This South African-Made Light Military Aircraft Could Become An Appealing...
Powered by a pusher propeller, covered in pixel camouflage, and furnished with stadium-seating for its two crew members, the Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance and Surveillance Aircraft (AHRLAC)...
View ArticleWatch The Navy's New High-Tech 'Killer Drone' Land On An Aircraft Carrier For...
The Navy’s unmanned X-47B drone demonstrated its ability to operate safely and seamlessly with manned aircraft in a series of tests conducted aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.On Aug. 17, the U.S. Navy...
View ArticleThe F-35 Could Eventually End Production Of Every Other Military Jet
Assuming that Lockheed Martin’s F-35 eventually dominates foreign military markets, most fourth generation fighters will be pushed out of production.After 2018, the F-35 is likely to capture over a 50...
View ArticleThe Unnerving Precedent Of Using The National Guard To Quell Civil Unrest
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced early Monday that he was bringing in troops from the Missouri National Guard to help contain demonstrations that have at times turned violent in the Saint Louis...
View ArticleA Chechen Warlord Detained Over 1000 People After Losing His Cellphone
MOSCOW – No one likes losing their cell phone. And Ramzan Kadyrov is no exception. After misplacing his telephone at a museum opening over the weekend, the Chechen leader had over a thousand people...
View ArticleUS Nuclear Watchdog Group Was Hacked Three Times In The Last Few Years
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was "successfully hacked" three times in recent years in attacks involving tainted emails, according to an internal investigation on cyber attacks at the agency,...
View Article10 Things Learned In The Military That Can Be Applied To Life
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Quora, as an answer to the question, "What military strategies can be used in everyday life?" 10. Apperance Matters I spent most of the first few months...
View ArticleJapan Just Held A First-Of-Its-Kind Live Fire Exercise On Mount Fuji [PHOTOS]
In the shadow of rising tensions in the East China Sea, Japan is holding live fire exercise in the foothills of Mount Fuji until Sunday. Japan has held annual military exercises aimed at protecting its...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Is Worried It Could Become ISIS's Next Target
On August 13, Saudi Arabia donated $100 million to the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre in New York. The gift reflects Riyadh's anxiety about the terrorist threat from Sunni militants inside the kingdom and...
View ArticleIraq's New Prime Minister Is The Last Chance For The Country To 'Remain As A...
“Cautiously pessimistic” may be the only way to describe the Sunni reaction to the news that, after months of a Richard III-like stand against his inevitable political demise, Nouri al-Maliki will no...
View ArticleNorth Korea Moved Some Of Its Most Advanced Weaponry To The Chinese Border In...
In a sign of the continuing decline in relations between North Korea and China, Pyongyang moved a number of tanks and armored vehicles away from South Korea to the Chinese border, according to The...
View ArticleThis GoPro Video Gives A Cockpit View Of An A-10 Takeoff In Afghanistan
Here’s some interesting footage filmed with a GoPro camera from inside the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt deployed in Afghanistan.The A-10 performs Close Air Support missions in support...
View Article3 Things The US Can Do To Further Counter ISIS In Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki’s decision to stand aside in favor of Haider al-Abadi last week was the first step in the long road to recovery for Iraq, and the real work of defeating ISIS can begin.The recent...
View ArticleChina's Fifth-Generation Fighter Could Be A Game Changer In An Increasingly...
China is in the process of developing its own native fifth-generation fighter to compete with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Russia's T-50.Although China has been secretive about the exact...
View ArticleThis Elite Helicopter Unit With The World's Best Pilots Took Part In The...
When the Navy SEALs or Army Special Forces need a ride, they call the unit with the most elite helicopter pilots in the world — the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).So it comes as no...
View ArticleThese Charts Show How Journalism Has Turned Into A Hazardous And Even Deadly...
As ISIS's horrific murder of James Foley this week was a grim reminder that reporters operating around the world work in constant danger of kidnapping, imprisonment, and death. Tragically, as in the...
View ArticleHere's The Aftermath Of The Battle With ISIS Over The Dam That Could Flood...
After a series of battles that's raged since the beginning of August, the Kurdish Peshmerga are again in control of the Mosul Dam in Iraq. The dam in Mosul is Iraq's largest, and one of the critical...
View ArticleThe U.S. Is Following Iran's Lead In Both Syria and Iraq
President Obama has made clear that the purpose of his limited intervention in Iraq is to shore up the central government in Baghdad such that all Iraqis will combat the Islamic State (IS).As the...
View ArticleThe Operation To Rescue American Hostages In Syria Was Much Larger Than We...
The failed U.S. mission to rescue a number of hostages being held by the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria earlier this summer was a much larger operation than previously realized, according...
View ArticleBritish Muslims Say A 'Jihadi-Cool' Subculture Is Helping ISIS Recruit...
LONDON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James...
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