Former Pentagon advisor: ‘We Have No Idea What War Is’

A barroom brawl is not war, because it’s not organized, and it has no political ends. Economic competition between states, however fierce, is not war, because it’s not bloody—it’s mass, it’s organized, and political—but it’s not violent.

Video appears to confirm use of attack drones by Hezbollah

Hezbollah first used drones in attack missions during the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, loading Ababil drones with explosive material and sending them to crash into Israeli targets, according to a new research paper written by former Washington Institute analyst Nadav Pollak

Watch: NYPD officers drive suspected bomb away from Times Square

There are a few certainties that should be followed in life. One of these: don’t throw stuff at the police. Definitely don’t throw a suspicious package with flashing lights and a ticking mechanism inside a police car. I’m not exactly sure how the NYPD officer kept his bearing when said package landed in his lap. What would […]

Knock Knock, Who’s There? JDAM=Boom!

FighterSweep fans, check out this pretty cool JDAM compilation of strikes in Afghanistan. The Joint Direct Attack Munition has become the weapon of choice for US forces.  It is a precision guided weapon, meaning it uses a Global Positioning System (GPS)-aided Inertial Navigation System (INS). Precision guided munitions are able to reduce collateral damage, meaning […]