The Bomber That Carries America's Biggest Bunker-Busters Is Getting Major...
The Air Force's B-1B "Lancer" multi-mission bomber is getting some notable upgrades in the next year, David Cenciotti at The Aviationist reports. Known as "Bone" in aviation circles, the B-1B is...
View ArticleThe US Is One Of Six NATO Countries That Continue To Use Animals For Military...
The U.S. is one of six NATO countries that continue to use animals for military training despite modern trauma-training technology being widely available, according to a new international survey. Of...
View ArticleFar Too Many US Military Members May Not Be Allowed To Vote This Year
This November's presidential election will test if election and military officials can make absentee ballot voting easier for servicemembers after 120,000 troops reported not receiving a requested...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Need To Know About The NDAA's Indefinite Detention Clause
In the coming weeks Judge Katherine Forrest will decide whether to issue a permanent ban on the indefinite detention section of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Journalists and...
View ArticleSome North Korean Refugees Are So Depressed By Their Life In The South That...
For many of its citizens, North Korea isn't a great place to live. You know very little of the outside world, you go hungry, and there's always a possibility that you (and three generations of your...
View ArticleThe 20 Aircraft Carriers Serving On The High Seas Today
Despite aircraft carriers immense cost, the Navy believes there is no replacing a well-armed, aircraft equipped, sovereign piece of U.S. territory, powered by dual nuclear reactors. Former Defense...
View ArticleWhat The US Army Will Do After Afghanistan
Early next year, soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division will shelve their combat experience from the Middle East to become training advisors to African forces. In January, the 2nd Heavy Brigade...
View ArticleAn Afghan Police Squad Invited US Special Forces Soldiers To Dinner And...
An Afghan police commander and his men invited at least three U.S. Special Forces soldiers to dinner Thursday to discuss security, and killed them in an apparent ambush. Abdul Malik at Reuters reports...
View ArticleIt Is Now Possible To Download An AR-15 Assault Rifle Using 3D Printing
One of the major possibilities in the future of gun control — and manufacturing in general — is the potential of 3D printers to build items from scratch. That has led to at least one person designing...
View ArticleThe Three Things The US Military Has Learned In Afghanistan
As defense budget wranglings continue on Capitol Hill, much of the debate about one of the Pentagon’s largest expenses – Afghanistan – centers around just how effective the decade-long fight has been....
View ArticleThe Most Important Difference Between Power And Status
"Hierarchy is a fundamental element of social life, one that emerges spontaneously and gives order and coordination to the dynamics within social collectives" - Steven Blader, New York University,...
View ArticleHigh Ranking Cartel Member Says Operation Fast And Furious Was Meant To...
A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel operative currently in U.S. custody alleges that Operation Fast and Furious was part of an agreement to finance and arm the Sinaloa cartel in exchange...
View ArticleThree Things Every American Needs To Know About Defense Cuts
The House of Representatives approved in July a bill that’s likely to spark a showdown on military spending. In the face of looming defense cuts and amped-up warnings on Capitol Hill, there are three...
View ArticlePeople Are Beginning To Freak Out About The Growing Islamist State In Africa
In the past two weeks in northern Mali, an unwed couple accused of of having children were stoned to death and a man accused of stealing had his hand chopped off, reports the NY Times. These acts,...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church Promises They Will Continue To Torment Fallen...
Westboro Baptist Church has pushed back against a new law that prohibits protesting at military funerals. The "Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012" act, which...
View Article14 Advanced Military Projects That Could Change The World Forever
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gets a ton of funding to develop the science and technological future of the military. This is the agency responsible for GPS, the internet and...
View ArticleThis Is How Israel Will Defend Itself From A Full-Blown Missile Assault
Iran's possible nuclear program is dominating news from the Middle-East because Israel knows if it perfects a thermonuclear device, Tehran likely has the ability to deliver it aboard some of its...
View Article25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA
It's no secret the Central Intelligence Agency has an investment firm that funds startups that could have a big impact for the Agency. If there is a company out there doing intelligence research,...
View ArticlePersian Gulf States Are Telling Their Citizens To Leave Lebanon 'Immediately'...
The embassies of several Gulf states in Beirut, Lebanon, are telling their citizens to leave the country immediately as Syria's civil war spills over the border. The UAE received information about its...
View ArticleHow Politicians And The Press Overstated Military Budget Cuts By A Whopping...
Anxiety is rising in Washington about the big cuts to military spending slated to go into effect in January unless Congress takes action. Republicans, defense industry executives, and some Democrats...
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