I sat there in the cafe, drinking my too-foamy latte. The beans had been burnt, no surprise there. I added honey to override the crap taste. It was raining, as it was prone to do this time of year. The chill of the early November Autumn was working its way into the air. Just before, […]
U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting. The Philippines military said the United States was providing technical assistance to end the siege of Marawi […]
“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”—Friedrich Nietzsche My entry into the world of intelligence-gathering began in 1996 when I joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Before my retirement in 2014, most of my career was spent overseas as an operations officer in countries comprising the former Soviet Union. Serving abroad in the CIA […]
Lockheed Martin built the F-35 with integrated stealth to safely navigate the most heavily contested airspaces on earth, but if the situation calls for it, the F-35 can blow its cover and go “beast mode.” Jeff Babione, general manager of the F-35 program, told reporters at Lockheed Martin’s DC area office that at different stages […]
Part I: Sawanobori, or, basically, river climbing, is a very old Japanese pastime. It involves following a river or stream, up a mountain, to its source. The climber ascends a tributary of a river, negotiates its features (swimming gorges, and climbing walls and waterfalls), and seeks to run that tributary until they have reached the river’s source. […]
Read Part One HERE Det A was the Army’s clandestine Special Forces unit stationed in Berlin during the Cold War. Charged with the “stay behind” mission, these Green Berets would prepare to conduct acts of sabotage in Berlin in the event that the Soviets ever invaded. When new members arrived at Det A, they would […]
Yes you read it right. The Israeli Defense Forces have recently announced that they finished developing their first Smartphone which supports both 4G networks and the IDF closed network, which obviously means this Smartphone has encryption capabilities. Knowing the IDF from the inside, this is not the first device that resembles the IDF’s innovative attempt to […]
Deep breath, people: Thousands of American soldiers have been deployed to Poland amid rising tensions with Russia. Poland’s Prime Minister welcomed the troops today – which US security officials said would “deter and defend” during their deployment. Around 4,000 soldiers have been sent to Poland as part of an operation intended to boost ties with […]
A Reddit user and others are claiming that the recent inflammatory reports that President Elect Trump is linked to Russians are fictitious. It’s the latest in the most bizarre lead up to a presidential inauguration in recent memory. It’s unfortunate this ordeal has transpired and the nation should want to clean their hands of this mess and move […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. forces have entered Mosul to assist Iraqi troops in retaking the besieged city, the Pentagon said Wednesday, part of an increasing American presence in the fight against Islamic State militants. Advisers from U.S. and coalition partner forces have stepped up their activity in Iraq, approximately doubling to 450 the number working directly with local […]
On December 28, the US Air Force released a ‘request for proposals’ to develop a Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) replacement. The current Joint STARS, based on an E-8C aircraft (modified Boeing 707) is an airborne battlefield management, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform. First flying in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 […]
A recent CIA briefing given to the Senate indicating that the Russian intelligence services sought to manipulate US elections to favor President Elect Donald Trump has ignited a firestorm across the political spectrum, however, it also signals something far more perilous: a brewing civil war between the incoming president and what will be his primary […]
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