Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis warned on Sunday of a "massive," and "overwhelming" military response to North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programs after a small group meeting with President Donald Trump in response to Pyongyang testing its sixth and largest-ever nuclear device. Mattis stressed that the US has "many" military options for dealing with North Korea, [...]
Iran is preparing to send a flotilla of warships to the Atlantic Ocean following the announcement of a massive $500 million investment in war spending, according to Iranian leaders, who say the military moves are in response to recent efforts by the United States to impose a package of new economic sanctions on Tehran. The military [...]
Will the two powerhouse nations soon enter into a formal alliance? Russia and China announced on June 7 that they will hold “enormous” and “important” joint military activities from 2017 to 2020. “This year, we plan to hold very large, enormous, important events,” Chinese National Defense Minister Chang Wanquan said to Interfax during a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, [...]
Russia could be preparing for a space war after reactivating a group of satellites that military observers believed were inoperative. The objects first attracted attention for their unusual manoeuvrability which led some to suspect they were weapons, but they appeared to lay dormant for almost two years. Now the spacecraft have sprung back into action, raising concerns [...]
Military alliance between Tehran, Moscow growing Iran and Russia are moving closer together in their military alliance, working to boost ties and coordination in Syria and elsewhere in the region following the U.S. decision to launch a military strike in Syria, according to regional reports and experts. Iran's defense minister is slated to visit Moscow at [...]
New footage shows a massive mobilization of Russian troops, helicopters, and tanks to Vladivostok, a town located just 11 miles from the North Korean border as the Kremlin prepares for nuclear war on the Korean peninsula. Watch the video below showing trains relocating the heavy military equipment to the region as helicopters conduct drills overhead. “Railway [...]
The commander of U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday that Washington cannot unilaterally disable North Korea's nuclear program without the help of China, despite President Donald Trump's earlier ultimatum that America would act alone if necessary. "Any solution to the North Korea problem has to involve China," Gen. John Hyten testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee. [...]
A high-ranking defector from the North Korean government says Kim Jong Un is ‘desperate’ and that he is willing to use nuclear weapon against the United States and its allies, reports NBC News. The highest-ranking defector in decades, Thae Yong Ho, was North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom when he and his family fled to [...]
Iran has again test-fired new rockets. How will the US respond? Are you shocked at how Iran is using the $100 billion released to it under the Iran deal? Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday commenced with a large-scale military exercise during which the forces launched “advanced and smart rockets with pinpoint accuracy.” The first phase of [...]
Pentagon plans for 'doomsday' artillery shell containing an electromagnetic pulse weapon powerful enough to cripple an entire city's electronics Pentagon is calling for a 'non-kinetic effects' weapon for 155mm projectiles Would be an electromagnetic pulse artillery shell that could wipe out electronics It would destroy electronic infrastructure without physically causing damage The US Department of Defense [...]
