By Mark Galeotti If the new threat is so complex, political, and subtle, shouldn’t the response be the same? Much is made these days of the new challenge to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from “hybrid warfare” — the kind of blended military-political-intelligence-economic operations Russia has launched in Ukraine. Whether or not this really…
Category: Military History
Military REVISES Count Says 500 Americans likely Killed in Iraq by “Iranian Activities”
I can tell you for a fact that our of ALL the IED deaths in Iraq (2,550) at least half or more were Iranian EFP’s; that is way more than 500 deaths folks, it is more like 1,200. Let’s tell the truth for once Washington. -SF CENTCOM says that 500 number Sen. Ted Cruz keeps…
What Tempers the Steel of an Infantry Unit
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.” –Rudyard Kipling, The Law of the Jungle, The Jungle Book. The current debate about women in the infantry takes place in an artificial context, because it nearly always self-limits the discussion to physical capabilities….
China’s Newest Weapons
When I first saw the pictures in this article I got goosebumps… I am old enough to remember the Soviet “May Day” Parades in Moscow in the 80’s, where they would parade around and show off all their ICBM’s. China, like Russia then, seems to be in a fighting mood, and with China’s latest threatening…
China’s New “We will Kick America’s Ass” Propaganda Video
Yesterday, China held a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of World War II, and swore high and low that it wasn’t flexing its military muscles in the process. Zhang Ming, vice minister of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press conference last month that “if someone says this is flexing anything, it is a flexing of the…
How Many US Troops Were Killed by Iranian IED’s?
Yeah, Mr. Kerry and BHO, that was a really great move signing off on a deal that gave these Iranian POS Billions of dollars to continue their terrorist activities….Never mind they were responsible for thousands of American deaths in Iraq. What do you call it when a Govt Official (The Secretary of State and President…
Paying off jihadist NEVER works: A Short History lesson
By Karin McQuillan As Congress is on the verge of giving President Obama his Iran Deal, including a payoff of $150 billion dollars to Iran’s terror regime, they might do well to contrast our founding fathers with the current occupant of the White House. In the Ramadan speech in which he declared his support for…
Netflix Pix: Above and Beyond
In May I had suggested Steven Pressfield’s most recent book The Lion’s Gate as a book you should attempt to read this summer. Well, if you want to watch a worthwhile documentary that covers some of the same amazing people and exploits discussed in the book, then you need to watch Above and Beyond on Netflix….
5 Battlefield Innovations that came from the Rank-and-File Troops
by Mike Denny It’s not always the think tanks and military scientists who invent new military equipment. Military personnel are a crafty bunch. They surprise their commanders and buddies with many good — and, let’s be honest, some bad — innovations. Some of these battlefield creations even surprise the teams of scientists and industry…
Acoustic Kitty: More Weird Cold War Spy-Gear
By Luis A. Mercado Ever wished you could talk to animals to find out what they know? Well, so did the CIA. During the Cold War, when espionage was the stage for many of the ways the U.S. and the Soviets tried to one-up each other, the latest project of choice was, “Acoustic Kitty”. “Acoustic…