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These Companies Got Rich Selling Illegal Weapons To US Adversaries
In the wake of the Pratt & Whitney settlement (the defense giant illegally sold a bunch of helicopter engines to the Chinese) we wondered who else had been busted for outlaw arms dealing that we...
View ArticleHere's What It's Like To Live In New Jersey's 'Tent City'
Tent City in Lakewood, New Jersey is home to dozens of tents and shelters housing over 70 homeless people. Pitching tents in the woods is one thing, but carving out the amenities to make life...
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Raytheon's Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Is Reagan's 'Star Wars' On Earth
Before anyone knew the Cold War was drawing to an unceremonious close, Ronald Reagan pushed for an orbiting missile defense system called "Star Wars" or the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), to...
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My Little Pony Has Invaded The US Military
The My Little Pony fan club extravaganza BronyCon went down at the Meadowlands in New Jersey a couple weeks ago, and some news from the scene has bled over into the military world. Joe Gould at...
View ArticleHow Oil Is Extracted From The Second Largest Deposit Of Oil In The World
I spent a week in the Athabasca oil sands last month and what I saw was a truly massive operation that's driven by the demand for something we all use every day. The Athabasca sands hold the second...
View ArticleHezbollah Website Offers This Infographic On How To Close The Strait Of Hormuz
With a buildup of U.S. naval power in the Persian Gulf and Iranian promises to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, Hezbollah has stepped in to offer an insight on how easily Iran could back up its...
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Here's What We Know About The Equipment Carried By The Denver Shooter
James Holmes had a plan when he walked into an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and systematically began firing rounds into fleeing moviegoers, and he'd clearly spent some time and thought putting that...
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Here Are Parts Of The Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid They Don't Show To The...
The sections of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Intrepid open to the public are painstakingly restored and lovingly maintained. But restoration is expensive, and vast portions of the ship...
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The Soviets Had Big Plans For This Enormous Nuclear Equipped Ekranoplane
In the thick of the Cold War, the Soviet Union built an immense vessel to carry their troops across the seas and into Western Europe. Equipped with nuclear warheads and able to blast across the sea at...
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Syria's Threatening A Chemical Attack On Any Meddling Foreign Troops
It has been one week since the Wall Street Journal reported that Syrian forces were hauling chemical weapons out of storage to potentially lob against rebel fighters, and now Damascus officials say...
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The Air Force's 30,000 Pound Bunker-Busting Bomb Is Ready For Action
Its been nearly eight months since the Pentagon sent its largest and most powerful bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), back to Boeing for modifications necessary to take out Iranian nuclear...
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How The US Fleet Would Defend Itself Against A Full-On Attack
As the Navy directs its attention, and the majority of its fleet, to distant parts of the Pacific, concern about ship's safety becomes paramount. America's ships are getting expensive and the thought...
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Even The Fourth Of July Can Be A Nightmare For US Veterans
Reddit user Envinoverdad posted this photo yesterday after taking it with an iPhone. The thread is tilted: Shell shocked soldier hiding at a fireworks show. The comments are from responses on the...
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Iran Is Readying A 'Nightmare Scenario' For The US Navy
It's getting easy to overlook the tired rhetoric and hollow tension surrounding Iran, the U.S. and Israel. It's been months, and months since the back-and-forth began. First, Iran's shutting the...
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This Is What A 1987 Soviet Invasion Of Western Europe Could Have Looked Like
The Lun-class Soviet Ekranoplane was a marvel of late 20th century technological prowess and the Soviets' considered it an integral part of their colossal military machine. I stumbled upon these...
View ArticleHow Lakewood, NJ Came To Host The Largest Homeless Camp In The State
Tent City provides shelter and a sense of community for homeless individuals living in a part of New Jersey where there are no homeless shelters. Before Reverend Steve Brigham started the encampment...
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New Iranian Terrorist Training Camp Discovered In Iraq
With heightened scrutiny on Iran and every accusation a potential charge against the country should a military strike develop, this piece out of Bahrain is of interest. The Gulf Daily News reports an...
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HELP! Trying To Get To The Persian Gulf For September's Minesweeping Exercise...
I wrote a piece recently on the long list of developments in the waters off Iran. It's something I think most military writers, and readers, think about a lot lately and while I can only speak for...
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Iran Says America's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Set Off A Global Conflict
Following last week's announcement from the U.S. Air Force that its 30,000 pound bunker-buster bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was ready for action, Iran's state-owned media outlet...
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More Subs, Bombers, And Missiles Could Be On Their Way To The Pacific
With the Pentagon's increased focus on the Pacific region, and deployment of 60 percent of its naval fleet to the area, the locations now being considered for bases could shape U.S. military policy...
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