This Animated Video Shows What The X-51 Waverider Should Do In Today's Test
Today's test of the X-51 Waverider is slated for a test today and its scramjet technology will see if the craft can propel itself to Mach 6 for a prolonged and definitive flight. A test two years ago...
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Ex-CIA Analyst Tells Us The Real Reason Israel Wants To Strike Iran Before...
For months senior Israeli officials have said the "window of opportunity" for attacking Iran's nuclear facilities is "before the U.S. presidential election in November" because Iran's nuclear...
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US Navy SEALs Reportedly Planning To Catch 'Or Kill' Notorious Mexican Drug Lord
According to reports in Mexican magazine Proceso, US Navy SEALs are planning a raid to catch "or kill" notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman (aka El Chapo). Guzman is the leader of the...
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This Is Why NOAA Supposedly Ordered 46,000 Rounds Of Ammunition
Last night we put up a post mentioning that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) placed a request for 46,000 rounds of mostly hollow point, copper jacketed, .40 caliber rounds of...
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The Highest Profile Woman In The Mexican Drug Trade Appeared In A Miami Court...
Today a court in Miami refused a bond for a 51-year-old Mexican soon due to face trial for drugs trafficking charges, Reuters reports. The court worried that Sandra Avila Beltra would be a flight risk...
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13 American Gangs Keeping The FBI Up At Night
We looked at the 2011 FBI gang report last year and not much has changed as we wait for the 2012 report to come out. More than 1.4 million Americans are still wearing the colors of more than 33,000...
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Take It From A Marine Who Was There — We're Losing Hearts And Minds In...
It isn't just that we showed up in their back yard one day, armed to the teeth, and stayed for 10, now 11 years. It wasn't just the kicking of doors, the killing of people, sometimes innocent,...
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Here's The Document A Huge Defense Company Really Doesn't Want You To See
Last Friday, the Port Authority suffered a serious embarrassment when a $100 million perimeter fence around JFK airport was breached by a soaking wet swimmer who had just suffered a jet ski breakdown...
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The Army Now Has A Perfectly Functioning Eye In The Sky
Both the MOP bomb and the B1 bombers have received modifications recently and now Raytheon's announced they are fielding another well-suited tool for a for a battle in someplace like the Strait of...
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Israel Is Testing A Cellphone Warning System For Incoming Missile Attacks
Israel is under a pretty consistent threat from rockets launched by Palestinian militants, but as talk of a possible Iranian military strike continue the threat of attack is vastly expanded, and...
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Tortured Insight Into The Life Of A Combat Medic
He was laying face down on a backboard, soot all over him. Most of his clothes were cut away except for his boots and t-shirt. I told him, "hang on this is really going to hurt." A .50 cal round...
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Persian 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...
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How 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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This Bloomberg Reporter Got To Take The F-35 Simulator Out For A Spin
A Bloomberg reporter got away from numbers for a day, to play inside Lockheed Martin's most pricey video game. The F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator provides pilots with a good sense of how to handle one of...
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This Is The Face Of Salvation When You're Outgunned In The US Army
When you're hunkered down behind a sliver of cover taking heavy fire, there is no more reassuring sound than the twin engines of the A-10 Thunderbolt screaming in from the distance. That's what you...
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Gunmen Have Attacked And Entered A Pakistani Air Force Base Thought To House...
Gunmen have attacked and entered a Pakistan air force base, according to Reuters. The target is the Minhas Air Base in the town of Kamra, located around 40 miles outside Islamabad. The attacked is...
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The Best Thing About Being A Military Dad Is Also The Worst
I'm not going to lie. It’s tough being a parent in the military I’m certainly not saying that non-military parents take their kids for granted, because I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think...
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This Is What Disarming Bombs In The Military Is Really Like
There is an unassailable prestige that come from being an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) member in the military. They're as cool as jet pilots, with the hands of a heart surgeon who operates on...
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The Thing About Weapons Is They Still Don't Make War
Colin S. Gray notably claimed that “weapons don’t make war.” Gray did not mean that no relationship existed between weapons, policy, and strategy, but that as instruments, weapons only have meaning in...
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This Is What 11 Years Of Funerals Does To Servicemembers
I hate war. I hate death. I hate funeral homes, wakes, and cemeteries. Heck, I even hate hospitals. When I was a young officer, wearing my dress uniform, attending ceremonies was fun because it always...
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