Watch: Russian helicopter opens fire on crowd of spectators during Zapad military drills

According to Russian media outlets, two or three people were wounded when a KA-52 helicopter participating in the massive Russian War Games “Zapad ‘17” accidentally fired on a crowd of spectators that had been invited to witness the training cycle. The Russian military, however, contested these reports as “purposeful provocation or someone’s personal stupidity,” claiming […]

Ukraine unveils new tank as it enters its 4th year of low-intensity war

It’s been written many times – Ukraine has given the world a glimpse of what future warfare might hold. In this period, Kiev announced plans to unveil a new kind of tank, that would best Russian tanks. However, it doesn’t appear that they can afford the production of the tank. Still, experts believe that a […]

How North Korea evades UN sanctions

The United Nations recently passed its strongest sanctions yet against North Korea following its sixth nuclear test. But critics have expressed doubts as to whether the sanctions would stop Pyongyang from developing nuclear weapons and if the measures would be effectively enforced. The US government and a UN experts panel have published reports on how […]

The rare, potent fuel powering North Korea’s weapons

When North Korea launched long-range missiles this summer, and again on Friday, demonstrating its ability to strike Guam and perhaps the United States mainland, it powered the weapons with a rare, potent rocket fuel that American intelligence agencies believe initially came from China and Russia. The United States government is scrambling to determine whether those two […]

Engineer who sold military secrets to phony Russian spy sentenced to 5 years in prison

A satellite engineer who sold military secrets to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian spy was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison. In handing down the punishment for Gregory Allen Justice, U.S. District Judge George H. Wu added a few months to what sentencing guidelines recommended, saying he found the crimes […]

Turkey Sends Military Equipment and Tanks to the Syrian Border

Turkey’s state-run news organization Anadolu is reporting that the military of President Erdogan has sent 80 military vehicles including tanks to its southern border with Syria. The military forces were deployed to the Iskendurun district of the southeastern province of Hatay, as part of the government’s plan to reinforce troops along the Turkish/Syrian border according […]

Lawmaker tried negotiating deal with Trump to help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California called White House Chief of Staff John Kelly this week to negotiate a deal to help WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report claims that Rohrabacher, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, would have submitted evidence that Russia was not the […]

As Russia kicks off massive drills, Sweden inches closer to NATO and begins drills of their own

Despite a history of neutrality, Sweden has grown increasingly concerned about Russian expansion in recent years, prompting a growing relationship with NATO, and now, a large-scale military training exercise coinciding with Russia’s massive Zapad 2017 drills in Belarus. An estimated 19,000 troops will participate in Sweden’s drills that will simulate an attack from the East […]

NATO leaders prepare for 100,000 Russian soldiers to commence war drills on Europe’s border Thursday: Here’s what you need to know

As Russia and Belarus prepare to commence their largest joint military exercise in three years, NATO defense officials are watching with “calm and confidence,” despite concerns about the projected massive size of the operation, and its potential to lead toward further Russian advances in the region. The last Zapad (which translates to “West”) exercises Russia […]

Russia just deployed its upgraded MiG-29 to Syria for the first time

The Russian Air Force has deployed some MiG-29SMT multirole combat aircraft to Hmeymim airbase, near Latakia, in western Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed on Sept. 13, 2017. It’s the first time the modernized version of the baseline Fulcrum jet is deployed to take part in the Syrian Air War. The MiG-29SMT is an upgraded […]

Russian network RT must register as foreign agent in US

The company that runs the U.S. version of RT, the Russian state-owned outlet originally known as Russia Today, must register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent, signaling that all of their content would be labeled as propaganda from Moscow. In a report Monday, RT did not name the company that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has […]