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There's An Arms Race Going On In Asia Unlike Anything Since The Cold War

Japanese officials followed their first defense spending increase in a decade by promising they would lay out another 2.1 billion dollar one-time bonus for defense procurement.The bonus puts Japan's...

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Chinese Soldiers Fire Artillery Shells Using Bare Hands

Al Qaeda insurgents in Iraq used to wire Improvised Explosive Devices just like in this video — using 9-volt batteries and stereo wire — but those would just explode underground.In this video, however,...

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Check Out This Drone-Proof Counter-Surveillance Clothing

"Counter-surveillance clothing" is the new brain child of New York based artist Adam Harvey.Harvey, in conjunction with UK-based company Primitive London, plans to display the fashion accessories Jan....

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Conservative Pundit Ridicules US Marines For Yoga PTSD Prevention

A few weeks ago we wrote about the U.S. Marines including Yoga in a prevention and therapy approach to post traumatic stress.Well, conservative talk show host Tony Perkins, president of the Christian...

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America Is Setting A Dangerous Precedent For The Drone Age

The decisions America makes today regarding drone policy could come back to haunt it sooner than later.Micah Zenko of the Council of Foreign Relations makes this argument in a new report:A major risk...

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One Of Hitler's Rare Kamikaze Rockets To Go On Display In Britain

A rare kamikaze-style rocket capable of launching a direct hit on Buckingham Palace will go on display in Britain almost 70 years after Hitler had it made in the hope it would help destroy London.This...

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Pentagon Prosecutor To Abandon Major Charge Against Alleged 9/11 Plotters

The Pentagon's war crimes prosecutor has decided to no longer seek a conspiracy conviction at the Sept. 11 death penalty trial, a move designed to shore up the case after a federal court undercut the...

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Japan Scrambles Jets To Head Off Chinese Military Planes ... Again

Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial dispute, Japanese media said.The Chinese planes were spotted on...

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US Government Says WikiLeaks Material Was Found At Osama Bin Laden's Safe House

On Wednesday military prosecutors in the case of former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning said they would introduce evidence that WikiLeaks materials Manning is accused of passing to Julian...

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A Conservative Watchdog Is Fighting To See Pictures Of Osama Bin Laden's Dead...

A conservative watchdog is asking a federal appeals court to shut down government claims that releasing postmortem pictures of Osama bin Laden would endanger national security.The U.S. Court of Appeals...

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There's Only One Reason For The 'Zero Option' In Afghanistan

Let's get one thing straight: the 'zero option' is a bluff.The American news media collapsed into a tizzy when Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said all 'options were on the table.' His...

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Massive Floating Armories Filled With Weapons Are A Pirate's Sweet Dream

Private security companies guarding ships against Somali pirates are increasingly storing their weapons on so-called "floating armouries" in international waters, to avoid arms smuggling laws when they...

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Judge Rejects Obama Administration Ploy To Dismiss 'No-Fly' Suit With Secret...

A federal judge has rejected an attempt by the Obama administration to use secret evidence to derail a former Stanford student's attempt to challenge her inclusion on the government's no-fly list, Bob...

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A Steady Stream Of Foreign Fighters Is Increasingly Vital To Syrian Rebels

The other day we detailed how the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime may have purposely allowed rebel advances to consolidate resources and force the opposition to administrate the suffering...

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China Warns Citizens To 'Prepare For The Worst' As It Sends Fighters To East...

After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, and Tokyo scrambling F-15s in response, China's now sending fighters of its own on "routine flights" into the East China...

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France Promises Its Military Will Deliver 'A Fatal Blow' To Terrorists In Mali

France will support Mali's request for military assistance to help counter an offensive by Islamist rebels, Francois Hollande has said.Mr Hollande said they would help but strictly within the framework...

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The Air Force Is Tripling Its Bomber Training Airspace To Almost 30K Square...

According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Air Force has launched a six-year plan to more than triple the airspace used for its bombers to accommodate more training sorties of its Dakotas-based B-1...

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The Navy’s New F-35C May Have The Coolest Fighter Markings Ever

In anticipation of its future assignment to the VFA-101 “Grim Reapers” at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, the F-35C CF-6 has received a cool high-visibility color scheme.The Grim Reapers were...

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The US Paraded This Immense String Of F-16s In South Korea Last Month

On Dec. 14, 2012, Kunsan airbase, Republic of Korea, hosted the latest of a series of Elephant Walk exercise involving F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 35th and 80th Fighter Squadrons of the 8th Fighter...

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The F-8 'Daytime Fighter' Absolutely Ruled The Skies Over Vietnam [PHOTOS]

Navy personnel referred to the F-8 as "Vought's Last Chance," since the Vought company's last iteration, the F-7, was a miserable piece of gear.Vought hit a home run though, producing a fighter jet...

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