06:59 PM ET NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg came calling, but the president couldn’t find the time to meet with him. Defense Obligations: Despite Russian submarine activity that’s up a reported 50% and a rising cruise-missile threat, President Obama can’t… Read More ›
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Saudi Arabia Launches Military Operations Against Houthi Targets in Yemen
© Sputnik/ Faisal Al Shabibi 02:45 26.03.2015(updated 05:47 26.03.2015) Get short URL 222437 Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies launched a military operation involving air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters, the Saudi envoy to Washington said on… Read More ›
U.S. Weapons Worth $500 Million Vanish in Yemen,
1,250,000 rounds of ammunition 200 Glock 9 mm pistols 200 M-4 rifles 4 Huey II helicopters 2 Cessna 208 transport and surveillance aircraft 2 coastal patrol boats 1 CN-235 transport and surveillance aircraft 4 hand-launched Raven drones 160 Humvees The… Read More ›
Russia delivers nuclear threat to Denmark
A 2008 photo shows Russian Topol ICBMs missiles during a rehearsal for the nation’s annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Photo: Dima Korotayev Published: 21 Mar 2015 15:11 GMT+01:00Updated: 21 Mar 2015 15:39 GMT+01:00 Russia’s ambassador to Denmark warned on… Read More ›
Russia Warns Denmark It Could Become Nuclear Target
“I do not think that the Danes fully understand the consequences if Denmark joins the U.S.-led missile defense shield,” Russian Ambassador Mikhail Vanin told Jyllands-Posten Danish Warships Could Be Targeted By Russian Nuclear Missiles If Denmark Joins NATO Shield,… Read More ›
Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet on Global Intimidation Drive
Moscow Times By Matthew Bodner Mar. 19 2015 20:45 Last edited 20:46 Yevgeny Stetsko / VedomostiAs tensions rise with the West over Ukraine, Russian bombers forced NATO to scramble jets to intercept Russian military aircraft over 400 times last year…. Read More ›
Saudis halt Sweden visas as tensions escalate
Saudi King Salman in March 2015. Photo: TT Published: 19 Mar 2015 15:10 GMT+01:00 Saudi Arabia says it will not issue any new visas for Swedish business people in retaliation for comments made by Foreign Minister Margot Wallström. UAE recalls… Read More ›
Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills
Russia Expands Military Exercises To 80,000 Troops Agence France-Presse2:31 p.m. EDT March 19, 2015 (Photo: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP) MOSCOW — Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin this… Read More ›
Napolitano on Protesting Students: We Don’t Have to Listen to This Crap
00:43 20.03.2015(updated 05:31 20.03.2015) Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, who now presides over one of the country’s largest and most prestigious state university systems, told a fellow regent they “didn’t have to listen to this crap,” referring… Read More ›
Russia holds nationwide military drills
English.news.cn 2015-03-18 03:35:36 MOSCOW, March 17 (Xinhua) — Russian Armed Forces have been put on high alert in its western and southern military districts, as well as in the western sector of Arctic, Defense Ministry said Tuesday. According to… Read More ›
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Wants Churches Destroyed
Wednesday, 18 March 2015 After a Kuwaiti parliamentarian proposed a ban on the construction of new churches in that country, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said it also is necessary to destroy all of the existing churches in… Read More ›
Military alarms ring in the Arctic
March 16, 2015 Both Norwegian and Russian military alarms were sounding over troop levels and movements in the Arctic on Monday, on both sides of the border. It was unclear whether it amounted mostly to sabre-rattling or imminent security concerns…. Read More ›
UK’s nuclear weapons data and other sensitive internet traffic accidentally sent through Ukraine
Rerouting endangered the data of the many huge companies and government bodies involved ANDREW GRIFFIN Friday 13 March 2015 Internet data from the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment and other sensitive information was being sent through Ukraine, by mistake, all… Read More ›
Putin Orders Northern Fleet to Full Alert for Combat Readiness Drills
10:25 16.03.2015(updated 11:04 16.03.2015) The exercises of the Russia’s Northern Fleet will be held on land, in sea and air and will run for five days beginning March 16, Defense Minister Shoigu said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin… Read More ›
US Declares Venezuela a National Threat, Prompting Argentinian Rebuke
10:47 12.03.2015(updated 11:05 12.03.2015) Argentina slams US for declaring Venezuela “a threat to US national security”, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement. BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Argentina condemned recent US claims that Venezuela threatens US national security,… Read More ›
Venezuela Stages Massive Military Drills, Assisted by Russia and China
Sunday, 15 March 2015 The Venezuelan military is conducting massive air defense and artillery drills involving visiting Russian troops and hardware, the nation’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Saturday. The 10-day war games have been ordered by Venezuelan… Read More ›
Majority of Chinese Believe Their Military Could Crush US and Japan
05:36 14.03.2015(updated 05:38 14.03.2015) About three quarters of Chinese believe that their military could best both that of Japan and the United States, according to a recent opinion poll. When asked whether the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could wrest… Read More ›
Geopolitical Situation Most Dangerous Since WWII – Rothschild
18:52 07.03.2015(updated 19:02 07.03.2015) Lord Rothschild characterized the geopolitical situation in the world as the most dangerous since the end of WWII, warning investors about a forthcoming crisis. Lord Rothschild has warned about the dark cloud on the horizon… Read More ›
Source: ISIS executes a person who videotaped unidentified aircraft landing brought aid to terrorists
Sunday, 22 February 2015 13:28 Shafaq News / A security source in Diyala said that ISIS terrorists have executed a citizen while trying to videotape an unidentified helicopter landing in one of the northern agricultural villages of Muqdadiyah through ISIS control… Read More ›
Russian Military Unveils Revolutionary Electronic Warfare System
© Flickr/ Dmitry Terekhov MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE 15:31 04.03.2015(updated 15:37 04.03.2015) 9080491 Russia’s new Richag-AV radar and sonar jamming system can be mounted on helicopters, ships and other military equipment to jam potential adversaries’ weapons systems from distances of several… Read More ›
Russian Bombers Interrupt Commercial Flights in Irish Airspace – Transponders were switched off
© Sputnik/ Jakutyn EUROPE 06:35 04.03.2015(updated 11:09 04.03.2015) 3963250 Services of several commercial aircraft were interrupted by two Russian bombers that flew just off the coast of Ireland, according to the Irish Examiner. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Services of several commercial… Read More ›
Damascus livid after Turkey’s incursion onto Syrian soil, to salvage its relics and evacuate 40 Turkish soldiers who had been guarding them
Sunday, 22 February 2015 The Syrian government has said a Turkish incursion into the north of the country was an act of “flagrant aggression.” Damascus said it would hold Ankara responsible after they went into Syria to evacuate personnel and… Read More ›
Pakistan captures two Indian fishing boats, 12 fishermen detained
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, January 4, 2015 | UPDATED 21:23 IST On December 31 night, Coast Guard intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat allegedly carrying explosives off the coast of Gujarat. )Four days after Coast Guard intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat allegedly… Read More ›
Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fires on 13 border outposts
IndiaToday.in Jammu, January 1, 2015 | UPDATED 13:13 IST BSF had retaliated effectively to the Pakistani firing.AdTech AdBSF had retaliated effectively to the Pakistani firing.Pakistan rangers violated ceasefire on Thursday again by firing on 13 border outposts in Samba sector,… Read More ›
Pentagon: Iran Attacked ISIS – but Didn’t Coordinate with Us
Pentagon confirms that Iranian fighter jets bombed ISIS jihadists, clarifies strikes were not coordinated with the United States. The Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday that Iranian fighter jets bombed Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in eastern Iraq, but clarified the strikes… Read More ›
Mexicans Storm National Palace After Revelation Government Complicit in Murder of 43 Students
Sunday, 09 November 2014 Storming of the National Palace has been the climax of Saturday’s mass rally which was inspired by Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam’s Friday revelation, that three Guerreros Unidos gang members in custody had confessed to… Read More ›
Wagah border blast toll rises to 55, Modi terms it as shocking
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, November 3, 2014 | UPDATED 08:55 IST Tourists along with BSF jawans at Attari border after bomb blast at Wagah on Sunday. Photo: PTI.At least 55 people, including 11 women and three security personnel, were killed and nearly 200 injured… Read More ›
Chinese fisherman shot dead by S.Korean coast guard
English.news.cn | 2014-10-10 12:15:50 | Editor: Liu SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — A Chinese fisherman was shot dead by the South Korean coast guard Friday morning in what the coast guard claimed was its crackdown on illegal fishing. “The skipper… Read More ›
More than half of Chinese see war with Japan: poll
NATIONAL SEP. 11, 2014 – 06:50AM JST ( 25 ) A Japanese F-15 jet approaches a Chinese plane (out of frame) in a spot where the two countries’ air defense zones overlap, in June.AFP TOKYO — More than half of… Read More ›
Up to 1,000 NATO Servicemen to Take Part in Military Drills in Ukraine This Month
WASHINGTON, September 2 (RIA Novosti) – Despite the ongoing hostilities in southeastern Ukraine, the United States plans to go ahead with the Rapid Trident military exercise, scheduled to take place in western Ukraine later this month and expected to involve… Read More ›
11 Commercial Jetliners Missing after Islamist takeover of Tripoli Airport
Wednesday, 03 September 2014 Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa. Intelligence reports… Read More ›
Islamic State and Syrian regime using cluster munitions, HRW
The jihadist Islamic State (IS) has a training camp in Turkey near the Syrian border, reported Turkish media on Monday (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT/ANKARA – Islamic State jihadists have used cluster munitions in Syria in at least one location in recent… Read More ›
China can weigh reconnaissance on US
(Global Times) 08:16, August 28, 2014 China and the US started a two-day meeting at the Pentagon on Wednesday to negotiate a code of conduct on the high seas, in the wake of a Chinese fighter jet intercepting a US… Read More ›
‘Prepare for Chinese invasion’, says Jacqui Lambie
DAVID CROWE | The Australian | August 20, 2014 12:00AM AUSTRALIA must build missile systems and defence shields to prepare for an invasion from China even if it costs $60 billion a year, Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie has… Read More ›
Enemies Stand Helpless Against BrahMos Missile – BrahMos Aerospace Chief / 3x faster than the Tomahawk cruise missile
“export the BrahMos only to friendly nations, determined by the governments of India and Russia” Enemies Stand Helpless Against BrahMos Missile – BrahMos Aerospace Chief MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) – A supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, developed jointly by… Read More ›
Chinese Troops Enter Disputed India Territory
Chinese troops have advanced in recent days into disputed territory claimed by India, echoing a similar incursion last year that raised tensions between the two rival giants, official sources said on Tuesday (Aug 19). Chinese troops twice crossed over… Read More ›
UN Unable to Verify Kiev’s Allegations About Hitting Russian Military Column in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – After Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his forces hit Russian vehicles inside Ukraine, the United Nations on Friday said it couldn’t verify the reports but they show a need to resolve the conflict… Read More ›
Russia Forces US Submarine Out of Boundary Waters
Russian Anti-Submarine Destroyer “Vice-Admiral Kulakov” © Photo Press office of Russian Northern Fleet 17:37 09/08/2014 MOSCOW, August 9 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Northern Fleet’s anti-submarine forces have detected and forced out a US submarine from Russian boundary waters, a… Read More ›
BREAKING – IS to Declare Beginning of ‘Jihad Against America’
By: Anthony Kimery, Editor-in-Chief 08/08/2014 ( 4:40pm) The Islamic State, formally the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has yet to publish an official response to the US’s military strikes against it in Iraq, but sources close to the IS… Read More ›
FACTBOX: Russia’s Imports from Countries that Imposed Sanctions
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, banning for a year imports of agricultural and food products from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia. The government is expected to announce the complete “black… Read More ›
Chinese ships sail in disputed waters after Japan warning ” fears grow over a potential military clash “
→National Aug. 07, 2014 – 06:30AM JST ( 25 ) TOKYO — Chinese coast guard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo’s annual defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous… Read More ›
Islamic State Seizes Control Over Iraq’s Largest Dam
Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Stand Guard in the Northern Iraq city of Mosul 23:51 03/08/2014 MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) – The Islamic State militants have seized control of Iraq’s biggest dam, an… Read More ›
Why the Islamic State has no sympathy for Hamas
An Islamic State fighter gestures as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province, June 30, 2014. Most of today’s Salafist jihadist movements have no interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for the time… Read More ›
After Iraqi Army Crumbles, Maliki Turns to State TV for Help
NDTV After Iraqi Army Crumbles, Maliki Turns to State TV for Help July 28, 2014 18:20 IST Baghdad: State television is working overtime to persuade Iraqis to help Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki confront an al Qaeda offshoot that has… Read More ›
Obama failed to stop the Islamic State when he had the chance
By Marc A. Thiessen July 28 From Europe to the Middle East, we have seen how disaster follows U.S. retreat and disengagement from the world. But the one area where President Obama seemed to be leaning forward was drone strikes…. Read More ›
Longest and most powerful military parade of Islamic State with hundreds of Tanks and Convoys
EEV: Pay close attention to the military hardware. The Second Video is for Adults Only, Extremely Graphic but gives a glimpse of what the residents of these countries are enduring. ( The Dream Catcher hanging from the rear view mirror is… Read More ›
China to face widespread flight delays due to three-week ‘military exercises’
PLA exercises thought to be cause of weeks of disruption in Shanghai, Nanjing and elsewhere PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 22 July, 2014, 5:03pm Twelve mainland airports, many of them among the busiest, will be hit by widespread delays until the middle… Read More ›
Ukraine’s anti-aircraft missile system dispatched to Donetsk Wednesday
EEV: Requires second source confirmation The aircraft at an altitude of over 10,000 meters could be shot down only with the weapons of the S-300 or Buk (Beech) missile systems MOSCOW, July 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s armed forces dispatched the Buk… Read More ›
Report: Was Putin’s plane the real Target that brought down Malaysian Airliner?
Friday, 18 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was travelling almost the same route as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s jet shortly before the crash that killed 295, Interfax news agency reports citing sources. “I can say that Putin’s plane… Read More ›
Ukraine shells Russian town killing 1 and injuring 2
Moscow sees ‘consequences’ after Ukrainian shell kills 1, injures 2 Sunday, 13 July 2014 An artillery shell from Ukraine has hit a private house in the Rostov region of Russia, killing a citizen and leaving two more injured. The Russian… Read More ›