The Military May Treat Its Most Recognizable Fighter Like A Cancerous Lump
The Air Force is entertaining the idea of getting rid of the A-10 Thunderbolt 2 as if it were a lump of financial cancer in the service's fiscal body.The idea is that the aging bird is a tool with only...
View ArticleThe 12 Weapons Causing The Most Destruction In Syria
The British charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has published an investigation detailing the 12 deadliest conventional weapons being used in the Syrian war.In July AOAV researcher Robert Perkins...
View ArticleWatch How The Air Force Turns This F-16 Into A Drone [Video]
A video from Boeing shows the development of a little-known frontier of the drone arms race — an unmanned F-16 fighter jet. The development is an important step in drone warfare because it allows...
View ArticleWhy Qassem Suleimani Is The Most Powerful Operative In The Middle East
He's a father of five with back pain. He "respects" his wife, and takes her on trips. Though he can't seem to control his daughter — she has been "deviating from the ways of Islam" and fled to Malaysia...
View ArticleObama Takes A Big Shot At Vladimir Putin In A Sweeping Speech At The United...
President Barack Obama called the United States "exceptional" and defended its strong role in global affairs during a sweeping speech at the United Nations on Tuesday, a comment that directly rebuked a...
View ArticleKenya President: Mall Siege Over, 72 Dead
Kenya's president has announced that the siege of the Nairobi mall by a group of terrorists has ended after four days.President Uhuru Kenyatta said that the death toll includes 61 civilians, 6 security...
View ArticleMan Sold Faulty Bolts To Military For Use In Aircraft And Nuclear Power Plants
An Ohio man pled guilty to selling the U.S. military faulty self-locking bolts and counterfeit nuts and screws in federal court Monday, Kathy Lynn Gray of The Columbus Dispatch reports.Military...
View ArticleThis Is What It Looks Like When An Air Force WC-130 Takes A Bath
The wash rack at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., gives a returning weather reconnaissance WC-130 a cursory wash upon returning from a flight over the (very salty) Gulf of Mexico.The "bird bath" takes a...
View ArticleThe Military Has Found The Perfect Use For Video Game Controllers In War
When the military needs to deal with the deadly threat of an Improvised Explosive Device, it may be time to take out the Xbox controller. These and other video game controllers have become the standard...
View ArticleHere's What You Can Buy At The Biggest Gun Show In The Southeast
Despite recent attempts to pass new national gun control legislation, the gun lovers of America are winning.This couldn't be more apparent than at the Lakeland Gun Show, the biggest gun show in the...
View ArticlePhotographer Describes Eerie Scene In Nairobi: Mall Music, Gunshots, People...
"It seemed kind of like anywhere you'd look, there was another body," said Tyler Hicks, a New York times photographer known for working in war zones.Hicks just happened to be close to the scene at the...
View ArticleTurning F-16s Into Drones Just To Shoot Them Down Makes A Lot Of Sense
Yesterday, we reported on the successful test flight of a converted F-16 Falcon into a drone on a Florida Air Force Base last week. Some in the comments remarked that is was a waste of government...
View ArticleThis Journalist Using Google Glass At Guantanamo Bay Is Testing The Limits Of...
It's impossible to visit Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) Naval Station and not receive an earful about Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald. The colonel in charge of the prison and the military communication...
View ArticleA British Royal Marine Veteran Reportedly Saved More Than 100 Lives In Kenyan...
After the terror and tremendous loss of life during a terror attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, have ended, the first heroic tales from the ordeal have begun to emerge.Distinguished among...
View ArticleSoldier May Have Broken World Record For Fastest Mile Run In A Bomb Suit
A woman bomb technician broke the Guinness World Record for a mile run in a bomb suit with a time of 11 minutes 6 seconds, the Army reported today.Army 1st Lt. Ashley Sorensen of the 303rd Explosive...
View Article'Obama's Favorite General' Stripped Of Security Clearance Amid Leak...
Retired Marine Gen. James "Hoss" Cartwright has reportedly lost his security clearance as an investigation into his involvement in national security leaks continues, Foreign Policy reports.Cartwright,...
View ArticleHundreds Of US Security Clearance Records Are Falsified, Federal Cases Show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel...
View ArticleThe US Strategy In Syria Is Unraveling
Tuesday evening, after President Barack Obama's speech to the U.N. general assembly, America's strategy for Syria began to unravel.At about 4 p.m. ET, 13 of the largest Islamist brigades in Syria...
View ArticleSLOW MOTION: See What Happens To A Gold iPhone 5S When You Shoot It With A...
Apple's Gold iPhone 5S's are so rare— they're sold out until October — that people are bidding up to $10,000 for them on eBay.We showed you a lucky handful of people who snagged one when they first...
View ArticleIt Looks Like The Government May Have Cut Off The Internet In Sudan
According to Internet intelligence corporation Renesys, Sudan has been cut off from the Internet. The Washington Post reports that web access was cut and schools were closed through September 30 as...
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