Pentagon war games for decades have assessed how U.S. forces would fare in a conflict with China’s Peoples Liberation Army. What about now: how goes the matchup? Gone are the days when Western military analysts dismissed the capabilities of Beijing’s war machine. READ MORE about China’s military. Beijing clearly wants …
Read More »Pentagon Will Send Longer-Range Rockets to Ukraine as Part of New Aid Package
A new package of U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes rockets with a range twice the distance of the rockets Kyiv now has. The Pentagon announced the new package on Friday. The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) is included in a $2.2 billion U.S. military aid package announced by the Pentagon. …
Read More »ISIS Supporter Planned to Spark Conflict in US Between Government and Militias
He planned to serve ISIS, but instead will serve time in prison. An Ohio man who was arrested by the FBI in 2018 while trying to travel to Afghanistan to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) or ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), was sentenced Feb. 1 in federal court. Naser …
Read More »The Second Battle of Fallujah: American Forces at War Inside a Hotbed of Insurgency
By Liam Collins and John Spencer Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the book “Understanding Urban Warfare” published by Howgate Publishing and available for purchase at Amazon here. The excerpt is an edited conversation John Spencer had with Lt. Gen. James Rainey about the 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah …
Read More »Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Ridicules Russian General’s Order to Shave Beards
The Russian military is facing an unexpected situation that brought equal measures of protest and ridicule from fighters in the war against Ukraine. In a bid to tighten up discipline in the ranks, the Commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has ordered all men to cut their facial hair. However, …
Read More »Afghan Soldier Arrested in US While Fleeing Taliban is Freed From Custody, Will Pursue Asylum
An Afghan soldier seeking U.S. asylum who was detained for months after trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has been freed from detention and reunited with his brother, his attorney said Wednesday. Abdul Wasi Safi, or Wasi, crossed multiple continents trying to escape the Taliban’s revenge, only to be arrested …
Read More »American Tanks to Join German Armor Headed for Ukraine
Russian forces in Ukraine will face additional armor and firepower, following an agreement between the United States and Germany to send some of the world’s most lethal and coveted tanks into the fight. In Ukraine, locals have been celebrating the announcements by wearing leopard print designs, sources inside the country …
Read More »Germany Okays Sending Leopard 2 Tanks to Ukraine, Drawing Ire From Kremlin
Germany will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do so, defense sources told Soldier of Fortune. The development was reported also in Germany, and brought a swift and unhappy response on Tuesday from the Kremlin. “Such shipments do not bode well for the …
Read More »Former FBI Spy Chief Free on Bond After Being Charged With Secretly Working for Russian Oligarch
A former top counterintelligence agent for the FBI was freed on bail after being charged with secretly working for the very people he once investigated. Charles McGonigal, 54, left Manhattan federal court on Monday on a signature bond – with no money up front – on a $500,000 personal recognizance pledge. …
Read More »Nigeria Searches for Kidnapped Students in Latest Round of Abductions
Search teams in Nigeria are looking for armed men holding four students out of six kidnapped from their school Friday, one of many violent incidents reported in Nigeria in recent months as the country gears up for elections in February. Nassarawa state’s police commissioner, Maiyaki Mohammed Baba, told VOA Sunday …
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