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China And South Korea Are Both Outraged With Japan For Visiting This Shrine
China and South Korea have reacted angrily to the news that two cabinet members and the head of the largest opposition party paid their respects to Japan's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine. Chinese media...
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The EU Lays Out A Plan For Military Intervention In Mali
International efforts to defeat Islamist rebels gain momentum. The European Union yesterday (15 October) said that it may deploy a military mission to Mali to help regain control of the north of the...
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The UN Is Demanding To Know What Happened To The Peacekeeper Murdered...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanded an investigation after one peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded on Wednesday in an ambush in Sudan's North Darfur state. According to Ban's...
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This Simple Game And A Bit Of Trash Talk Helped Relieve The Pressure For...
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Afghanistan — The ragged dartboard nestled between camouflage uniform items and a giant American flag has seen better days. Thousands of tiny holes pockmark its aged cork...
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British Gang Of Muslims Waging War In Syria Poses A Large 'Threat To The UK'
A British jihadi has been identified as a key ringleader of a gang of Muslims who have gone to fight against the Assad regime in Syria, it has been reported. The Security Services have reportedly...
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US Marine And Comic Rob Riggle Talks About Pakistan, Twitter, And Uppity...
“Oh that’s clever…make fun of the trained killer in the room.” It’s my favorite line. I whip it out whenever someone gives me shit or tries to rattle me. And being 6’1 and 240 pounds, it usually...
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Highly Contagious Malware Could Cause 'Mass Murder' By Hacking Pacemakers To...
A highly contagious software virus is proving very effective at targeting a very important piece of electronics: The Pacemaker. Pacemaker's keep poorly functioning human hearts on beat, by discharging...
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This Story Of A Seven-Month Afghanistan Deployment Is The Grittiest You Will...
The documentary Armadillo follows a platoon of Danish soldiers as they endure a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in what ends up being the bloodiest two years of the war, fought in Helmand, the...
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Bashar Al-Assad's Family Members In Cafe Shootout
Two members of the Assad family exchanged gunfire in a cafe in the mountainous town where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father was born and buried, Liz Sly of the Washington Post reports. The...
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Iran Brags About Adding Cruise Missiles To Its Fleet Of Combat Speedboats
Iran just dropped a bombshell about its speed boat program: they're now equipped with anti-ship cruise missiles. Boom. Iran's Fars News Agency reported this week, "Iran's speedboats have been equipped...
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Eric Fitzsimons Gave Up His Lucrative Job To Start A Company That Helps Vets...
Less than two years after leaving a cushy gig at a drug-testing company, Eric Fitzsimons is getting ready to launch "i Employ Veterans" bottled water through his company Veterans H2O, which will put...
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These Two Officers Built An App That's Essential For Getting Around Military...
A few years ago, buddies Billy Griffin, a Navy lieutenant, and Tony Hatala, a Marine captain, decided it should be much easier to find the phone numbers for resources on military posts. It's...
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The General Who Planned The Afghanistan Surge Is Heading To Africa
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday nominated a former senior commander in Afghanistan as the new head of the military's Africa Command, which oversees US security efforts on the continent. The...
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Here's How The US Invited Iranian Hackers To Attack America's Banks
In a world where you can watch cyberattacks happen in real-time, it's no wonder that nation-states are doing little to hide the cyber arms race and low-grade cyberwar that's taking place. However,...
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The Military Broke Its Own Record On The Number Of Drones It Can Fly At The...
Over the past several years, drones have arguably become one of the most powerful weapons platforms in the world. They get smaller, they get bigger, they get better armed, and they get better...
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British Explorer Prepares To Dig Up 140 Mint Condition Spitfires That Were...
More than 25 years ago, British farmer David Cundall overheard a comment from a group of U.S. veterans who said they buried an unused fleet of World War II Spitfires in the Burmese jungle to hide them...
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The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Released Its First In Flight 2,000 Pound Smart...
The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb is a staple of the American arsenal, and its high level of accuracy have made it indispensable in battles from Baghdad to Tripoli. Being such an essential...
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How US Ambassador Chris Stevens May Have Been Linked To Jihadist Rebels In Syria
The official position is that the US has refused to allow heavy weapons into Syria. But there's growing evidence that U.S. agents—particularly murdered ambassador Chris Stevens—were at least aware of...
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The US Government May Lock Up This Whistleblower To Protect The CIA's 'Prime...
It's hard to tell which is more astounding: that the U.S. government is preparing to jail a CIA whistleblower for "outing" a covert CIA agent — a felony — or that the outed agent is "well known" to be...
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Why The Death Of Print Publications Should Have Us All A Bit Worried
Newsweek announced Wednesday that it was ending its print edition and moving completely online. One of Britain's flagship publications, The Guardian, is also "seriously considering," according to...
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