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ISIS Is Using Ask.fm Forums To Answer Questions From Wannabe Jihadis About...
Life inside the world's most notorious terror organization isn't all murder and mayhem.Veteran members of Islamic State are using a social-networking website to answer more mundane questions from...
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Top US General: We Are 'Certainly Considering' Using Ground Troops In Iraq
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday that he would be open to sending a small number of US ground troops into Iraq to help retake the country's...
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Pro-Kremlin Russian Media Says Moscow Has A 'Nuclear Surprise' For NATO
The Russian Pravda has published an article titled "Russia Prepares Nuclear Surprise For NATO," citing a September 1, 2014 US State Department report that signaled US and Russia have reached parity in...
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Iraqi Security Forces Have Driven ISIS Out Of A Key Oil Town
Iraqi officials say government forces have dislodged Islamic State (IS) fighters from the city of Baiji, home to the country’s largest oil refinery.Lieutenant General Abd al-Wahab al-Sa'adi told Iraqi...
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Here Are 2 Ways Russia's Provocative Stunts Could Lead To War
Since March, Russia has launched approximately 40 provocative military demonstrations against the West and NATO. These actions include a Russian fighter jet making 12 close passes at an American...
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ISIS Is Taking Full Advantage Of The US' Floundering Strategy In Iraq
Today’s headlines bring word of some sort of ceasefire, or at least modus vivendi, between the Islamic State (*Da’ish) and Al-Qa’ida (AQ) in Syria, where the Salafi jihadists have been bitter enemies,...
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Russia And Serbia Conducted A Spectacular Military Drill Today, Just Miles...
Russia and Serbia together ran an hour-long military drill today in the village of Nikinci, west of Belgrade.Billed as an anti-terrorist exercise and held just 30 miles from Serbia's border with...
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The Real Heroes From The Bin Laden Raid Are The Ones You Haven't Heard From
Every Thursday, Task & Purpose tells a story of heroism, usually from the 2.6 million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. In light of the recent publicity surrounding a couple of the several dozen...
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Countries Around The World Are Worried About 'Killer Robots'
Nations are becoming increasingly concerned over the threat of killer robots.In Geneva, 118 nations present at a UN conference agreed about the need to tackle the future threat of these robotic killing...
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ISIS Has Declared The Creation Of Provinces In Several Arab Countries
The group's now-formalized annexation model could have direct political and security consequences in several countries, creating a more complex threat environment for the U.S.-led coalition.This week,...
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The US Military Says It's Losing Its Competitive Edge
The U.S. military's ability to stay ahead of technology advances by other countries and respond to multiple crises around the world is already in jeopardy and will get worse unless mandatory budget...
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The ISIS Executioner Who Killed 4 Hostages May Have Been Wounded In Airstrikes
Britain said on Saturday it was investigating reports that a man believed to be a British national suspected of carrying out beheadings in videos released by Islamic State had been wounded in a...
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The Pentagon Is Tightening Its Belt
SIMI VALLEY Calif. (Reuters) - Short of funds, and awash in global challenges, the U.S. military-industrial complex is betting on robotics and other new technologies to stay ahead of rapid advances in...
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Ukraine Warns It Is Ready For 'Total War' Against Russian Troops Pouring Over...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his country is "prepared for total war," as fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists continues around the rebel-held city of...
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The US Military Has Been Making The Same Mistakes In The War On Terror For 13...
Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz has taken a beating in the War on Terror. His theories on warfare initially came about coincident with the development of the modern idea of the nation state....
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NATO Just Intercepted Another Russian Jet Over The Baltics ...
In a continuation of provocative stunts, NATO F-16s were scrambled to intercept a Russian Su-27 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea on Monday. The Russian fighter plane was intercepted by NATO Baltic Air...
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Qatar Is Trying To Mend Relationships With Its Gulf Neighbors
A late-night agreement in Riyadh appears to have resolved the diplomatic spat between Qatar and its GCC partners, opening up the possibility of more diplomatic coordination and greater unity.Yesterday,...
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The F-35 Just Passed A Major Hurdle Required For Its Entry Into Combat Use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy version of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet met 100 percent of the threshold requirements set for a first round of sea-based testing aboard the USS Nimitz...
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The Era Of Nuclear Cooperation Between Russia And The US Is Drawing To A Close
An era of unprecedented nuclear cooperation between the Cold War rivals is drawing to a close. Early this month Sergey Kirienko, who runs Russia’s state nuclear company, announced that in 2015 no new...
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As ISIS Continues To Gain Ground, Here's What The Militants Have In Their...
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) rakes in over $1 million a day and commands"a volume of resources and territory unmatched in the history of extremist organizations," according to Janine...
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