Russia chimes in on North Korea as China increases pressure on Kim’s regime

Despite China’s complaints about the deployment of the American THAAD missile defense system in South Korea, China has continued to publicly increase pressure on the North Korean regime to do away with their nuclear weapons development program in recent weeks.  Now, Russia has joined the motley crew of nations offering their own perspective on how […]

Trump Response to Putin? F-35s Visit Former Eastern Bloc Country Estonia

US F-35s make a visit to the former Eastern Bloc country Estonia, landing at the Amari air base right next door to Russia. Estonia, now a NATO member was once part of the infamous Warsaw Pact from 1955–1991 during the height of the Soviet Union’s power. Amari air base used to host the Russian Su-24 fighter […]

Russia shows their plan to make world’s largest aircraft carrier

Russia is saying their new aircraft carrier will be the largest in the world and is called the ‘Shtorm class’ or Project 23E000E. They are saying the new super carrier could cost up to $17.5 billion with 2030 being the target year for the Shtorm to enter service. Shtorm class carries would be powered by nuclear […]

Take a tour of Russia’s new giant arctic military base

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has unveiled the country’s newest Arctic military base on one of the northernmost points of its remote Franz Josef Land archipelago. Moscow has invited internet users on a virtual tour around the facility known as Arkticheskiy Trilistnik or ‘Arctic Trefoil’. Despite its college dorm aesthetics, the base can comfortably support 150 […]

Russia Shows Their Plan to Make Worlds Largest Aircraft Carrier

Russia is saying their new aircraft carrier will be the largest in the world and is called the ‘Shtorm class’ or Project 23E000E. They are saying the new super carrier could cost up to $17.5 billion with 2030 being the target year for the Shtorm to enter service. Shtorm class carries would be powered by nuclear […]

Air Force Colonel Jack Fischer arrives at the International Space Station

The International Space Station received two new arrivals on Thursday, via Russian Soyuz capsule launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The cold war era capsule carried American rookie astronaut Jack Fischer, 43, as well as seasoned cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, 58.  They took off just after 1PM local time (3AM EST) on Thursday, and arrived […]

Spetsnaz: Russian SOF

Along with the initials KGB, the word Spetsnaz ranks as one of the best-known Soviet terms to come out of the Cold War. Movies and novels portrayed Spetsnaz as highly trained, bloodthirsty killers who knew no bounds and ended up getting wiped out before the screen faded to black or the final page turned. Truth […]

U.S. defense secretary says Syria dispersed warplanes, retains chemical weapons

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that Syria had dispersed its warplanes in recent days and that it retained chemical weapons, an issue he said would have to be taken up diplomatically. The United States launched dozens of missiles earlier this month against a Syrian air base in response to a chemical attack […]

Russian spy planes, bombers spotted off the coast of Alaska 4 times in 4 days

Days after Russian bombers were spotted off the coast of Alaska twice in a matter of hours, Russian bombers were intercepted two additional times in the same region on Wednesday and Thursday. The first time Russian bombers were intercepted near Alaska this week occurred on Monday evening, when two Russian TU-95 Bear bombers were intercepted […]