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Taliban Commander Caught Networking On LinkedIn

A terror leader wanted over the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai has account in his name on LinkedIn, the networking site for professionalsA senior Taliban commander who has threatened attacks...

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The Air Force Doesn't Have Enough Man Power

The US drone fleet has been stretched to a "breaking point" due to an increased demand for missions coupled with a shortage of pilots, Dave Majumdar reports for The Daily Beast citing military...

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These Are The US Navy's Top Photos Of 2014

To celebrate the end of 2014, the US Navy compiled a list of its top ten favorite photos the branch took this year. The Navy's 2014 list was selected from its photos that it had shared on Facebook and...

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Dogfights Between Turkish And Greek Warplanes Escalated Sharply In 2014

Confrontations between Turkish and Greek military warplanes escalated sharply in 2014, Metin Gurcan reports for Al-Monitor citing anonymous Turkish military officials. In the first month of 2014 alone,...

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Here's The Lessons The US Military Needs To Learn From Failures In Iraq And...

America’s war in Afghanistan, the longest in the Republic’s history, has just officially ended in what even charitable analysts would term something less than success, and the less optimistic would see...

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Meet The Super-Hawkish North Korean General Thought To Be Behind The Sony Hack

The US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has named the North Korean official who he believes to be personally behind the Sony hacks. Clapper announced at a cybersecurity conference that...

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Nigerian Officials: 2,000 People Are Missing After Boko Haram Raided A Bunch...

In some of the worst violence to hit Nigeria since the extremist group, Boko Haram raided villages, kidnapped hundreds, and killed many more, the militant group has hit the town of Baga with a new...

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Intense Photos Of South Korean Special Forces Training In The Snow

About 200 South Korean Special Forces are taking part in ten days of grueling winter weather combat training.With a constant threat from North Korea, South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command (SWC) is...

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Breathtaking Footage From The Cockpit Of The Lead Solo Pilot Of The US Air...

I, like many of my friends, was bit by the flying bug thanks to the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron–the Thunderbirds.In my case, I was three years old and it was my first airshow....

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There's More Information Linking The Charlie Hebdo Shooters To Al Qaeda In Yemen

One of the two brothers suspected of attacking the offices of Charlie Hebdo traveled to Yemen, where he likely received training in a camp run by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Said Kouachi...

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Photos From The Two Hostage Situations In France

France was in the grip of two hostage situations as French special forces and anti-terrorism personnel closed in on the two brothers suspected of killing 12 in the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris on...

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How Area 51 Got Its Name

Despite the CIA’s release of previously classified documents in 2013 that acknowledged the existence of Area 51 as a top-secret U.S. government research facility, many questions about the site remain...

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Russia Is Reinforcing 3 Crucial Geopolitical Frontlines

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new military doctrine for the country on Dec. 26 last year.The new doctrine, beyond explicitly stating that NATO's expansion was the main external...

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Japan Just Approved Its Biggest-Ever Defense Budget

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan approved its largest-ever defence budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday, as hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to strengthen surveillance of territorial waters in the...

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Russian Finance Minister: We'll Lose $45 Billion If Oil Is At $50 In 2015

Russia must cut expenditure to cover what could be a more than $45 billion drop in revenues this year if the average oil price is $50 a barrel, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday.In...

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Russia Is Constructing An Arctic Stronghold 30 Miles From The Finnish Border

Russia has started moving troops towards a new military installation that's 31 miles from the Finnish border, Damien Sharkov Newsweek reports citing a press statement from Russian admiral Vladimir...

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China May Have Just Unveiled A New Stealth Drone

China may have just scored a success in its push toward eroding US air superiority.In late December, China's Chengdu Aircraft Corp. unveiled its latest iteration of the Tian Yi drone.According to IHS...

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Obama's Response To The Sony Hack Says A Lot About US Cyber Policy

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The unusually destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is providing an early test of a new Obama administration policy to reveal more of what it knows...

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Saudi Arabia Is Building A 600-Mile 'Great Wall' To Shield Itself From ISIS

When a raiding party from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attacked a Saudi border post last week, it was no mere hit on a desert outpost.The jihadists were launching an assault on the new,...

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Why The Turkish Military Won't Fight ISIS

In all the discussions about Turkey not being particularly supportive to the coalition fighting the "Islamic State"/ISIS, little has been said about the military's role in shaping the government's...

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