A Timeline Of Terror Plots On US Soil — Following Yesterday's Arrest Outside...
Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001 US authorities have uncovered several attempts to cause death and destruction on American soil. Here is a timeline of some of...
View ArticleChina And South Korea Are Both Outraged With Japan For Visiting This Shrine
China and South Korea have reacted angrily to the news that two cabinet members and the head of the largest opposition party paid their respects to Japan's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine. Chinese media...
View ArticleThe EU Lays Out A Plan For Military Intervention In Mali
International efforts to defeat Islamist rebels gain momentum. The European Union yesterday (15 October) said that it may deploy a military mission to Mali to help regain control of the north of the...
View ArticleThe UN Is Demanding To Know What Happened To The Peacekeeper Murdered...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanded an investigation after one peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded on Wednesday in an ambush in Sudan's North Darfur state. According to Ban's...
View ArticleThis Simple Game And A Bit Of Trash Talk Helped Relieve The Pressure For...
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Afghanistan — The ragged dartboard nestled between camouflage uniform items and a giant American flag has seen better days. Thousands of tiny holes pockmark its aged cork...
View ArticleBritish Gang Of Muslims Waging War In Syria Poses A Large 'Threat To The UK'
A British jihadi has been identified as a key ringleader of a gang of Muslims who have gone to fight against the Assad regime in Syria, it has been reported. The Security Services have reportedly...
View ArticleUS Marine And Comic Rob Riggle Talks About Pakistan, Twitter, And Uppity...
“Oh that’s clever…make fun of the trained killer in the room.” It’s my favorite line. I whip it out whenever someone gives me shit or tries to rattle me. And being 6’1 and 240 pounds, it usually...
View ArticleHighly Contagious Malware Could Cause 'Mass Murder' By Hacking Pacemakers To...
A highly contagious software virus is proving very effective at targeting a very important piece of electronics: The Pacemaker. Pacemaker's keep poorly functioning human hearts on beat, by discharging...
View ArticleThis Story Of A Seven-Month Afghanistan Deployment Is The Grittiest You Will...
The documentary Armadillo follows a platoon of Danish soldiers as they endure a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in what ends up being the bloodiest two years of the war, fought in Helmand, the...
View ArticleBashar Al-Assad's Family Members In Cafe Shootout
Two members of the Assad family exchanged gunfire in a cafe in the mountainous town where Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father was born and buried, Liz Sly of the Washington Post reports. The...
View ArticleIran Brags About Adding Cruise Missiles To Its Fleet Of Combat Speedboats
Iran just dropped a bombshell about its speed boat program: they're now equipped with anti-ship cruise missiles. Boom. Iran's Fars News Agency reported this week, "Iran's speedboats have been equipped...
View ArticleEric Fitzsimons Gave Up His Lucrative Job To Start A Company That Helps Vets...
Less than two years after leaving a cushy gig at a drug-testing company, Eric Fitzsimons is getting ready to launch "i Employ Veterans" bottled water through his company Veterans H2O, which will put...
View ArticleThese Two Military Officers Built An App That's Getting Downloaded Like Crazy
A few years ago, buddies Billy Griffin, a Navy lieutenant, and Tony Hatala, a Marine captain, decided it should be much easier to find the phone numbers for resources on military posts. It's...
View ArticleHere's 'Ground Zero' Of The Fiscal Cliff Debate
Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus has some notes out after meeting with investors on the West Coast. He notes that there's a lot of interest in the fiscal cliff, and says: The ITA is ground Zero for...
View ArticleA Mystery Surrounds The Death Of Muammar Qaddafi
Human Rights Watch has released a new report, titled "Death of a Dictator", that looks at the death of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and a number of his supporters. Perhaps most remarkable is...
View ArticleThe General Who Planned The Afghanistan Surge Is Heading To Africa
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday nominated a former senior commander in Afghanistan as the new head of the military's Africa Command, which oversees US security efforts on the continent. The...
View ArticleHere's How The US Invited Iranian Hackers To Attack America's Banks
In a world where you can watch cyberattacks happen in real-time, it's no wonder that nation-states are doing little to hide the cyber arms race and low-grade cyberwar that's taking place. However,...
View ArticleThe Military Broke Its Own Record On The Number Of Drones It Can Fly At The...
Over the past several years, drones have arguably become one of the most powerful weapons platforms in the world. They get smaller, they get bigger, they get better armed, and they get better...
View ArticleBritish Explorer Prepares To Dig Up 140 Mint Condition Spitfires That Were...
More than 25 years ago, British farmer David Cundall overheard a comment from a group of U.S. veterans who said they buried an unused fleet of World War II Spitfires in the Burmese jungle to hide them...
View ArticleThe F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Released Its First In Flight 2,000 Pound Smart...
The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb is a staple of the American arsenal, and its high level of accuracy have made it indispensable in battles from Baghdad to Tripoli. Being such an essential...
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