Forget China and Russia, terrorists are still a major threat

Forget China and Russia, terrorists are still a major threat

It is an undeniable fact that the U.S. military has been gradually shifting its focus from counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations to near-peer threats, such as China and Russia. Navy SEALs have been practicing with increased frequency in the Pacific in anticipation of a potential conflict with the former. Special Forces teams are rotating more frequently […]

Democrats slam President Trump after historic North Korea meeting

Democrats slam President Trump after historic North Korea meeting

One day after U.S. President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to enter North Korea, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate Minority Leader, criticized the president for his weekend meeting with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. “This was one of the worst few days in American foreign policy and American diplomatic history in […]

Grey zone conflict: How Iran is using Russia’s playbook to defuse America’s military might

Grey zone conflict: How Iran is using Russia’s playbook to defuse America’s military might

On Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded to news of new American troop deployments to the Middle East with measured words. Despite rising tensions between the United States and Tehran and a history of fiery rhetoric from Iranian officials, Rouhani adopted an almost victim-like posture. Iran will not wage war against any nation,” Rouhani said […]

No, the CIA did not attack North Korea’s embassy in Spain

No, the CIA did not attack North Korea’s embassy in Spain

Much hand-wringing and melodrama has surrounded the broad daylight break-in that happened at the North Korean embassy in Spain on February 22nd. Adrian Hong Chang and former U.S. Marine Christopher Ahn are accused of breaking into the embassy, holding several North Koreans hostage, and stealing a tranche of computer hard drives and documents. The alleged […]

Op-Ed: Will South Korean soap operas bring democracy to the North?

Op-Ed: Will South Korean soap operas bring democracy to the North?

A recent article confirmed to me something I was told about by a Special Forces sergeant major who once worked in Special Forces Detachment Korea. Today, people living in North Korea know what life is like in South Korea. In previous decades, North Koreans had been so brainwashed, they actually thought they were the lucky […]

North Korea’s new “tactical guided weapon” test likely had nothing to do with nuclear arsenal

North Korea’s new “tactical guided weapon” test likely had nothing to do with nuclear arsenal

Amid concerns about the status of ongoing high-level talks between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, the reclusive country announced late Wednesday that it successfully tested a new “tactical guided weapon.” The report, which was first published by North Korea’s state-owned KCNA, offered few details. However, despite a flurry of headlines […]

US Marine veteran arrested in connection with raid on North Korean embassy in Spain

US Marine veteran arrested in connection with raid on North Korean embassy in Spain

On Friday, U.S. officials announced the arrest of Christopher Ahn, a U.S. Marine veteran implicated in the raid of the North Korean embassy in Madrid this past February. During the raid, embassy staff were restrained, with some reported to have been beaten, before the 10-person group left with a variety of stolen electronics, including computers […]

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

Recently, NEWSREP Editor-in-chief Jack Murphy reported on the U.S. military’s standing plan to infiltrate Iranian underground bunkers housing integral elements of the nation’s nuclear apparatus. If war between the United States and Iran were ever to come to fruition, these facilities (commonly referred to as hardened and deeply buried targets, or HDBTs) would be among […]

Trump signs new executive order meant to harden nation against electromagnetic pulse attacks

Trump signs new executive order meant to harden nation against electromagnetic pulse attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Tuesday, mandating a government-wide effort to harden critical elements of the nation’s infrastructure against the possibility of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Put simply, an electromagnetic pulse is a short burst of a specific kind of radiation that’s most commonly released by a nuclear detonation. […]

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

Tunnel-mapping tech may be the most important special operations gear of the 21st century

Recently, NEWSREP Editor-in-chief Jack Murphy reported on the U.S. military’s standing plan to infiltrate Iranian underground bunkers housing integral elements of the nation’s nuclear apparatus. If war between the United States and Iran were ever to come to fruition, these facilities (commonly referred to as hardened and deeply buried targets, or HDBTs) would be among […]

North Korea’s Jong-un ramps up missile activity after Trump Hanoi summit collapse

North Korea’s Jong-un ramps up missile activity after Trump Hanoi summit collapse

Just days after the collapse of the Hanoi summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, there are reports of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) activity on the north side of the Military Demarcation Line. According to information from Reuters and the South Korean press, supply trucks were seen entering […]