US General David Perkins told an audience at a military conference that an “ally” of the US used a Patriot missile to shoot down a small off the shelf $200 View More ›
Drones Flying Over US Air Force and Navy Nuclear Facilities
While the military is not releasing much in the way of details the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, General John E. Hyten told Congress that ‘unauthorized intrusions’ were carried out View More ›
US Air Force will Retire MQ-1 Predator Drone in 2018
The US Air Force has announced plans to retire the MQ-1 Predator Drone and transition solely to the MQ-9 Reaper drone by 2018. Flying in combat for over 20 years View More ›
B-2 Bombers Blast ISIS Training Camps in Libya
A pair of B-2 Stealth Bombers unleashed over 100 bombs on two ISIS training camps in Libya. In what is probably the last combat strike on ISIS by the Obama View More ›
Italy Agrees To U.S. Drone Strikes Over Libya
Editor’s Note: In modern warfare, agreements such as this make life much simpler and allow for a fair amount of flexibility in the breadth and scope of operations conducted. By View More ›
On Drone Strikes
With all the debate about drone strikes and their effectiveness, little has been said about the challenges presented by alternative methods of finishing the targets that are currently the domain of drones.
Breaking the Black Sea Blockade: How Far Will the West Go?
The Biden administration and EU nations have been painstakingly “careful” to confine the war to Ukraine’s frontiers and the nearby Black Sea, according to reports. They are avoiding anything that might View More ›
US F-22 Raptors Arrive In UAE After Wave Of Houthi Attacks
Amid all the recent Houthi militia attacks on key oil installations and bases located within Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the United States had announced that it would View More ›
Syrian State Media: US-Led Troops Took Hostages During ‘Large Airborne Operation’
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) special forces troops conducted a large operation targeting ISIS operatives, but the Syrian state media news outlet SANA claimed that American and Kurdish troops fired indiscriminately View More ›
Watch: Taking a look at Belarus ‘UCAV’ — Which is just a grenade launcher with quad-rotors strapped to it
Here in the United States, the phrase “military drone” conjures images of advanced air frames like Predators, MQ-9 Reapers, and Global Hawks — but in battlefields all around the world, View More ›