Here's the heated debate Israel's leaders had on the eve of one of the...
Two days before Israel would embark on the Six Day War, army brass and top politicians held a tumultuous meeting in which a group of Israeli-born generals, watching the build-up of Egyptian forces in...
View ArticleThe Kurds are starting to panic in the war against ISIS
The Kurds desperately need an influx of arms and supplies in order to be able to continue to hold their 600-mile long border against ISIS attacks.The need for weapons has only increased over the past...
View ArticleISIS is turning US Humvees into Iraq's worst nightmare
In an ironic twist of fate, more than two-thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists have ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.And the Islamic State,...
View ArticleWhy ISIS is here to stay
Just a few months ago, analysts and policy-makers were certain that the defeat of Islamic State (IS) forces was simply a matter of time.Coalition airstrikes would degrade the group's capabilities and...
View ArticleChina’s influence is growing so fast that two of the world’s biggest...
China's drive to expand its influence throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans has alarmed the rest of Asia and caused countries in the region try their best to counter Beijing's rise. India, in...
View ArticleFormer US Navy SEALs explain how the US war machine wore them out
Since the September 11 terrorist attacks and the start of the War on Terror, the US has dramatically expanded the role of special operators within the military.Among the operators playing an outsize...
View ArticleUS officials describe how ISIS leader Baghdadi tries to avoid US-led airstrikes
A daring US special operations raid in eastern Syria in May that killed an ISIS commander has yielded a treasure trove of documents that, among terabytes of organizational data, provides key insights...
View ArticleReport: Israel built and exploded a 'dirty bomb' with nuclear material inside...
Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive...
View ArticleThe Navy's premier airstrike platform could be sidelined from the Middle East...
In a bid to give sailors some much needed rest and perform routine maintenance, the Navy plans on pulling back its aircraft carrier from the Persian Gulf, David Lartner reports for Navy Times. After...
View ArticleUS Navy SEALs support man-woman spy combos around the world
As the US military continues to rely more on special operators to carry out missions around the world, SEAL Team 6 has expanded its operational range to include intelligence-gathering missions, The New...
View ArticleRussia is stepping up missile defense 'by 200%'
The Russian military has successfully test-fired a short-range anti-missile system, the Russian defense ministry announced Tuesday.The latest move comes four days after Pentagon officials said that the...
View ArticleHere's what upcoming ISIS military operations will probably look like
This report is authored by Jessica Lewis McFate, Kimberly Kagan, Jennifer Cafarella, Christopher Kozak, Theodore Bell, and Harleen Gambhir.The purpose of this intelligence forecast is to outline ISW’s...
View ArticleISIS used US-made anti-tank missiles near Palmyra
In a new video released by the Islamic State, the jihadist group shows the capture of the ancient city of Palmyra, also known as Tadmur in Arabic.During the video, at least one US-made BGM-71 TOW...
View ArticleHere's what China alarmists don't realize about Chinese military power
China is building a massive army, navy and air force. And they are building it with our money.China is the foremost security challenge the United States faces in the future. At least that is the...
View ArticleAnother clear sign Assad is getting desperate to hold on in Syria
The Syrian civil war has continued unabated into its fourth year, and the Assad regime is beginning to seriously feel the toll of the years of constant conflict.The Syrian army has recently lost...
View ArticleTop US military officer: Iran would likely use some sanctions relief to fuel...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran would likely spend some newfound resources on its military and its surrogates if a nuclear deal can be reached that leads to sanctions relief, General Martin Dempsey, the top...
View ArticleChina's largest arms maker is trolling Russia's slick new battle tank
To much pomp and circumstance, Russia revealed its newest generation of battle-tank to the world during the annual Victory Day Parade in Moscow in the beginning of May.Embarrassingly for Moscow, it's...
View ArticleRussia grounds all its Tu-95 strategic bombers after fatal accident
Moscow has grounded its nuclear-capable bombers after a deadly incident in eastern Russia.The Russian Ministry of Defense has suspended all the Tu-95 Bear bomber flights after a strategic bomber...
View ArticleFinnish defense official: Russia has 'twofold objectives' in the Arctic
Moscow has made no secret of its interest in positioning itself as the paramount military power in the Arctic in recent months. As the Kremlin looks to take advantage of the potential bounties of the...
View ArticleRAF Typhoons intercept two Russian military aircraft
They initially shadowed a surveillance aircraft, before checking out a transport plane flying over the Baltic SeaRAF Typhoons have intercepted and shadowed two Russian military aircraft over the Baltic...
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