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Navy F-14s were retired from service in 2006, and prior to their 1979 revolution, were even sold to nations like Iran. However, since Tehran fell under the control of a hostile regime all those years ago, their F-14 Tomcats have been without a source of replacement parts, as the United States Military not only cut […]
While the United States has come to accept the fact that the Russian government has been funding a direct effort to affect American perceptions of one another and the nation’s democratic process, most tend to see the issue through a partisan lens. Russian information operations, however, exist outside of the American domestic political squabbles, and […]
In March, a former Russian military intelligence officer that sold state secrets to the British government was attacked in Salisbury, England. While he and his daughter survived the ordeal, the international ramifications were swift once the nerve agent used was identified as one of specifically Soviet manufacture, suggesting to U.K. officials and their allies that […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting at the government guest house Meseberg in Gransee near Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. See German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin issue a joint statement below:
The U.S. Department of Defense announced plans to develop and field “hoverbikes” a few years ago – the Army’s three propeller design began testing in January, and has already seen a shift away from use as a single-soldier mode of transportation, and toward being used as a supply drone that is merely capable of transporting […]
This week, state-owned Russian defense firms have set the internet ablaze with claimed new technologies being rolled out within the nation’s struggling military-industrial complex. Despite the U.S. led sanctions stifling the Russian economy so thoroughly that they’ve chosen to defund or significantly limit endeavors commonly considered necessary to the Russian defense apparatus like the refit […]
Firefighters battling the largest wildfires in California history recently found themselves squaring off against not just the blaze, but Verizon’s customer service line, as the vehicle dispatched to coordinate and manage the response to the 410,000 acre fire found their data throttled to 1/200th its usual speed, despite clearly communicating with the company that they […]
In this photo released by the Italian firefighters, a helicopter view of the explosion on a highway in the outskirts of Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. The explosion was reportedly caused by an accident involving a truck that was transporting flammable substances and exploded upon impact. See the explosion unfold below:
Senator John McCain passed away on Saturday, bringing a life led largely in service to his nation to an end at the age of 81. As a veteran and former Prisoner of War, McCain was a vocal supporter of the veteran community, and although his politics occasionally placed him at odds with those within his own […]
In this photo taken late Wednesday night, Aug. 1, 2018, Riccardo Gatti, rescue missions coordinator of the Open Arms boat, talks on the phone with the Libyan coast guard to coordinate a nighttime rescue operation off the coast of Libya. Rescuers from the Spanish non-profit Open Arms saved 87 migrants off the coast of Libya […]
For decades, robots have been being built that are increasingly capable and lifelike, but for the most part, it’s always been easy to differentiate a robot from a person. Their clunky movements, inability to navigate varied terrain and the whirring of servos and electric motors tend to make it pretty easy to tell the difference […]
In recent weeks, outlets ranging from obscure blogs to mainstream media cornerstones like Fox News have been reporting a new video that seems to show an unusual aircraft flying over Lake Norman in Mooreseville, North Carolina. The video, captured by a man named Jason Swing on May 29, opens with him looking into the lens […]