicles and positions in northern Iraq since Aug. 8, including nine airstrikes Saturday and 14 Sunday, but the Pentagon has yet to come up with a name for the...
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Iraq's New Prime Minister Is Exactly Who Iran Wanted For The Job
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi is the third successive Dawa Party official to become Iraq’s elected chief executive since 2003.Abadi is also Iran’s man, much more so than his...
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A Soviet Conscript Who Was Captured By The Nazis Shares His WWII Experience...
A 94-year-old World War II veteran born in modern-day Armenia has started a Reddit AMA, with the help of his granddaughter, in which he provides a startling look at his time as a conscript in the...
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Hackers Broke Into The Computers Of A US Nuclear Agency That Monitors Reactors
Multiple hackers have broken into the computers of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an agency that has records on the location and condition of all nuclear reactors—including weapons-grade...
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The Military Is Closing In On Powerful Exoskeleton Technology
For decades, the U.S. military and its private-sector partners have been working toward a technology straight out of science fiction: robotic suits.And it's no surprise. Exoskeletons could add to...
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These Maps Tracking 'Botched' Raids Show The Troubling Law Enforcement Trends...
The Ferguson, Missouri police department's heavy-handed response to protests over the killing of an unarmed teenager follows a long-standing trend of strong-arm, military-style police tactics....
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