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Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative
The Kremlin has announced plans to dramatically increase the number of summer military exercises staged throughout Russia, Damien Sharkov reports for Newsweek citing the Russian Ministry of Defense....
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The Middle East's most populous country is facing a dangerous and uncertain...
"Is Egypt stable?"I do not know how many times over how many months that question has been put to my colleagues and me at an endless number of panel discussions, roundtables, hearings, and meetings...
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This video shows a Russian fighter jet performing a close pass by a US destroyer
A few days ago, Russian media reported that Russian Navy Su-24 Fencer jets scrambled from an airbase in Crimea “forced” a US Navy destroyer in the Black Sea to leave for neutral waters while...
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CIA veteran: The Obama administration does not understand how to fight ISIS
The Obama administration isn't capable of fighting the type of war necessary to defeat the Islamic State, a former CIA official told The Hill."I don't think they understand the kind of war they need to...
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The US Air Force working on a new hypersonic air vehicle
Scientists with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Pentagon’s research arm are working to build a new hypersonic air vehicle that can travel at speeds up to Mach 5 while carrying guidance...
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Russia may be hedging its bets with Assad
JERUSALEM—A dramatic Russian pullback from support of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria was reported Sunday by a prominent Arabic-language newspaper that said that some 100 senior Russian diplomatic...
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Russia fears a recession will hurt pro-Kremlin politicians, so it's moving up...
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin is moving to bring next year's parliamentary elections forward and set up snap gubernatorial votes in several provinces this year, maneuvering that analysts say shows the...
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How an often-cited statistic distorts the issue of veteran suicide
There is a statistic that has been widely quoted in the veteran community that highlights an estimated 22 veterans a day are committing suicide. It is a deeply troubling statistic and has galvanized...
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Vietnam receives Russian-design missile boats amid maritime tension
Vietnam took delivery of two new missile boats on Tuesday made locally and modeled on Russian vessels, the latest move by its military to strengthen maritime defenses as tensions simmer over...
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Russian has a brand new theory about what brought down a passenger plane in...
The Russian company that makes Buk air defense systems conceded that a Buk missile was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 on July 17, 2014. However, in a news conference, the...
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An Afghan interpreter who worked with the US military was just murdered by...
An Afghan interpreter for the United States military who had been waiting for over four years on the US visa list was tortured and killed by insurgents earlier this year, raising concerns that other...
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Turkey may be heading for a political earthquake
In the coming week, Turkey, a prominent US ally and a member of NATO, will be facing one of its most consequential political shakeups in years.Turkish voters will head to the polls on June 7 for...
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Pentagon: China is placing weapons on the artificial islands it's building in...
Senior Pentagon officials acknowledged for the first time that China is placing weapons on artificially constructed islands in the South China Sea in an apparent attempt to assert more control and...
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The US has a huge problem on its hands if it really killed 10,000 ISIS fighters
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said "more than 10,000" Islamic State fighters and commanders have been killed since the air campaign in Iraq began in August and subsequently in Syria...
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India and the US just agreed to cooperate on major defense projects in order...
India and the United States have sealed an agreement to jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare, and another on building generators, defense officials said...
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The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists just fought their first...
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine's defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town...
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Putin's Chechen strongman is flexing his muscles — but it could signal a...
Chechnya’s macho leader Ramzan Kadyrov is the most loyal of Vladimir Putin’s regional heads, at least in theory.Grozny’s central street is called Putin Avenue, and the lampposts lining it are adorned...
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Here's how the US can counter China's brilliant strategy for territorial...
Now, more than ever before, the Chinese military has made clear its intentions to develop maritime capabilities that will enable Beijing to assert claims to sovereignty in the South China Sea and...
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There's 'a major, multi-front escalation' happening in Ukraine
War has once again erupted in Ukraine.A series of separatist offenses throughout the east of the country has rattled the Minsk II accords and promises another bloody summer in the country, Michael...
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Here's why Russia selling S-300 advanced missile systems to Iran is such a...
Russia has publicly announced that it is willing to sell Iran one of the world's most advanced air defense systems. And that poses the potential of radically altering the balance of power in the Middle...
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