American and Japanese giant robots finally meet in battle… and the results are boring

American and Japanese giant robots finally meet in battle… and the results are boring

In September, we reported on Eagle Prime, America’s massive 12-ton battle robot designed and built specifically to do battle with Japan’s own battle-mech, Kuratas. America’s robot, which was touted as bigger and more powerful than its Japanese opponent, even got its own hype reel, with dramatic footage of it targeting old cars with its weapon […]

Scientists discover data that reveals eerie final image from Rosetta

Scientists discover data that reveals eerie final image from Rosetta

Last month, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made headlines and history as it transmitted back images of Saturn unlike anything any earthling had seen before.  As the craft plummeted down into Saturn’s gaseous interior, past its telltale ring system and potentially life-inhabited moons, it kept snapping photos, offering us a never-before-seen glimpse into existence around the gas […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Spanish special operations forces aboard the USNS Saturn

SOF Pic of the Day: Spanish special operations forces aboard the USNS Saturn

Spanish special operations forces stand guard over USNS Saturn crew members who played the role of a hostile ship crew during a mock boarding exercise conducted as part of Exercise Sea Saber 2004. The exercise focused on the interdiction of a maritime shipment of weapons of mass destruction and related material on the high seas. […]

UKSF is losing some helicopters

UKSF is losing some helicopters

London—The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is set to lose some of its organic aviation capability. The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the 657 Squadron of the Army Air Corps (AAC) will be disbanded in 2018.  Under this development, the SAS, SBS, and their support elements will be down a flight of […]

Catalonia at a crossroads

Catalonia at a crossroads

Barcelona—Catalonia’s moment of truth nears. Tomorrow ends the second deadline that the Spanish government has given to Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to clarify last Tuesday’s independence declaration. In the October 1st referendum, 90% of participants voted for independence.  But the turnout was just 43%.   Then, on October 10th, Puigdemont declared independence in front of a packed […]

Breaking: Manhunt underway in Maryland after 5 shot in business park

Breaking: Manhunt underway in Maryland after 5 shot in business park

Police are on the hunt for a single gunman that shot five people in Maryland this morning, killing three. Law enforcement believes Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, opened fire at employees of Advanced Granite Solutions at the Emmorton Business Park in Edgewood, Maryland just before 9 am local time.  Officers arrived just four minutes later, but […]

Drew Murray, ‘The Chive,’ and why people hate the media

Drew Murray, ‘The Chive,’ and why people hate the media

At the moment, the American media is enjoying an unprecedented level of unpopularity with terms such as fake news, liberal agenda, and biased media thrown around almost reflexively.  Of course, none of this is new and the media has long been in need of some internal soul-searching.  It’s sad that this did not even begin […]

SOF Pic of the Day: The wind through your fingers

SOF Pic of the Day: The wind through your fingers

A member of the U.S. Army 20th Special Forces Group sticks his hand out of UH-60 Black Hawk to feel the wind during Emerald Warrior 2014, Gulfport, Miss., May 5, 2014. Emerald Warrior is an annual, joint exercise to train special operations, conventional and partner nation forces in combat scenarios designed to hone special operations […]

Plague in Madagascar: 57 dead and counting

Plague in Madagascar: 57 dead and counting

Madagascar: public activity has slowed to a stop.  Public events and meetings have been banned, school is out and the only busy areas are the lines stretching out behind health facilities and clinics as people wait for antibiotics.  The Red Cross, reporting a “doubling of cases over the last week”, has been developing and is […]