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HELP! Trying To Get To The Persian Gulf For September's Minesweeping Exercise...
I wrote a piece recently on the long list of developments in the waters off Iran. It's something I think most military writers, and readers, think about a lot lately and while I can only speak for...
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Iran Says America's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Set Off A Global Conflict
Following last week's announcement from the U.S. Air Force that its 30,000 pound bunker-buster bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was ready for action, Iran's state-owned media outlet...
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Here's How America's $925 Million Missile Defense System Shoots Down A Target
The Missile Defense Agency just awarded Raytheon $925 million for development of the newest version of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), which will improve on the already hugely successful SM-3 designs...
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More Subs, Bombers, And Missiles Could Be On Their Way To The Pacific
With the Pentagon's increased focus on the Pacific region, and deployment of 60 percent of its naval fleet to the area, the locations now being considered for bases could shape U.S. military policy...
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The X-47B Stealth Drone Will Now Be Flying Over The East Coast
After a cross-country road trip last month that left many Americans believing the government was hauling around a UFO, Northrop Grumman's X-47B took its first East Coast flight July 29 at Patuxent...
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Chinese Ships Are Sailing The Black Sea For The First Time Ever
There is some controversy and debate about China's first foray into the Black Sea. On the surface two Chinese vessels have entered the inland sea just days after the conclusion of the 2012 Sea Breeze...
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Al-Qaeda Jihadists Are The Best Fighters Among The Syria Rebels
Members of al-Qaeda and other foreign jihadist organizations are entering Syria and establishing themselves as some of the best fighters in the rebellion against Bashar al-Assad's regime, Ghaith...
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The US Bought Another Of These 'Unreliable' $1.5-Billion Ships
Able to carry 800 Marines and their gear anyplace they need to go — the San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock is vital for projecting U.S. forces abroad: but they don't come cheap. The newest...
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The Government Admits The US Power Grid Can Be Taken Out At Any Time
The Government Accountability Office just released a report backing up earlier findings: because a series of recommendations were ignored, the U.S. electric grid remains highly susceptible to...
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Missile Defense Staff Told To Stop Watching Porn At Work
The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) warned its employees and contractors to stop watching and downloading porn on government computers, Tony Capaccio of Bloomberg reports. Executive Director...
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Obama Authorized Secret Support To Syrian Rebel Forces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources familiar with...
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The President Of Iran Calls For 'The Annihilation Of The Zionist Regime'
Gearing up for Iran's annual "Qods Day", a nationwide event dedicated to expressing outrage against Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted a speech to his website saying world forces...
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These Potential Defense Cuts Outlined Yesterday Are Ugly
So far, nearly everyone in government has remained coy about what exactly gets cut if sequestration — the mandatory spending cuts that make up one half of the "Fiscal Cliff" — goes through. Yesterday...
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These Massive Vehicles Are A Colossal Waste Of Taxpayer Money
The Pentagon's $600,000 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP) do not save more lives than cheaper alternatives and therefore are a huge waste of money, according to a study by Chris Rohlfs...
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America’s Abrams Tank Is Outliving Its Usefulness
Scan over the Sierra Mountains about an hour north of Reno, Nevada and you’ll come across the sprawling complex known as the Sierra Army Depot, a remote location where the military stores unused...
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Take A Ride In The Cockpit Of An F-18
We stumbled across this great video shot by the pilot of an F/A-18 jet flying over the Sierra Nevada mountains on a flight run. The stills themselves are great pictures, and they also give the viewer...
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Step Aboard The Navy's $2.4 Billion Virginia-Class Nuclear Submarine
The USS Virginia-class submarines are the United State's newest and most advanced submarine. The first Virginia slipped beneath the waves just eight years ago and only nine vessels have been...
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A Bunch Of Elderly Protestors Managed To Sneak Past Security Into A US...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old...
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The Newest Wave Of Russian Marines To Syria May Be The First Step In An...
According to reports, Russia is sending three boatloads of Marines to their base in Syria, and everyone is speculating about why. One of the more compelling theories is that Russia wants to deploy a...
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Iran Is Willing To Do Anything To Get These State-Of-The-Art Missiles From...
While the world went back and forth about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in 2002, Saddam Hussein was planning for the worst and did all he could to acquire a batch of Russian S-300 surface-to-air...
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