Showing posts from April, 2016
An F-35 Lightning II taxis to the parking ramp Nov. 11, 2015, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Timothy Boyer Clay Dillow, Fortune : Only One of Six Air Force F-35s Could …
A flag belonging to the Islamic State fighters is seen on a motorbike after forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad recaptured the historic city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate in this …
A F/A-18C Hornet of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA-251) is catapulted off the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier in the Gulf, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/HAMAD I…
A MiG-31 fighter jet © Vitaliy Ankov / Sputnik Washington Free Beacon : Russian Warplane Flies Within 50 Feet of U.S. Spy Plane in Asia Latest aerial encounter occurred near new Russian missile sub …
CNN: Biden makes surprise trip to Iraq (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden landed in Iraq Thursday for an unannounced trip. While in Iraq, Biden will meet with political leaders and is "focused on en…
Washington Post : Biden makes unannounced trip to Iraq, his first since 2011 BAGHDAD — Vice President Biden arrived here Thursday at a moment of intense political turmoil for Iraq and its prime mini…
© Sputnik/ Vitaliy Ankov Sputnik: Bear and Dragon: Russia, China to Intensify Joint Military Drills in 2016 Russia and China will hold "many more" military drills in 2016 than last year. M…
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with guests after delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the fifth regular foreign ministers' meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confid…
Cultivating a field in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Photo: FAO DW : UN FAO reports drop in North Korea food production North Korea's food production has fallen, the UN report…
CNN: North Korea launches missile; test fails (CNN)North Korea fired a mid-range "Musudan" missile but it "seems to have failed," a South Korean Defense Ministry official says. T…
NYT: U.N. Envoy Prods U.S. and Russia to ‘Revitalize’ Syria Cease-Fire GENEVA — The United Nations special envoy for Syria closed two weeks of talks with warring parties on Thursday without setting …
Reuters: Air strikes hit Aleppo hospital, at least 27 killed: Observatory Air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of Syria's Aleppo and killed at least 27 people, including three children…
Afghan First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum (left) meets with Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov in Grozny on October 5. VOA : Snubbed by US, Afghan Warlord Looked to Russia For decades, Afghanistan’s…
Newsweek : China Unveils Weaponized Robot Security Guard An autonomous robot security guard equipped with weapons and intelligent video analysis equipment has been unveiled in China. The AnBot is Chi…
Image : Wikipedia IBTimes : China successfully tests 7,000 mph DF-2F hypersonic missile says Pentagon source China has conducted a successful test flight of its hypersonic DF-2F missile, capable of s…
Trump currently has around a 400 delegate lead on Cruz. The GOP convention rules, explained: https://t.co/zBCj9gHn6Q pic.twitter.com/O36bRZfMGs — Gerard Baker (@gerardtbaker) April 28, 2016
Photo : Makar, 46, a staff sergeant involved in training the men of Ukraine's 58th Brigade, poses for a portrait in Avdiivka, Ukraine. Photo by Pete Kiehart Jack Losh, VICE News : When War Become…
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, carry an injured soldier during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 15, 2015. The exercise tested the soldiers&…
Endgadget: DARPA is developing smarter, faster armored vehicles The GXV-T will fight smarter than today's troop transports, not harder. In response to ever-more dastardly IED technologies, Ameri…
Popular Mechanics : Watch F-22 Raptors Doing Awesome Flybys in the Welsh Countryside It was the Raptor's first visit to the world-famous Mach Loop There is a place in Wales called the Mach Loop, …
US air force F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters are to be based in Europe. Photograph: US air force/Reuters Robert Farley, The Diplomat : Could Restarting F-22 Raptor Production Ever Be a Good Idea? Is…
CNN: John McCain : F-35 is 'a scandal and a tragedy' Washington (CNN)Sen. John McCain slammed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's troubled history Tuesday, saying it "has been both a sc…
U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted upon his arrival at King Khalid International Airport for a summit meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 20, 2016 © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Jeremy Shapiro and …
Palestinian Hamas militants guard an anti-Israel rally organized by the Hamas movement in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 26, 2016. (photo by REUTERS/Suhaib Salem) Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor …
Reuters : Parties in struggling Syria talks unclear on date of next round The United Nations said on Wednesday no date had been set for the next round of Syria peace talks, contradicting a report qu…
The Hill : Fears grow about rising US troop levels in Middle East Fears are growing in Congress about the deeper U.S. involvement in the Middle East. The latest flashpoint is President Obama’s decisi…
New York Times : Donald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, fresh from a string of resounding primary victories in Eastern states, promised a foreign p…