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The 2017 Netflix film “War Machine” opens and closes in tragically comedic fashion, with a new commander taking the helm of the American effort in Afghanistan, intent on turning the tides of the longstanding conflict in a way his predecessors proved unable. The beats are the same, the score is the same, and, as the […]
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has long been touted as the most advanced fighter on the planet, in no small part because the aircraft was purpose-built to reduce how visible it is to opponents while simultaneously offering an as-yet unprecedented array of sensors and pilot systems Lockheed Martin claims will allow pilots to see more, […]
According to reports out of the region, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham intercepted a small sailboat in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen on Tuesday. Navy officials stated that personnel from the destroyer asked the small boat’s crew permission to come aboard as a part of a broader US Naval […]
On Tuesday, a naval mine appeared floating in the waters off the coast of Bainbridge Island in Washington State, not far from Kitsap Naval Base. The contact-style mine seemed to appear out of thin air in the heavily trafficked waterway just outside of Seattle, prompting officials to instruct locals to shelter in place while Navy […]
Russia has reportedly deployed ten warships with three more joining en route to the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria, making for the single largest Russian flotilla to reach Syrian shores since the Kremlin began providing direct military support to embattled President Bashar al Assad, and is among the largest demonstrations of Russian naval […]
Last year, Russia’s held a massive series of war games they refer to as “Zapad,” or “West.” The exercises, which usually happen along Europe’s eastern flank every four years, always draw NATO’s attention, in large part because Russia has long been openly dishonest about the size and scope of the drills. In 2011, Russia signed […]
Last year, NASA announced the addition of twelve new astronaut candidates into the rigorous training program that would one day lead to space. Historically, making it into the astronaut candidate class for a certain year represents the single biggest hurdle between a qualified candidate and actually making it into orbit, as the process is so […]
For years now, Conservative leaders have lamented a left-leaning bias in national level media. While there’s little debate in recent years as to whether some outlets have begun capitalizing on confirmation bias to solidify themselves among specific political demographics, suppositions of a long-standing “liberal agenda” in mainstream media aren’t without warrant. Of course, it seems […]
While economically struggling, Russia has a long history of deriving national pride from military parades celebrating past victories. Last Thursday, Russian forces participated in just such an event: a parade commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk. In 1943, some 1.9 million Soviet soldiers alongside more than 5,000 tanks participated in what would […]
French President Emmanuel Macron called on all European nations to invest more heavily in defense and develop financial security within the continent. Macron’s stated goal would be to reduce the continent’s reliance on the United States for both physical and financial security, but the underlying premise was clear: Macron does not believe the United States […]
After months of escalating tensions that prompted many to worry that the United States may be on the road to nuclear war, relations with North Korea saw rapid improvement following North Korea’s involvement in the recent Olympics held in nearby South Korea. As relations between the two Koreas began to warm, official talks with U.S. […]
Police stand guard after the Confederate statue known as Silent Sam was toppled by protesters on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. See footage from the protest below: