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The US is redeploying A-10s to Europe
The US Air Force has deployed 12 A-10 Thunderbolt attack planes and approximately 300 personnel to Spangdahlem airbase, in Germany, as part of a so-called theater security package (TSP) in support of...
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US Army commander for Europe: US Army will start training Ukrainians in March
SZCZECIN, Poland (Reuters) - U.S. Army Europe commander Ben Hodges said on Wednesday the U.S. army will provide training to Ukrainian troops battling Russian-backed separatists in the country's...
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Things got awkward at Ukraine peace talks in Belarus
The atmosphere in Minsk is super uncomfortable. It’s the big day in the Belarusian capital, where key players are discussing a potential solution to the war in Ukraine. But relations between the...
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Why a mysterious black briefcase follows the US president everywhere
The so-called nuclear "Football" is a black leather briefcase that contains top-secret items capable of allowing the US president to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers...
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Whoever wins the 2016 US election will inherit a mess in the Middle East
President Barack Obama, seeking war power authority for three years, is setting up the prospect that his successor will become the third American president in a row overseeing U.S. military forces...
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UN Chief: Yemen is 'collapsing before our eyes'
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that Yemen is disintegrating after the country slipped further into chaos as the Houthi militia consolidated their grip on power."Yemen is collapsing...
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ISIS is now dangerously close to a base where US Marines are training Iraqi...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents took control on Thursday of most of the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, threatening an air base where U.S. Marines are training Iraqi troops, officials...
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The Senate has approved Ashton Carter as the new defense secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama's next secretary of defense.Carter, 60, served as deputy defense secretary, the Pentagon's...
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This is the simplest explanation of why Putin is so opposed to NATO
Putin's suspicion of NATO can be boiled down to one simple explanation: geography. At the height of the Cold War and the Soviet Union's power, the USSR and its allied Warsaw Pact countries encompassed...
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INSIDE ISIS: A new book explains the terror army's rise
A US-led military campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria has now been underway for six months, and yet to all outward appearances the jihadist militants look as...
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US soldiers are facing major potential health risks to save us money in...
ederal watchdogs are once again calling attention to a potentially dangerous practice occurring daily at U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.It involves taking out the trash.Many U.S. troops are still...
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Venezuelan officials: An ex-general has been arrested for plotting a coup
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan officials say a retired air force general has been arrested and 13 other people are implicated in a plot to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.President Nicolas...
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South Syria is now a battleground for Iranian, Iraqi, and Afghan militias...
Syria's South is becoming the new battleground between forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and the rebels, and the regime is relying more and more on foreign militias to stop its enemies.Over the...
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ISIS fighters, wearing Iraqi army uniforms, snuck into an airbase hosting US...
ISIS fighters infiltrated a key Iraqi airbase which currently houses US Marine trainers, a statement from Combined Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve announced. "About 7:20 a.m. (Iraqi time, Friday...
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Here's what happened when Lamborghini tried to design a vehicle for the military
Dubbed the “Rambo Lambo,” the LM002 was made by Lamborghini in the 1980s to break into the military market.Lamborghini’s intentions were clear; the LM in LM002 stood for Lamborghini Military.The LM002...
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Iranian leaders have sent a 'secret letter' to Obama amid nuclear talks
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama amid nuclear talks by sending him a secret letter, the Wall Street Journal reported...
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Top US analyst: We made 5 dangerously wrong assumptions about China
Michael Pillsbury is director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Chinese Strategy and a top defense policy advisor. He worked on China policy and intelligence issues for the White House during...
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The veil is lifting on the world's largest military
So secretive is China's army that it began admitting foreign journalists to its monthly--and highly uninformative--briefings only last year. But in the past few months extraordinary revelations have...
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Ukraine's military is facing a make or break moment
A city critical to the Ukrainian military may have fallen to Russian-backed separatists, despite the existence of a ceasefire in the country. And it could get ugly.Citing claims made by the separatists...
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The US will provide assistance in the fight against Boko Haram
The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, the commander of U.S. Special Forces...
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