The Coronavirus: Is China using it as a weapon?

Television and radio news outlets are providing updates on the current spread of the Coronavirus. The Coronavirus first presented itself to the medical researchers in 1960 when it was found in the respiratory tract of a patient with a common cold. It gets its name from the crown-like spikes which radiate out from all over […]

The IRA plotted to bomb a ferry full of people on Brexit night

An offshoot of the infamous Irish Republican Army (IRA) plotted to blow up a ferry full of people on Brexit night. The Continuity IRA (CIRA) admitted that it had loaded a bomb on a lorry and was intending to put the vehicle on a ferry that was bound for Scotland the night that the United […]

Battle of Vienna, Poland saves Europe

Vienna had been under siege for two months at the beginning of September of 1683. Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, the garrison commander, had declared to the Ottoman Turks who had asked for his surrender that he would “fight to the last drop of blood.” And blood was running out fast in Vienna those days: […]

Breaking: Terrorist goes on a stabbing spree in London (Graphic Images)

On Sunday afternoon, armed law enforcement officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing people on the streets of south London. The Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for London, declared the event as a terrorist-related incident. According to British law enforcement officials, at least two people were wounded during the attack (excluding the perpetrator). […]

Shock and Awe: French SOF assault three terrorist camps

In the span of a few weeks, a French Special Operations task force has assaulted three terrorist camps deep in Mali, resulting in the death of scores of Jihadists. The French Ministry of Defence announced that the first operation took place on December 21. A French Special Operations ground element, supported by Mirage 2000D fighter […]

UK Special Forces breakdown: 18 (UKSF) Signals Regiment

This is the first part of a multi-part series exploring the various units within the U.K. Special Forces (UKSF). The Special Air Service (SAS) is widely recognized the world over and is often erroneously considered the only special operations unit Britain has. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In this series, we’ll cover the […]

The Pic of the Day: Polish SOF and SF operators on the door

U.S. Special Forces assigned to the U.S. Army 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepare for a static line jump out of the 352nd Special Operation Wing’s MC-130J Commando II, This event was part of a combined airborne operation with the Polish Forces, Dec. 3, 2019, near Krakow, Poland. Polish and U.S. SOF exercised together with […]

SAS operators rescue British orphans from ISIS in Syria

A Special Air Service (SAS) team rescued three orphans born to parents fighting for the Islamic State (ISIS). The parents of the three children had been killed during a Coalition airstrike earlier this year. The rescue operation took place sometime during the last two months. The SAS element was accompanied by a few Foreign Office […]

The Pentagon says it needs ‘low yield’ nukes to help prevent nuclear war

In the modern world, nuclear weapons are seen almost entirely as deterrents, with most nations adopting a “second strike” approach to even newly developed nuclear delivery vehicles like intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). This “second strike” mindset is, at its base level, an extension of the long-standing doctrine of mutually assured destruction — with nuclear nations […]

The Pic of the Day: Coalition and US Special Forces operators getting some AK action

A Special Forces soldier from the Polish 1st Special Forces Regiment fires an assault rifle while Special Forces soldiers from the Croatian Special Forces Battalion observe and coach during weapons training. These soldiers are participating in a Partnership Development Program between Polish Special Forces, Croatian Special Forces and 1-10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Poland.

German Tier 1 SOF unit infiltrated by neo-Nazis

German military counterintelligence has discovered several potential neo-Nazis in the country’s Tier 1 Special Operations unit. According to German media reports, the Kommando Spezialkrafte (KSK), an equivalent to Delta Force and the British Special Air Service (SAS), has been infiltrated by neo-Nazis. At least one operator has been kicked out of the unit and two […]

Not quite James Bond: Another ring of Russian spies and assassins exposed in Europe

In March of last year, a 66-year-old man named Sergei Skripal was the target of an alleged Russian assassination attempt on UK soil. Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer turned asset for the MI6, and his daughter were both exposed to a Soviet-era nerve agent called Novichock. The nerve agent very nearly killed them […]