Watch What It Looks Like When Marines Get Ambushed While Hunting IED's
Recently we at BI Military and Defense received an email with an unclassified document detailing the growing threat of improvised bombs in Afghanistan — the same day, this video came out of Marines in...
View ArticleBiden Slams Ryan On Israel: 'I've Been Friends With Bibi Netanyahu For 39 Years'
Vice President Joe Biden really got rolling when tonight's debate turned to the Obama administration's policies toward Israel and Iran. Responding to Ryan's claim that President Barack Obama opted to...
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One Of These Three Soldiers Is The Luckiest Guy In The US Army
Specialist Devin Hagar had been in Afghanistan only long enough to go out on his first patrol when his platoon came under heavy fire and his squad took evasive measures. India's Jagran Post reports...
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When Biden And Ryan Talk Sequestration Tonight They're Talking About These...
Whether you've heard about it or not, sequestration is a big deal to a lot of people and is directly tied to the economy. When the subcommittee failed to agree on $1.2 trillion in budget cuts last...
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One Canadian Spy Confessed To Trashing The Most Top-Secret Intelligence...
A Canadian naval intelligence officer has pleaded guilty to spying for Russia over four-and-a-half years, Steven Chase and Jane Taber of The Globe and Mail report. Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle, 41,...
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Leon Panetta Explains The Need For The Military's Aggressive New Rules For...
The United States faces a growing threat of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" and has drafted new rules for the military that would enable it to move aggressively against digital attacks, Defense Secretary Leon...
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The US Has Drafted New Military Rules Against A Potential 'Cyber-Pearl Harbor'
The United States faces a growing threat of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" and has drafted new rules for the military that would enable it to move aggressively against digital attacks, Defense Secretary Leon...
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Hezbollah Promises Drone Invasions Will Become A Way Of Life For Israel
Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, boasted yesterday it had infiltrated Israeli airspace with a drone, flying it near to a nuclear installation before it was shot down. Only hours after...
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US Troops In Jordan Are Preparing A Chemical Attack Defense Against Syria
RUSSEIFEH, Jordan (AP) — From the edge of a steep mountain overlooking a desert compound built into an old rock quarry, machine gunfire echoes just outside hangars where U.S. special operations forces...
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An Unflinching Account Of How The Syrian Town Maaret Al-Numan Was Taken By...
Blown-up buildings, deserted streets and corpses of regime soldiers bear testimony to a fierce 48-hour battle before the town of Maaret al-Numan fell to Syrian rebels. The capture of Maaret al-Numan...
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The Pentagon Is Prepared To Act On Reports Iran Cyber-Attacked Persian Gulf...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. government official says American authorities firmly believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks...
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Thousands Of People In Mali Are Begging For Help From The United Nations
Several thousand people marched in Mali's capital Bamako on Thursday to call for armed intervention by a West African regional force to help wrest back the vast north of the country from armed...
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The Guardian Takes A Close Look At Who's Actually Fighting In Syria
Syrian government Russia has retained its historical role as the key weapons supplier to Bashar al-Assad's regime over the past 18 months. It is believed to have sent at least three shipments of heavy...
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Mexican Cartels Are Flooding US Cities With High Quality Meth
Mexican cartels are pumping exceptionally cheap, high quality methamphetamine into the United States, Jim Salter of The Associated Press reports. Cartel meth—which is 90 percent pure—now accounts for...
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DARPA Just Paid $2.6 Million For A Skintight Smart Suit That's Straight Out...
Exoskeletons with hydraulic arms and piston powered legs are nothing terribly new — Raytheon's got a new version it showed off this summer. But this Warrior Web program proposed by DARPA is a first....
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Powerful Photo Of Obama And Hillary Clinton At The Transfer Ceremony For...
White House photographer Pete Souza posts this picture of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting the remains of the four Americans — including U.S. Amb. Christopher...
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The Newest Round Of Sanctions Are Killing Iran's Sea Trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's vital seaborne trade is buckling under the weight of Western sanctions, deepening hardship for a population deprived of basic imports and heaping intense pressure on Tehran...
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Kennedy Was Also Dealing With Embassy Bomb Threats During The Cuban Missile...
As President John F. Kennedy tried to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he received an urgent communique from the American embassy in London....
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What's Happening In Northern Mali Right Now Is Downright Barbaric
In April, Tuareg rebels and radical Islamists forced government troops out of the northern region of Mali. The rebels declared independence from Mali and named Africa's newest country Azawad while the...
View ArticleHere's A Simple Exercise Showing Why SEALs Should Be Making Video Games
Lately, there's been a lot of talk about OpSec (Operational Security) violations, intelligence leaks, and questionable behavior on behalf of American armed forces, and even the U.S. president. At such...
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