Iraq wants drone killer gun from US to fight weaponized ISIS drones

Fighter Sweep showed you recently video of an ISIS drone dropping an explosive device on Iraqi troops. Reports are that the Iraqis want to obtain an anti-drone gun called the DroneDefender. Manufacturer of the DroneDefender is a US based company named Battelle and they have currently supplied the US Department of Defense and the Department […]

New anti-Islamic State plan could change U.S. strategy in Syria

President Trump’s developing plan to defeat the Islamic State may lead to significant alterations in the Syria strategy that Trump inherited from Barack Obama, including a reduction or elimination of both long-standing U.S. support for moderate opposition forces fighting against the Syrian government and the use of Syrian Kurdish fighters as the main U.S. proxy […]

Iraq Wants Drone Killer Gun from US to Fight Weaponized ISIS Drones

Fighter Sweep showed you recently video of an ISIS drone dropping an explosive device on Iraqi troops. Reports are that the Iraqis want to obtain an anti-drone gun called the DroneDefender. Manufacturer of the DroneDefender is a US based company named Battelle and they have currently supplied the US Department of Defense and the Department […]

Watch: Coalition airstrike destroys an ISIS vehicle near Mosul

Sometimes when you are a fan of US Military aviation it does your heart good to see the results of what US aviation assets can actually do. Watch as a precision US airstrike takes out a single ISIS vehicle recently somewhere near Mosul, Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. When US action against ISIS began the […]

Governments ‘must address corruption to defeat IS’, says report

So-called Islamic State (IS) will never be defeated unless the corrupt conditions that help it to thrive are addressed, a new report claims. Transparency International accuses western governments, including the UK and the US, of ignoring corruption as a major driver towards terrorism, notably in the Middle East. It calls on them to press far […]

Munich Security Conference: Growing world concern over new administration

In Munich this weekend, the world’s top international security experts were attending the 53rd Munich Security Conference with more than 500 leaders debating the world’s international crisis’ and shaping the policy decisions which will affect the future of global civilization. On Friday, Senator John McCain addressed the conference and delivered some sobering warnings, stating, “My […]

Watch: Coalition Airstrike Destroys an ISIS Vehicle Near Mosul

Sometimes when you are a fan of US Military aviation it does your heart good to see the results of what US aviation assets can actually do. Watch as a precision US airstrike takes out a single ISIS vehicle recently somewhere near Mosul, Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. When US action against ISIS began the […]

Mattis won’t rule out putting troops on the ground in Syria

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis downplayed reports that the Pentagon was considering deploying US ground combat troops to Iraq and Syria, but he didn’t rule it out. Asked about a CNN report that the Pentagon might propose sending US troops to expedite the fight against ISIS, Mattis said he was not “comfortable answering on my own […]

Series of car bombings target Shia in Baghdad this week

Today, a large car bomb detonated in a Shia neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, killing at least 48. This attack is the third car bombing in Baghdad this week, four people were killed on Tuesday and 15 people were killed at a car dealership in Sadr City on Wednesday. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for today’s attack, however, Islamic State did claim […]

Watch: B-1 Lancer Bomber Night Takeoff in Full Afterburner

Manufactured by Rockwell, the B-1 Lancer bomber, affectionately known as the ‘Bone’ is a four engine supersonic aircraft with variable swept wings. The B-1 was originally thought to be a replacement for the B-52 Stratofortress. It entered service in 1986 as a nuclear bomber but has been widely used in a conventional role. Watch as […]

Fireballs and booby traps: On the front lines with the oil workers battling ISIS

QAYYARAH, Iraq — The flames exploded into the sky like a volcanic eruption, blanketing a swath of the Iraqi countryside in a noxious haze of black smoke. The inferno reached more than 300 feet high on a recent afternoon when the wind shifted direction, bending the billowing wall of fire toward the men from Iraq’s […]