While the Obama Administration drones on about seeking a diplomatic solution the Department of Defense has been tasked with designing weapons for a war with Iran. In the event of a bombing campaign in Iran redesigned “bunker buster” bombs will be the stars of the show. The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest “bunker buster” bomb [...]
Pentagon Designing Bombs For War With Iran |
| By: DSWright Friday May 3, 2013 8:00 am |
North Korea Threatens To Strike Hawaii and U.S. Mainland |
| By: DSWright Tuesday March 26, 2013 5:50 am |
North Korea has decided to once again up the rhetorical ante by threatening an attack on Guam, Hawaii, and the U.S. mainland. This comes after a litany of other threats that seemed to have been mostly ignored by the international community as a new round of UN sanctions were passed in the wake of North [...]
U.S. Confirms Israeli Air Strike as Syria and Iran Threaten Response |
| By: DSWright Thursday January 31, 2013 6:53 am |
American officials have now confirmed that Israel did in fact launch an airstrike within Syria. A charge Syria made previously but Israel would not confirm. The now confirmed airstrike could cause an expansion of the Civil War in Syria to other countries in the Middle East igniting a larger conflict in the region. From the [...]
Conservatives Unable To Make Women In Combat Controversial |
| By: DSWright Wednesday January 30, 2013 9:38 am |
The Department of Defense recently announced a formal change in policy allowing women to serve in combat positions. The announcement was somewhat symbolic given the changing nature of warfare and the role women already play in current military operations. Women are serving and have been serving in uniform alongside their male counterparts in Afghanistan and [...]
Silent Night: Another American Suicide In Afghanistan |
| By: DSWright Tuesday December 25, 2012 7:28 am |
Another day, another apparent suicide in Afghanistan. This time a Commander with the Navy SEALs – one of America’s toughest, most highly trained, and rigorously psychologically screened special operations forces. No one can really know why an individual commits suicide, if Cdr. Price even did. But what can be known is that the American military is [...]
Assad Regime May Have Crossed “Red Line” With Reported Gas Attack |
| By: DSWright Tuesday December 25, 2012 4:59 am |
American involvement in the civil war in Syria has been perilous. On the one hand the Assad regime is a no friend to America or its allies (principally Israel) so seeing it fall would seem to be advantageous and on the other hand the opposition to the Assad regime within Syria seems to have Al-Qaeda [...]



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