Tourists in Egypt mistakenly gunned down by army who 'thought they were terrorists' leaving
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Tensions have been high in the country since president Mohammed Morsi was ousted in July 2013
Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at an airfield at the center of a military buildup in Syria, two U.S. officials said on Monday, adding that the intentions of Moscow's latest deployment of heavy military equipment were unclear.
Russia on Monday launched its largest military exercises of the year, Centre-2015, involving some 95,000 soldiers including ground troops, navy and airforce units.
As it stands today, our government is a constitutional republic in name only. Our nation is ruled by wealthy oligarchs and special interests, and there is plenty of blame to go around for this situation.
Some days ago we explained how everyone (including low-tech terrorists "armed" with a mobile device and an internet connection), could have the operational equivalent of a ground-based radar-detection system to predict (and avoid) US airstrikes a
In 2013, the US military lifted its ban on women serving in combat. Shortly after, the Marine Corps began what it calls an "unprecedented research effort" to understand the impact of gender integration on its combat forces.
What could possibly go wrong when you mix deadly pathogens with inept government bureaucracy?
U.S. Special Forces Expand Training to Allies With Histories of Abuse
A U.S. military veteran in Florida spent more than $2,000 on multiple billboards blasting the Department of Veterans Affairs this month over the increasing number of veteran deaths.
Air Force puts pressure on mine owners with possible eminent domain seizure
The A-10 Warthog is the only aircraft built for a close air support (CAS) mission.
According to the 1,200+ page revised Department of Defense "Law of War Manual" (PDF) released in June of 2015, journalists are considered "unprivileged belligerents," which is a term that replaced the Bush-era term of "unlawful combatants," who in so
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers," exclaimed Dick the Butcher, a zealous follower of revolutionary Jack Cade in the second part of Shakespeare's Henry VI.
'Kanyon' unmanned sub to target harbors, cities
Zumwalt: The Navy's massive, high-tech destroyer is here (pictures)
Mordechai Vanunu, the former technician at the Dimona nuclear plant who was imprisoned for 18 years for divulging secrets related to Israel's purported nuclear weapons program, gave his first interview to the Hebrew-language Israeli press on Friday
American officials express concern about latest intelligence suggesting Moscow is preparing to send hundreds of personnel to prop up Assad regime
A weapon so secret China would not reveal it for years made its first public appearance in a military parade on Thursday as China marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war.
"There have been nothing but hoaxes and lies coming out of the Pentagon now indicating that those running the Pentagon's news service are in the pay of a foreign government."
To take down the so-called Islamic State in Syria, the influential former head of the CIA wants to co-opt jihadists from America's arch foe.
The military's U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is bracing for a new book about its most secretive units, sending out warning letters to special-forces operators ahead of the book's Tuesday release, according to its author.
While military direct intervention by US, Turkish, and Gulf forces over Syrian soil escalates with every passing day...
Much of air fighting in the future will focus on defeating the enemy plane's electronics, its essence and Achilles' heel
West Point Professor Says U.S. Military Should Target Legal Critics of War on Terror
Helicopters and missiles and tanks, oh my!
Japan has launched the second in its new class of helicopter carrier -- the largest Japanese ships since World War II -- in a Thursday ceremony in Yokohama.
New Defense Department guidelines allow commanders to punish journalists and treat them as "unprivileged belligerents" if they believe journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with the enemy.
Now all it needs is a nickname instead of 'LATV'
Americans like to think the nation takes good care of their veterans. Its actual record for doing so is spotty at best, as recent VA hospital scandals demonstrate. Nevertheless, one category of veterans always lands on its feet after it hangs up the
It's no surprise that the US military is a mighty organization, but this map, found in Bank of America's "Transforming World" atlas, dramatizes exactly how enormous our defense budget is in context: