The American military has successfully tested a 'scramjet' powered aircraft that reached the insane hypersonic speed of Mach 5.1 (4828 kmh). Unnerv...
The US Navy has demonstrated a deadly 'mega laser' which can blow drones out of the sky. And their new toy is apparently so effective it's coming t...
Coming after the U.S., China is not only the second biggest economy but also the second bigger military spender. It would appear that military spending parallels economic might.
It is not sufficient to say 'I would die for a country', for it is never a country that sends people into battle. It is politicians - people - who are often immoral and frequently incorrect.
Towards the end of the ninth century, Pope Stephen VI had the body of his predecessor Formosus exhumed, dressed in its sacerdotal attire, and propped ...
We must all double our efforts to end DOMA and do whatever we can to accelerate the hands of time and ensure equal rights for all.
Being a good shot is not gender-specific, it's a skill. As are hand to hand combat and military tactics, disciplines in which 'small' can be trained to overcome 'big'. Just ask the Viet Cong.
The United States once tried to build a "tsunami bomb" designed to wipe out coastal cities by triggering huge underwater explosions. The tests were...
For decades America has waged war on weaker nations on the pretext of maintaining global peace. The time has come for the most powerful nation on this planet earth to give the Gandhian principle of non-violence for settling disputes an honest chance.
The United States reportedly planned to attack the Moon with nuclear weapons during the Cold War. According to The Sun and The Week, repeating clai...
The US Navy is reportedly planning to replace its last military dolphins with robots. In an exclusive interview with BBC Future, the navy said it w...
The United States government has published drawings and schematics of a flying saucer it attempted to build in the 1950s. The documents show that t...
The trial flight of a new hypersonic plane which could have eventually led to 60 minute flights from London to New York failed miserably after the exp...
The US military will test a new hypersonic plane on Tuesday which could eventually lead to flights from London to New York lasting just 60 minutes. ...
Almost one million fake electronic parts from China have been found in US military aircraft. A report by the US Senate Armed Services committee fou...
The death of the son of a US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel from gunshot wounds was a "tragic accident", a US Air Force spokesman has said. The 13-ye...
Shame should weigh heavily on the shoulders of those who choose to defend, or ignore, our military's shameful acts. How many tragic incidents do you write off as mistakes before you accept, albeit begrudgingly, that there is an institutional problem manifesting within our armed forces?
Staying in Afghanistan has been hard, but getting out may yet prove politically to be the greatest challenge of all. According to a poll undertaken by YouGov-Cambridge, 56% of the British public think Nato and the UK should not negotiate with the Taliban if it means giving up on promoting human rights in Afghanistan.
From Tuesday, September 20th, gay men and women will be able to serve openly in the US military for the first time in history.
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a US Chinook helicopter and killing 38 US and Afghan forces over the weekend have ...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- A military helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 US special operation troops and seven Afghan commandos, the ...
