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A Top Japanese General Says The US Needs To Be Ready To Confront Chinese...
In stark contrast to White House policy, a top Japanese general on Tuesday said the US military rebalance of forces to the Pacific should confront Chinese aggression in the region.Japanese Gen....
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Iran Publishes Information About Its Secret Services For The First Time
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has for the first time provided public information about the structure of its secret services, saying Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi heads a coordination council...
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A Senior Operative In Al-Qaeda's External Operations Branch Has Reportedly...
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State reported that a wanted Bahraini citizen who served as a leader in al Qaeda's external operations branch has been killed.The al Qaeda leader is on the US list of...
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Here's How The Ukraine Crisis Is Deepening Military Ties Between China And...
US-led economic sanctions against technology exports to Russia might have the unintended consequence of pushing Russian and Chinese technological industries into close cooperation, Russia-based...
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Germany Treats Defense Companies Like 'Smut,' Says The CEO Of Airbus
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany should not be surprised if defense companies feel more welcome elsewhere considering the sector is treated like 'smut' in Europe's biggest economy, Airbus Group Chief...
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The B-52 Played A Crucial Role In The NATO Air Campaign Over Kosovo
The iconic US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, a symbol of the US nuclear deterrence, has taken part in nearly all the wars fought by Washington in the last 50 years (Syria, so far, is...
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Japan Has Doubled The Number Of Times It's Scrambled Fighter Jets Against...
CHITOSE, Japan (Reuters) — The number of times Japanese fighter jets scrambled to ward off Russian military aircraft more than doubled in the last six months, amid diplomatic tensions between the two...
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Moscow Accuses The US Of Working On 'Military Scenarios' On Russia's Border
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the United States on Thursday of working on military "scenarios" near Russia's borders that he said were a source of grave...
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Saudi Arabia Just Sentenced A Prominent Shiite Scholar To Death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A widely revered Shiite Muslim cleric was convicted Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of sedition and other charges and sentenced to death, raising fears of renewed unrest...
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This Incredibly Lucky Marine Survived Getting Shot In The Helmet
Kevlar helmets really do work.Case in point comes from a Marine's helmet-mounted camera while on patrol in southern Afghanistan. The recently uploaded video shows a very close call after a sniper...
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Former Iraqi Pilots Are Now Training ISIS Fighters To Fly Fighter Jets
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war in Syria said on Friday,...
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Iraq's Third-Largest Military Base Is In Danger Of Falling To ISIS
ISIS is laying siege to Iraq's third-largest military installation, where Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) warn that they are ravaged psychologically and on the brink of being overrun, Susannah George...
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India Just Successfully Tested A Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
India has successfully conducted a test-launch of a nuclear-capable cruise missile that has a range of over 620 miles. The Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile is India's first long-range missile to be...
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Separatists And The Ukrainian Army Have Devastated Donetsk's Airport
A ceasefire is technically in place in eastern Ukraine, but Donetsk International Airport continues to be the site of intense shelling and fighting between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed...
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An Awe-Inspiring Tour Of The Navy's Most Important Submarine Base
Naval Submarine Base New London is one of the US Navy's most important and fascinating facilities.Located along the eastern bank of the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut, New London serves as the...
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The Case For Arming 'The Rebels' In Civil Wars
It was reported that a CIA commission found that arming rebels in civil wars is ineffective. That might not be a shocker to many who remember the 1980s. But does this finding stand up empirically?After...
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Nearly Eight Years Into The Drug War, These Are Mexico's 7 Most Notorious...
The Mexican Drug War, launched in December 2006 by then-President Felipe Calderon, is approaching its eight-year mark.The series of conflicts, which has pitted the Mexican military, cartels,...
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ISIS IS Threatening Another Massacre Of Iraq's Yazidi Minority
Two months after the US launched airstrikes in Iraq to drive back ISIS fighters and save the Yazidi sect from a humanitarian catastrophe, ISIS is still seizing villages and terrorizing the minority...
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Separatist 'Prime Minister': The Ceasefire In Ukraine Is Over
The self-declared "prime minister" of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) has declared on Twitter that the month-old ceasefire between Ukraine and the separatist republic has ended. Granted,...
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International Inspectors Say Iran Is Still Behind On Nuclear Transparency
VIENNA (Reuters) — Iran has still not implemented all the nuclear transparency measures it had agreed to carry out by late August, the head of the UN atomic energy agency said on Monday, suggesting...
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