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F-18 Crash Video Takes You Closer Than You Ever Wanted To Be To A Downed Hornet

Newly released surveillance camera footage shows intimate details of the F-18A crash in Virginia Veach we covered back in April.The footage comes out of WTKR Norfolk, a local news affiliate.Aside from...

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100 Things We'll Never Forget About 2012

2012 was hands down the most memorable year ever – and we have 100 reasons to prove it.From NASA landing a one-ton rover on Mars to everyone doing the "Gangnam Style" dance, 2012 provided us with tons...

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REPORT: Former Republican Senator Hagel 'Likely' Will Be Nominated As...

Bloomberg is reporting that former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel is "likely" to be nominated as Secretary of Defense, where he would succeed Leon Panetta.According to the report, President Barack Obama...

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European Court Rules That CIA Tortured And Sodomized Terror Suspect

CIA agents tortured a German citizen, sodomising, shackling, and beating him, as Macedonian state police looked on, the European court of human rights said in a historic judgment released on...

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Israel Is Set To Receive 5,000 US Bunker Buster Bombs After Delaying Its...

In March President Barack Obama reportedly offered Israel bunker-buster bombs and other advanced weapons in exchange for a postponing an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities until 2013.At the time the...

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Drones And SEALs Have Cleared The Way For Massive Military Cuts

If there's one thing the Osama bin Laden raid proved, it's that the man hadn't been in Afghanistan for years.Meanwhile, what was in Afghanistan were tons of U.S. troops and equipment, which take an...

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Law Interpretation Shows 'Tweeters' Could Become Legitimate Military Targets

One unique aspect of the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas was the unprecedented use of social media by both sides.This new development highlighted important moral questions: what constitutes...

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Cybersecurity Experts Expect A Major Hack Of US Banks Early Next Year

Hackers may mount a massive cyberattack to siphon money from 30 U.S. banks early next year, according to a new cybersecurity report by McAfee labs.The report, "Analyzing Project Blitzkrieg, a Credible...

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How Doomsayers Think The World Is Going To End

Doomsayers who believe the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, base their prediction on the end of the 5,125-year-long cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar. But what will the end of days look like?There...

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Bahrain Is Quietly Becoming One Of The Arab Spring's Most Violent Uprisings

MUHAZZA VILLAGE, Bahrain — After nearly two years of frustration, the Arab Spring uprising against Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, a key US ally, is growing increasingly tense.Following a...

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Lockheed Martin Has Enough Orders To Keep Building F-16 Jet Fighters Through...

* Taiwan has sought new F-16s, a sale opposed by China* Lockheed CEO expects demand for F-16s to keep line open* Current order backlog enough to keep line open until 2016WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) -...

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CONFIRMED: US Counterterrorism Agency Can Amass Data On Any Citizen

As of March 2012, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) can copy and examine entire government databases to predictpossible criminal behavior of any U.S. citizen, Julia Angwin of The Wall Street...

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How North Korea Has Come A Step Away From Being Able To Launch A Nuke

North Korea shocked the world this week when they hurled a satellite into space and proved they could reach out and touch anyone on the globe if they so choose.Their next step will be fitting a nuclear...

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Photographer In Syria Describes The Moment He 'Felt The Horror Of This War As...

Associated Press photographer Narciso Contreras describes the harrowing situation on the ground in Aleppo and tells the story behind some of his powerful images. He was interviewed by Jim Powell.I have...

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Self-Driving Vehicles Could Be A Huge Step For The Military

THE automation of driving is proceeding apace—to the point where some American states now allow robot vehicles (with human drivers on board in case anything goes wrong) to be tested on public roads....

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US Sends Troops And Missiles To Turkey As Syrian Conflict Escalates

"Western officials" are now reporting that Syrian soldiers have loaded a truck with chemical weapons for possible use, according to the Washington Post.This comes with other reports that beleaguered...

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BLINDSIDED: Obama's Asia Team Reportedly Partying When North Korea Launched...

On Wednesday, North Korea's successful rocket launch surprised most of the world.The intelligence community believed the rumors that the DPRK would delay its launch, and then was basically blindsided...

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Kim Jong-Un Smokes A Cigarette While Watching His Rocket Launch [PHOTO]

This is a real photo from North Korea's state television agency (via The Atlantic).And here's a video of North Korea's Bond-villain-esque command center: After Kim successfully launched the rocket over...

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The 25 Most Effective Weapons In The US Arsenal

American ingenuity is an incredible force, and nowhere more so than on the battlefield.Weapons like the M16 rifle have  been battle tested and refined to near-perfection. Others like the atomic bomb...

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Syrian Rebels Pulled Off A Lethal Fake-Out On Assad

A Syrian parliamentarian and eight members of the security forces were killed in a Damascus suicide bombing Wednesday, and al-Arabiya reports that the attack was reportedly carried out by the al-Nusra...

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