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Cracks in ISIS are becoming more clear
The biggest challenge to one of the world's most dangerous terrorist groups may now come from within. The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, which controls a chunk of Iraq and Syria the size of...
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Veterans on Reddit shared their favorite experiences from the US military
People have a range of different reasons for joining the military, and each US veteran has their own unique experiences and memories while in the service.Redditer user airmonk asked the veterans at the...
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The US is sending 3,000 soldiers to the Baltic for NATO exercises amid Russia...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that about 3,000 U.S. soldiers from the Georgia-based 3rd Infantry Division will deploy to Eastern Europe beginning next week, to conduct training exercises with...
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Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile that can hit any point...
Pakistan successfully launched the latest version of an indigenously developed nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, The Washington Post reports. The Shaheen-III missile has a maximum range of up...
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Samantha Power was wrong in claiming that Europe has backed down from UN...
A couple of days ago, Ambassador Samantha Power, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, gave a speech on peacekeeping in Brussels that, among other things, lamented a decline in the...
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The US is asking Vietnam to stop helping Russian bomber flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use a former US base to refuel nuclear-capable bombers engaged in shows of strength over the Asia-Pacific region,...
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Expert: Putin is engaged in “an existential struggle” with the West
Vladimir Putin sees Russia and the West as being locked in "an existential struggle,"reports USNI News, citing an expert at a Heritage Foundation event on Tuesday. Eugene Rumer, the director of the...
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Here are the most likely candidates to replace Iran's ailing Supreme Leader
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is reportedly dying.The ayatollah, the final arbiter of all of Tehran's internal and external policies since 1989, is thought to have terminal cancer and his death...
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The F-35's onboard software system is having even more problems
In yet another blow for the F-35 program, the plane's highly advanced onboard sensors are having problems, Breaking Defense reports. The sensors are responsible for tracking and sorting through...
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Bremmer: 'It's extremely unlikely' Putin ordered Nemtsov's killing
There has been no shortage of rumors and theories swirling around the Kremlin over the past two weeks centered around Russian President Vladimir Putin. No images of Putin have been released to the...
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Russia fires back in response to US concerns over refueling bombers in Vietnam
MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia on Friday rejected US concerns about its use of a former American base in Vietnam for the refueling of Russian bomber flights around US territory in the Pacific,...
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If Putin is dead or incapacitated, here are three scenarios for what might...
For a decade and a half, Vladimir Putin has sat at the top of a closed, hierarchical, and personality-based political system that allows for no competition.As a result, opinion polls in Russia...
View ArticleThis air base in Qatar carries out American airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
The Al-Udeid Air Base acts as the headquarters for US Central Command in its efforts for "Operation Inherent Resolve" in Iraq and Syria. The base, located around 30 miles from Qatari capital Doha, is a...
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Here are some unbelievable photos from the US's premier aerial combat exercise
Red Flag 2015-2 featured previously unannounced participants, and even virtual participants in an all-time first.In addition to the variety of USAF squadrons, the air combat exercise held Mar. 2 to 13,...
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These charts helped US troops identify enemy aircraft during World War II
Distinguishing between friendly and enemy forces can be difficult in war, and World War II posed its own basic battlefield challenges. US soldiers — most of whom were conscripted men who might not have...
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An ISIS-allied group may be planning a wave of car bomb attacks in the Middle...
A number of large utility vehicles have been stolen in North Sinai recently, suggesting that ISIS affiliate group “Wilayat Sinai,” formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, may be planning large-scale...
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8 reasons the Ukraine crisis is still hugely dangerous
I am about to post a long piece on the Ukraine crisis derived from a talk I gave last week at Berkeley. I have indulged myself, however, and allowed it to grow too long for the average reader.So what...
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US Air Force veteran caught trying to join ISIS
An Air Force veteran has been caught and charged with trying to provide support to ISIS. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, an American citizen, was a former avionics specialist and Air Force veteran. “Pugh,...
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The unbelievable story of a pilot who survived an SR-71 Blackbird's...
Built as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft able to fly at 88,000 feet and Mach 3, the iconic Lockheed SR-71 required aircrews to wear a special silver pressure suit to ensure their safety. This...
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Syria is imposing red lines on the US-led air war on ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - After allowing the United States to use its air space to bomb Islamic State fighters for six months, the Syrian army appears to have imposed a "red line" by shooting down a U.S....
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