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F35 gets its feet wet in aircraft carrier trials The pair of JSFs and approximately 200 members of the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) deployed aboard the Eisenhower during the first two weeks of October for the Developmental Test Phase II, otherwise known as DT-II. Following the first round of testing aboard… – […]

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Red Mosque incident in Pakistan points towards Chinese unconventional warfare in action SHANGHAI — The facts may be murky, but the situation itself is riddled with hints that favor certain interpretations. Seminarians in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, who were associated with the city’s notorious Red Mosque, site of a recent gun battles and a military […]

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SOFREP writer and SAS veteran Phil Champion has a new documentary out from the time he spent on the ground with the YPG in Syria A former SAS soldier has told Sky News the war against Islamic State is unwinnable as things stand, after gaining rare access to Kurdish fighters on the frontline of the […]

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Russia’s involvement in Syria In 1957, the Soviet Union’s ally Egypt intervened in Syria’s messy politics. It didn’t go well. Why does Putin think this time will be different? – The Foreign Policy The New York Times, way late to the party, says we should help the Kurds fight ISIS. Problem is, the peshmerga has […]

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Iran deal may be illegal Some senior U.S. officials involved in the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal have privately concluded that a key sanctions relief provision – a concession to Iran that will open the doors to tens of billions of dollars in U.S.-backed commerce with the… – Fox News Watch the latest video […]

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New book about nuclear weapons A possible book and/or series covering every American nuclear bomb ever built (or at least, all the ones I can get good data on… – Aerospace Projects Review Guy who stopped the French train attack stabbed in a bar fight SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WABC) — An American hero who helped subdue […]