Everything You Need To Know About The Nuclear Carrier That's Scaring The...
The U.S.S. Nimitz was deployed May 12 to the waters off the Korean peninsula to conduct bilateral training with the South Korean Navy over the next two days.The goals of the operation are to enhance...
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The "Deadliest Catch" fishermen have got nothing on New York City's Coast Guard unit, Sector New York.We embedded with the unit on a routine nighttime stop and search mission to intercept two ships...
View ArticleThe Koch Brothers Have Buried An Area The Size Of A City Block Under 30 Feet...
Canada's oil sand mines will eventually produce up to 2 trillion barrels of oil and what that could mean for the environment has been debated for years. What's often overlooked though is a coke...
View ArticleNew Triton Drone Makes First Flight: Will Keep Tabs On China, North Korea...
The U.S. Navy's long awaited MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone took its first flight yesterday in Palmdale, California.See what the drone offers >A Navy press release, delivered yesterday, points out...
View ArticleThe Muslim Brotherhood Has Turned Cairo Into A Dystopia [PHOTOS]
When Egyptians took to the streets to overthrow an oppressive government in 2011, the world was on their side.But in the two years that followed, as Arab Spring turned to Arab Winter, and Egyptians...
View ArticleThe X-47B Drone Ushered In A Brave, Scary New World [PHOTOS]
The Navy's X-47B autonomous drone reached a major milestone when it flew in 2011, and then last week when it took off and landed from a U.S. aircraft carrier.It's impossible to overestimate the impact...
View ArticleHow The US Coast Guard Uses Game Theory To Protect New York City [PHOTOS]
From a small room in a Pakistan house, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) was shaken to its core in 2011.Within the data seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound was the al Qaeda plan to blow up oil...
View ArticleCairo May Be A Dystopia, But Egypt's Pyramids Are Still Ridiculously...
It's impossible to visit Cairo and not feel the presence of the pyramids outside the city in Giza.They are synonymous with everything we learned in school about ancient Egypt. They dance into sight...
View ArticleD-DAY: Here's How The Allies Began To Win World War 2 [PHOTOS]
Every war has had one day that changed the tide--where one side began winning, and the other side began to lose.That moment in the Second World War was D-Day--June 6, 1944--the day Allied forces...
View ArticleA Cairo Crime Family Took Us Inside One Of Egypt's Most Desperate Slums
I recently visited one of Cairo's most desperate slums.Before I got to Egypt, I had never heard of the place, which is called Dar al-Salam. And I was only able to venture into it because I was...
View ArticleWhy Egypt Is Still An Awesome Place To Visit [PHOTOS]
I'm leaving Cairo today after spending just over a week doing everything I could to understand the city and the people who live here. There's been drama, eye-opening experiences, and more than once...
View ArticleYou Must Know These Hand Signals To Get A Cheap Ride In Cairo
There are about half-a-dozen means of public transportation to get around the city of Cairo, and while some are more expensive than others, nothing's cheaper than micro bus.Both privately and...
View ArticleEgypt After The Revolution: There's Not Much To Sell But Sex
There's a point at which parents get so desperate they sell whatever they can to make ends meet, including their daughters. I was in Cairo, Egypt, last week, and this topic came up as I was talking to...
View ArticleLockheed Martin Has An Impressive New Drone Concept
Already obsessed with drones, the U.S. military is looking for new ones to fill a vital role.America needs drones to guard its aging fleet in foreign waters, extend a ship's strike distance using...
View ArticleTeacher Starts Using Meth To Lose Weight — Then Loses Everything
A 32-year-old elementary school teacher — we'll call her Jamie to protect her identity — never felt like she belonged. Not in her small town, not in the home she was raised in, and not in her own skin....
View ArticleWhy The Military Force-Feeds Detainees At Guantanamo Bay
People across the country are disgusted by the description of force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay offered by detainee Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel.Samir Naji, who has been at Guantanamo since 2002, offered...
View ArticleThis Most Brain-Addled And Gutsy Wingsuit Flight Ever [VIDEO]
Wrapping up in a high-tech sheath of material and pitching off the edge of a cliff for the sheer adrenaline rush has become more common a pursuit than ever before. But this wingsuit stunt may be the...
View ArticleThe Single Most Expensive Piece Of Military Equipment Ever Has Reached A...
The lead ship in a new class of carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford, is the most expensive piece of military equipment ever created. And it now has a perfectly-laid flight deck that could one day see 6th...
View ArticleRussia's Fourth-Gen Fighter Could Be The Best Thing On The Market
Of the jets in production that promise to take military fighters deep into the 21st century and beyond, the U.S. F-35, the Chinese J-20, and the Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA are at the top of the heap....
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