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North Korea conducted yet another ballistic missile test early Friday morning, only days after the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted to place new sanctions on the reclusive state as a result of the Kim regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile delivery systems. This latest lunch comes after a new slew of North […]

The unsung heroes you never really hear about risk their lives daily just in training. A pilots best friend. Realistic training enables the military to improve its readiness and war fighting capabilities. A1C Jay Brackins joins the 31st Rescue Squadron at Kadena for combined operations with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and 17th Special Operations […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the two leaders “decisively condemned” North Korean weapons tests. “We decisively condemned North Korea’s launch of a medium-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan’s territory on August 28, as well as the new nuclear tests conducted on September 3,” […]

For many people born after about 1975, the 80’s was a time of adventure and rebirth from the gas shortages and economic downturn of the decade before. The first space shuttle, Columbia made its maiden flight in 1981; movie goers could take in everything from Terms of Endearment to Friday the 13th; and the geek […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will ask China and Russia for their support for new sanctions against North Korea, Kyodo News said on Thursday, citing a Japanese official. Abe and Moon, in talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, agreed to step up pressure […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister spoke by telephone on Tuesday and agreed that sanctions against Pyongyang should be stepped up in response to North Korea’s nuclear test, a spokesman for the German government said. “She agreed with Prime Minister Abe that North Korea’s latest nuclear test threatened the security of the entire […]

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) tested a nuclear weapon on Sunday, September 3rd, which was its sixth test, according to the New York Times and the first time the country’s claim to have tested a Hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb might actually be true.  While some analysts doubt the truth of this last […]

It’s no secret that the United States and a number of other military powers around the world are already hard at work implementing uses for robotics on the battlefield.  Drones have revolutionized a number of combat operations, and firms like DARPA have been hard at work on autonomous land-based combat support equipment for years.  The […]

In response to the missile launch of North Korea over the Japanese islands on Tuesday, the United States and Japan will call for an international embargo on oil exports to Kin Jong Un’s government. The allied effort seeks to strike at the heart of Pyongyang’s weapons programs. Japan has requested an emergency meeting of the […]

North Korea has once again ruffled the feathers of world leaders with a ballistic missile test, this time, passing directly over Japan’s northern most Home Island, Hokkaido.  The missile then broke up into three parts, the furthest reaching portion flying another 733 miles past the Japanese coast. Although no damage occurred, the Japanese population experienced […]

The rogue government of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un launched a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido island into the sea on Tuesday morning, prompting warnings to residents to take cover and drawing sharp reactions from Japanese, South Korean and US officials. The test was done in response to the United States and South Korean […]

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, in the minds of many, represented the dramatic conclusion to fighting in Pacific Theater of World War II.  While victory would not technically come for a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in combat was dropped, its devastating effect, coupled with a subsequent atomic attack […]