October 11, 2005: The war against terrorist mortar teams in Iraq continues, despite two years of strenuous efforts to stop terrorist mortar attacks. U.S. and Coalition troops have been very successful ...

At the Red Sea's southern end, between Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea) and western Yemen, lies the Bab al-Mandab (Gateway of Anguish). This narrow waterway links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean's Gulf of ...

What we now call Iran has had several names over the past five thousand years. The name Iran was first used in the fourth century BC as the Avestan word airyānąm. The Greeks first used the name Persia ...

Al Qaeda is a major Islamic terrorist group that still survives in small numbers. It has survived mainly because it relies on the internet. Islamic terrorists became a major problem in 1979, when the ...

July 4, 2026: After there was a minor fire on the American aircraft carrier Ford, it was discovered that there was an average of 53 fires annually on American Navy vessels. Most of this occurs during ...

June 20, 2026: Ukraine’s success against Russian tanks and armored vehicles again revived predictions that tanks are obsolete. Tanks are still relevant and the Russian losses were the result of poor ...

You can support us with your donations or subscriptions. Please help us keep our doors open. September 15, 2026: In the last twelve years, U.S. counterterrorism operations have evolved significantly, ...

The 2026 RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) naval exercises involved forces from 30 nations, including 30,000 personnel, 31 surface ships, five submarines, and more than 190 aircraft. The forces carried out ...

Most designers take for granted that a game must be fun and make a conscious effort to ensure it is. Unfortunately, that fun often gets lost somewhere between caffeine/pepperoni fueled ideas and the ...

Russia has spent over a trillion dollars on its war in Ukraine, and much of that money went to pay signing bonuses of $50,000 or more. Currently, the average monthly wage is about $1,100. Financially, ...

September 11, 2026: The Ukraine War has bankrupted Russia, and it can no longer pay war-related expenses. Earlier this year, an attempt to sell a trillion rubles ($11.44 million) worth of government ...

In early July, the American Navy used three Corsair naval surface drones to attack an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. As a result, Iran now has ...