Man charged with marking targets in DC for Islamic State

A Virginia man has been charged with attempting to assist the Islamic State by photographing targets in the Washington, D.C., area for what he thought would be a terrorist attack. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said 25-year-old Haris Qamar (Harris kumm-AHR) of Burke was arrested Friday morning. Court records say […]

JTF-6 the Most Successful Mexican Border Interdiction – Considered a Failure

It was the early 1990s, the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the Gulf War had recently ended. The military was scrambling to justify manpower, means, and technology to a Democratic Congress and the Clinton administration, which foolishly saw to cuts in defense until 2000. In the midst of this scramble a security and technology deployment […]

U.S. Adds More Surveillance to the Sky Over Libya

In a move that we feel is overdue, yet still definitely necessary, more U.S. surveillance drones will be in the skies over Libya. After a power vacuum was created post-Odyssey Dawn, more S.A. on the goings-on in the region is a good thing. There are still plenty of nefarious folks in the area who wish […]

Russians To Fly New Surveillance Jet Over the U.S.?

Happy Monday, FighterSweep Fans! And to start your week off on an interesting note, Russia will formally ask permission today to start flying a particularly sophisticated ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) platform over the United States as part of the Open Skies Treaty. Reportedly, the request will be made to the Open Skies Consultative Commission, based […]

A SEAL Goes to the CIA (Pt. 4)

The station phase starts slow, then ramps up into confusion, chaos, and crisis. Imagine a CIA officer in Moscow when communism fell. That about captures it.