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Jun 23 2019
News
U.S. cyberattack strikes Iran's military computers
The U.S. launched a sweeping cyberattack against the Iranian military last week in direct response to Iran’s downing of an American surveillance drone, U.S. officials told the Associated Press over the weekend, confirming that President Trump personally approved the retaliatory measures. The response was aimed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the nation’s military that
Washington TimesOct 08 2015
News
Russia tipping the balance for Assad in Syria war?
Russia is launching cruise missiles as part of a coordinated ground and air attack with the Syrian regime, and CBS News correspondent Holly Williams says after four years of deadly civil war, the Russian campaign may be tipping the balance in favor of the regime.
CBS News (Online)Apr 10 2013
Opinion
FISHER: American weakness and Korean consequences
The current North Korean crisis has yet to play out. The regime could yet launch multiple medium-range missiles and conduct another nuclear-weapon test.
Washington TimesJan 04 2020
News
Iran proved vital to al Qaeda's safe passage, according to bin Laden records, 9/11 commission
Iran “facilitated” the movement of al Qaeda terrorists through its country, including September 11, 2001 attackers and for years was a critical channel for money and arms, according to the 9-11 commission report and internal Osama bin Laden documents.
Experts say the late Qassem Soleimani surely knew of and directed the terror partnership since he has headed since 1998 Iran’s Quds Force
Washington TimesApr 10 2017
News
Susan Rice’s claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’
In the wake of President Trump’s cruise-missile strike against Syria for apparent use of sarin nerve agent against civilians, many readers have asked The Fact Checker to examine this quote by former national security adviser Susan E. Rice. We had not fact-checked it previously, but it certainly raises questions.
Washington PostApr 01 2013
News
Seoul Lashes Back at North
South Korea said Monday it would speed up plans to develop missile-defense systems as President Park Geun-hye called for strong retaliation against any provocations by the North.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 28 2020
Analysis
Fully Autonomous Weapons Pose Unique Dangers to Humankind
In September 2019 a swarm of 18 bomb-laden drones and seven cruise missiles overwhelmed Saudi Arabia's advanced air defenses to crash into the Abqaiq and Khurais oil fields and their processing facilities. The surprisingly sophisticated attack, which Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for, halved the nation's output of crude oil and natural gas and forced an increase in global oil
Scientific AmericanMay 24 2016
Opinion
Obama's Asian nuclear nightmare
President Barack Obama's trip to Asia next week will be anchored by a stop in Hiroshima, where he will focus on its dark nuclear past.
But Obama’s visit comes at a moment when U.S. and Asian officials fear the region is entering a newly dangerous atomic future, threatening Obama’s vow to roll back the spread of nuclear arms and possibly touching off an Asian nuclear arms race.
PoliticoJun 16 2021
News
Russia Conducts Largest Navy Exercise Since Cold War As Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin Meet
The U.S. scrambled three F-22 stealth fighter jets from Hawaii on Sunday in an unscheduled flight that may have been in response to the presence of a Russian Navy exercise.
The missile-armed F-22 Raptors were launched from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to Honolulu's Star Advertiser, as a Russian fleet carried out exercises in what Russian authorities say is the largest naval
NewsweekJun 06 2014
News
Chinese military growing in size and reach, Pentagon report shows
Away from the Chinese military's expanding capabilities in cyberspace and electronic warfare, Beijing is growing the size and reach of its naval flee,t advancing its air force, and testing a host of new missiles, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Washington Times