North Korea Shuts Down The Industrial Park That Is Its Last Link With South...
NKorea denies SKoreans passage across border to enter factory that is last symbol of detentePAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run...
View ArticleA Satellite Tour Of North Korea's Nuclear Facilities
Though North Korea [DPRK] has toned down the "bellicose rhetoric" about preemptive nuclear strikes, Pyongyang is still maintaining their stance on nuclear development.Leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to reopen...
View ArticleThe Iraq Invasion Convinced North Korea That It Needed Nukes
America's March 2003 invasion of Iraq was supposed to stem the tide of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Looking back, however, we can say that the invasion has actually spurred, not stemmed the tide...
View ArticleRandom Guys In Kenya Are Making $200 A Day Telling Western Journalists They...
Somali pirates are one of the strangest and most enticing stories for Western journalists. Given the nature of pirates and the nature of Somalia, however, it's also a difficult one to report on.That...
View ArticleIf North Korea Strikes, It'll Be Attacking Its Own Economy
The troubled economy of North Korea (DPRK) may be the first casualty of further escalation.Despite plenty of wartime bluster coming out of Pyongyang about the so-called "puppet government" of the...
View ArticleJon Stewart Mocks North Korean War Threats And Calls Kim Jong Un The 'Nuke...
The Daily Show's Jon Stewartmocked North Korea's recent war-mongering on Tuesday, questioning whether the country would really want to get into what would amount to a "rebound war" with the United...
View ArticleIsrael And Gaza Are Engaged In The Heaviest Fighting Since The November...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants launched several rockets into southern Israel, as Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in the heaviest exchange of fire between the...
View ArticleAmerica May Soon Start Drone Strikes In Two More 'Non-Battlefield' Countries
Iraqi officials requested U.S. drones strikes near their border after al-Qaeda-linked jihadists ambushed a Syrian convoy in Iraq earlier this month, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Diaa Hadid of the Associated...
View ArticleANALYST: US Military Expects North Korean Missile Launch
Enough bluster: Apparently Kim Jong-Un intends to walk the walk.A prominent arms analyst has told an Australian think-tank that U.S. troop movements west of the peninsula indicate that a North Korean...
View ArticleNo Female Marines Have Made It Through Infantry Officer Training Yet
Even before former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles on Jan. 24, the Marine Corps had been experimenting with the move by letting women officers try out...
View ArticleDefense Secretary Calls North Korea Clear And Present Danger — US Set To...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said"North Korea rhetoric presents real, clear danger, threat to U.S., allies."This comes with the announcement of the movement of high-altitude missile defense...
View ArticleNorth Korean Army Says It Has Final 'Approval' For Nuclear Attack On US
The North Korean army announced that it has received the final approval necessary to launch nuclear weapons on U.S. targets.From Yonhap News:In a statement, the North's supreme military command said it...
View ArticleThe Complete History Of False Threats From North Korea
North Korea is threatening Seoul again, this time over a jointly controlled factory.The Democratic People's Republic also says it is restarting its nuclear reactor, five years after shutting it...
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View ArticleHere Are The Theoretical Ranges Of North Korea's Missiles
With North Korea (DPRK) saying it has received final approval from Supreme leader Kim Jong-un for nuclear attack on the U.S., it's time to take another look at their missiles. This infographic from the...
View ArticleHere's How US Allies Could Shoot Down Missiles From North Korea
Things are heated on the Korean peninsula, and while there's plenty of talk from the North about launching a "cutting edge strike" on the United States, their missile capabilities are mostly limited to...
View ArticleKim Jong-Un Could Be Losing Control — And That's A Bad Thing
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s saber-rattling rhetoric and threats to restart his nuclear program could be a rational move to garner more in the way of concessions in the world community and...
View ArticleWhat A Full-Fledged Air War Would Look Like Over North Korea
Although defended by an obsolete Air Force made of ex-Soviet fighters and bombers, North Korea still operates a decent air defense system.This includes a radar system with overlapping coverage and high...
View ArticleGuam Is One Of America's Most Strategic Assets In The Pacific
Wednesday Apr. 3 saw the Pentagon announce that the U.S. is to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Guam as a precautionary measure in response to threats from North Korea...
View ArticleThese Kings Of 'Close Air' Support Protect US Troops In Ground Wars
At the height of fighting during the Korean War in 1950, American troops faced artillery barrages, bitter winter cold, and massive human waves of Communist troops.But they had a secret weapon: aircraft...
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