Here's what's next in Ukraine
Concern is rising over the situation in eastern Ukraine, with reports of increased shelling across the line of contact and rising casualties, as well as of Russia arming and organizing separatist...
View ArticleNATO is sending Putin a clear message
Amid near Cold War-level tensions in the Baltics and signs that Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels are gearing up for another offensive, NATO is sending Putin a clear message: Do not think about meddling...
View ArticleUkrainian rebels may take advantage of Victory Day celebrations to launch a...
Russian-backed separatists may launch offensives maneuvers using weapons and forces mobilized under the guise of Victory Day parade preparations. The separatists are preparing to hold military parades...
View ArticleWorld War II planes flew over Washington DC to celebrate the 70th anniversary...
A number of vintage World War II military planes took to the skies and flew over the monuments in Washington, DC on the morning of May 8 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Third...
View ArticleThe military has released videos of the US pounding ISIS targets throughout Iraq
On Thursday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) released three videos of US airstrikes against various ISIS targets throughout Iraq. CENTCOM conducted a total of three drone airstrikes in Syria and 16...
View ArticleThe global drone market is booming
ATLANTA — Over the next 10 years, the global unmanned aerial system market will continue to make exponential gains, said one analyst May 7.“Unmanned aerial vehicles are viewed by most militaries as...
View ArticlePutin just threw Russia's biggest military parade since the Soviet Union...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia showed off new machines of war, including a highly sophisticated tank, on Saturday in the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi...
View ArticleHere's amazing color footage of Berlin from just after the Nazis were defeated
For nearly a month from April to May 1945, Berlin was the site of the last major offensive in the European theatre of World War II. The Battle of Berlin, which was fought between Soviet and Nazi...
View ArticleBREMMER: Here come the non-US drones
The US, which has been at the forefront of unmanned aerial vehicle technology, will soon have to adjust to a world in which a wide range of armed forces and potential adversaries have drones as...
View ArticleRussia and the US are racing to modernize their nuclear forces
The Kremlin has embarked on a process to update all of its nuclear warheads and launch systems. The modernization effort will affect all of Russia's strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons — a total...
View ArticleChina is making moves in Antarctica
China is making big moves in Antarctica as it attempts to position itself for maximum influence on the world's last unclaimed piece of land, Jane Perlez reports for The New York Times. Although Beijing...
View ArticleThe head of Syrian intelligence was just accused of plotting a coup against...
Syria’s intelligence chief has been placed under house arrest on suspicion of plotting a coup against President Bashar Assad, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported Monday, citing Arab media...
View ArticleA Russian submarine may have nearly capsized a fishing boat in the Irish Sea
In yet another sign of looming blowback from the past year of rising tensions between Moscow and the NATO states, a British fishing ship was almost capsized by a suspected Russian submarine at the end...
View ArticlePentagon report: Chinese ballistic missiles can target nearly the entirety of...
China now has dozens of nuclear-capable missiles that could target almost the entirety of the US, according to the Department of Defense's 2015 report on the Chinese military. The annual report to...
View ArticleNorth Korea is making alarming advances in missile technology
On Friday, May 8, North Korea conducted an underwater test-fire of a submarine ballistic missile, displaying a new threat and growing missile capability.The next day, North Korea fired three...
View ArticleGeorgian president: I don't know what Russia wants from us
The former Soviet republics of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are moving inexorably from the orbit of a Russian state that promotes values fundamentally alien to its neighbors, according to Georgia's...
View ArticleA report from Russia's assassinated opposition leader claims 200 Russian...
More than 200 Russian military personnel have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to a report based on research begun by slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.The estimated death toll...
View ArticleIran is reportedly coercing Afghan illegal immigrants to fight in Syria so...
Syria's Assad regime is facing a serious crisis. It's suffering fresh losses to a rejuvenated rebel coalition, and is steadily running short on both soldiers and public support, even in the areas it...
View ArticleThis ten-ton military vehicle from South Africa is an absolute monster
South Africa does not mess around with its military equipment. Witness the Marauder, an armored mine-protected vehicle produced by Paramount Group in Johannesburg. Introduced in 2008, the Marauder is...
View ArticleA US Marine Corps helicopter has gone missing in Nepal
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter carrying six Marines and two Nepalese Army soldiers went missing during a mission in Nepal delivering aid to earthquake victims, U.S. defense officials said...
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