The US and Ukraine have started military training exercises despite Russian...
The Ukrainian military began training Monday with a group of approximately 300 U.S. Army paratroopers who traveled to Ukraine to work with the country’s national guardsmen. Ukraine President Petro...
View ArticleThe 2 reasons a former Florida senator wants to publish secret records that...
Despite leaving Capitol Hill in 2005, former U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida) has continuously sought to declassify the final 28 pages of a congressional inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks that...
View ArticleThe Navy's bribery and prostitution scandal is even worse than it looks
A top US Navy lieutenant commander just became one of the highest-ranking military officials ensnared in the "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal.On April 15, Todd Maliki admitted "that he accepted cash,...
View ArticleRussian deputy prime minister: 'The Arctic is a Russian Mecca'
According to Russia's deputy prime minister, the Arctic has an almost unparalleled level of political and spiritual importance for the Russian people. In a succinct tweet, Russian Deputy Prime Minister...
View ArticleThese 55 ships are participating in a massive NATO naval exercise off of...
A total of 55 ships from 14 NATO countries are participating in a massive naval exercise off the coast of Scotland. The UK-led Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 started on April 11 and will run until April...
View ArticlePentagon: The Navy sent warships near Yemen but NOT to intercept Iranian arms...
US Navy officials say the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen and will join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons...
View ArticleHere's a behind-the-scenes look at Russian aerial operations over the Baltic
A Russian video provides some details about the country's presence in the Baltic region.Although rather difficult to understand (unless you speak Russian), the video in this post provides some footage...
View ArticleThis is the ‘Super Bowl’ for special ops commandos
Every year, Jordan’s King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center hosts the Warrior Competition. Operators from a number of nations battle to be named the top warriors in the world.This year,...
View Article16 women just passed the first day of the Army's toughest course
In a historic step, 16 female soldiers made it through their first day of US Army Ranger School, a punishing infantry course that was previously closed to women.Nineteen women took part in the Airborne...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's elite National Guard has been ordered to take part in the war...
Saudi Arabia has ordered its elite National Guard to prepare to take part in the country's ongoing campaign against Houthi militants in neighboring Yemen. Saudi King Salman is reportedly preparing to...
View ArticleTurkey is 'making NATO very uncomfortable'
Turkey's push to carve out an independent foreign policy and purchase arms from countries outside of NATO is raising concerns among members of the defensive military alliance, Emre Peker reports for...
View ArticleA shadowy resistance group is hunting ISIS officials in Mosul
A report has emerged that a shadowy Sunni resistance group in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, is hunting down Isis fighters and attacking them with sniper fire, arson and kidnapping.A series of...
View ArticleHow the regime fuels anti-Semitic discourse in Iran
On April 18, the prominent Iranian website Alef published an article whose title roughly translates to "Who Are Human History's Most Bloodthirsty People?" The long, detailed essay, complete with...
View ArticleThese are the weapons Iran uses for its 'strategy of deterrence'
Iran plans to take a defensive approach to stave off an enemy threat, deploying an army of combat robots, wheeled tanks, mother drones, and silent submarines.Some key pieces of what President Hassan...
View ArticleThis young prince is the mastermind behind Saudi Arabia's strategy in Yemen
On April 21st, Saudi Arabia announced that it has ended its airstrikes in Yemen because the heavy weapons and ballistic missiles threatening the kingdom have been destroyed. The fighting had appeared...
View ArticleLegendary Marine General James Mattis to post-9/11 veterans: 'We should deny...
Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis wants Post 9/11 veterans to know their wartime service strengthens their character through what he has coined “post-traumatic growth.”Writing in The Wall Street...
View ArticleThe Nordic countries are banding together against Russia's Arctic push
The Nordic countries, not generally known for their extreme foreign policies or their habit of overreacting to current events, have started to voice increasingly louder concerns over Russia's role in...
View ArticleIran just sent warships to Yemen
A fleet of Iranian warships arrived near the southern coast of Yemen on Wednesday in a move likely to add greater tension in a developing U.S.-Iranian standoff in the region, according Iranian military...
View ArticleISIS isn’t a terrorist organization
ISIS isn’t a terrorist organization. It’s a transnational army of terror.The CIA claims it has as many as 31,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq, and Massoud Barzani, president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional...
View ArticleRussia wants to build a supercarrier, and it's a total waste
Russia's plan to expand its navy through the construction of an aircraft supercarrier is pretty much a tremendous waste, Nicholas Varangis of the Atlantic Council argues.Supercarriers, by nature, allow...
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