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Major drug busts suggest Russia is becoming a hub for cocaine heading to Europe

Fri, 04/14/2023 - 10:55

The Kremlin — The Kremlin in Moscow.
Max Ryazanov/Getty Images

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The Russian air force's struggles in Ukraine reveal glaring problems in now Moscow trains its pilots

Mon, 04/10/2023 - 11:35

Russian military pilot — A Russian pilot at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow in August.
avel Pavlov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, Sandboxx, News Contributor, Russia, Ukraine, Russian Air Force

China brokering a deal between the Saudis and Iran is a message for the US: Change your strategy or get left behind

Wed, 04/05/2023 - 08:14

Iran China Saudi Arabia newspaper — A Tehran newspaper reporting on the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia on March 11.
ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Yemen, Middle East

The story behind North Korea's wacky homegrown version of the AK-74 rifle

Wed, 04/05/2023 - 08:02

North Korea troops soldiers military parade — North Korean troops march during a military parade in Pyongyang in January 2021.
KCNA via REUTERS

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China's navy is looking to junior high schools as it scrambles to find pilots for its growing aircraft carrier fleet

Fri, 03/31/2023 - 08:09

Chinese aircraft carrier — Chinese J-15 fighter jets on the Liaoning aircraft carrier during a drill in the South China Sea in January 2017.
Reuters

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, South China Morning Post, News Contributor, China, Chinese Navy, Chinese aircraft carrier

Mistakes by the US's top spies allowed China to turn a deadly mid-air collision into an intelligence coup

Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:27

Navy EP-3 crew China — The crew of a US Navy EP-3 detained in China board a flight to Guam on April 12, 2001.
US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. John Giles

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, International Contributors, International, China, Hainan Island, EP-3

The US's B-29 bomber was more expensive than the nuclear bomb it dropped on Japan at the end of World War II

Tue, 03/21/2023 - 09:23

b 29 bombing — A B-29 drops bombs on Formosa on October 18, 1944.
US Army Air Forces Birdsall, Stephen via Wikimedia Commons

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, We Are The Mighty, News Contributor, World War II, B-29, Superfortress

The US Army is getting a new vehicle to replace the armored personnel carrier it has used since before the Vietnam War

Mon, 03/20/2023 - 16:08

Army Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle — A US Army Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle after field testing on September 24, 2018.
US Army/Maj. Carson Petry

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, Military.com, News Contributor, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, armored vehicles, M113

Cocaine production is taking root in a new region

Wed, 03/15/2023 - 16:31

Honduras cocaine drug bust — A Honduran police officer stands on confiscated packages of cocaine on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa in July 2012.
REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Military & Defense Contributors, Military & Defense, InSight Crime, News Contributor, Honduras, Guatamala, coca

The US military has 6 new air-to-air missiles in the works

Wed, 03/15/2023 - 11:09

Oregon Air National Guard F-15C missile — US airmen remove a training missile from a F-15C in September 2018.
US Air National Guard/Master Sgt. John Hughel

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