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It’s been two months since ex-American M-1s tanks arrived in Ukraine. And two months since we’ve seen any evidence of the tanks. It’s not clear what Ukraine is doing with its 31 Abrams, but it is clear what it should Read More …
In northern Ukraine, military has laid 500,000 anti-tank mines. A second line of defense is being constructed near the border in case of a potential repeat invasion, reports the press-service of the Joint Forces Operation of the Armed Forces of Read More …
Two apparently explosive-laden drones entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon, setting off sirens in the Galilee Panhandle. One was intercepted by the Iron Dome, while the second hit an area near the northern community of Margaliot, according to the IDF. The Read More …
Two senior Israeli commanders and seven other soldiers have been killed by Hamas in a complex ambush in the Gaza City suburb of Shejaiya, an area that has seen intense urban fighting in recent days. Lt Col Tomer Greenberg, a Read More …
IDF soldiers have located what it says is “one of the largest stockpiles of weapons” in the Gaza Strip, near a clinic and a school. The stockpile contained hundreds of rockets and RPG launchers, long-range rockets, UAVs, and ready-to-use explosive Read More …
Earlier this week, Iranian-backed militants in Iraq fired 122mm artillery rockets at U.S.-led coalition forces in neighboring Syria using an improvised array of launchers disguised inside a modified tanker truck. “At approximately 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 3, 15 122mm rockets Read More …
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in West Africa expanded dramatically over the last decade. IED-building networks have established material and training links across conflict areas in West and Central Africa, and their designs have remained constant and inexpensive Read More …
In October this year, Africa’s air force chiefs of staff and air force industry representatives gathered in Senegal. They agreed the continent urgently needed to develop sophisticated air defences in response to a growing threat – the proliferation of unmanned Read More …
Myanmar’s military regime has admitted it is facing “heavy assaults” by anti-coup forces who began a coordinated offensive at the end of last month, claiming to have taken control of several towns in border areas and dozens of military outposts. Read More …
For years, the Houthi rebels controlling northern Yemen have chanted slogans at their mass rallies calling for the destruction of Israel. But they never acted on it until the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. Since then, the Iran-backed Shiite Read More …
U.S. forces were targeted in three attacks in Iraq on Thursday but suffered no casualties, a U.S. military official and security sources said, in the most widespread single day of strikes on U.S. assets since the Israel-Hamas conflict started. There Read More …
Tunnels and “mouseholes” in walls also allow for undetected movement between buildings. Hamas fighters expect they can emerge from these holes to attack Israeli soldiers before disappearing again. In addition, Hamas sappers have likely prepared many improvised explosive devices (IEDs) Read More …
Kurdish counterterrorism forces said three explosive-laden drones struck a military base housing US-led coalition troops near Erbil International Airport on Tuesday morning, as Iran-backed militias continue striking American bases in Iraq and Syria against the backdrop of the Israel-Gaza war. Read More …
Hamas on Thursday released an intense video highlighting a real-time example of one of the biggest concerns Israeli military planners doubtlessly had for their invasion of Gaza. The 84-second video is shot from a helmet-mounted camera. It shows a Hamas Read More …
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group said it launched a “large number” of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Tuesday, after Israel’s military said it downed an approaching “aerial target” off the Red Sea city of Eilat. The operation was the Read More …
The military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement has debuted a new torpedo, said to have been used for the first time in combat against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as war continues to consume the Gaza Strip. It’s only Read More …
Simultaneous attacks were carried out Saturday in the provinces of eastern Syria on oil field bases where US forces are located. Ten attacks were conducted after midnight, on the Omar oil field and Harab Cir bases in Deir ez-Zor and Read More …
The 7 October 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks have increased tension in the Middle East, and attacks by Iran-backed militia groups threaten United States (US) officials, interests, and American military bases. These groups have already launched multiple drone attacks on US Read More …
U.S. troops positioned in the Middle East have been attacked 14 times in the last week with a mix of one-way drones and rockets, resulting in 24 people getting injured, according to Pentagon officials. U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Air Read More …
The first attack early on Wednesday involved two one-way drones that targeted al-Asad base, two U.S. officials said. One of the drones was intercepted but still managed to explode, causing the minor injuries and damaging some equipment. Some U.S. troops Read More …