There Are Thirty Two Countries Without Their Own Military Or Army (Part 1 of 2)
Could you imagine your country without military security? Probably not. However, this is the case for several countries that do not have their own military forces.
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Could you imagine your country without military security? Probably not. However, this is the case for several countries that do not have their own military forces.
China has fully armed at least 3 of its several man-made islands in the contested South China Sea. These islands were reported to be equipped with anti-aircraft and anti-naval missile systems, lasers, and jamming apparatus.
Imagine a woman so feared by her enemies that she was known as “Lady Death.” It was said that she loomed over the enemy like a demonic angel, but in reality, she was neither. This “Hero of the Soviet Union“ (her nation’s highest top award for valor in combat) stood only 5′ 1″ (155 cm), yet […]
We’re sure you’ve been seeing that green plushy duck stuffed toy floating around social media whenever something cute about the RAF Lakenheath pops up your timeline. If ever it hasn’t, then this light, feel-good story is sure to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, especially for those military men who share a loving relationship […]
With the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine, nuclear arsenals of the world have been widely compared in the case that Russia would launch such an attack. Have a look at the world’s nuclear arsenal here.
(Editor’s Note: The U.S. Air Force operates the largest fleet of aircraft in the world, but there are sources that claim the Navy may operate more “aircraft” when UAV are included in these numbers, especially the smaller MQ-11 drones which the Marine Corps flies.) Russia and the US have stood as world superpowers for decades. […]
Amidst the chaos of the Russian-initiated war in Ukraine, another American, James Whitney Hill, tragically loses his life in Chernihiv during a reported Russian military operation.
It’s been weeks since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and the carnage shows no signs of slowing. On 7 March 2022, Russian forces killed Yuri Illich Prylypko, age 61, the mayor of the Ukrainian town of Gostomel. He was shot dead, along with two others, while distributing bread to the hungry and medicine […]
An alleged Federal Security Service (FSB) whistleblower in a 2000-word letter claimed that Putin’s conquest of Ukraine has no chance of victory due to intelligence collection mishaps.
The Taiwanese Air Force announced that it would ground its fleet of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets on March 14. The announcement came after a unit of the said aircraft crashed off the southeastern coast of the island during a routine training session. This is the second time a combat aircraft was lost in a span […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since January, you know Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have gone crazy. He invades Ukraine with about two-thirds of the army he needs to do the job during the mud season. Armored columns pushing toward Kyiv stuck on the roads getting shot to Hell and Gone, Russian […]
Despite the dangers brought upon by Russian bombardment campaigns, the prime ministers of three European countries, namely Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša, and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, traveled via train to Kyiv to personally meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to show their collective solidarity […]