by Niko Boskovic | Oct 17, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military will incorporate the newest generation of solid-state fiber optic lasers as soon as 2021, according to officials of Northrop Grumman Corp. At the Annual AUSA Trade Show, a Northrop Grumman official confirmed that the company has been...
by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s decisions to withdraw from Syria and sanction Turkey as it invades northeastern Syria, abandon and betray both Turkey and the Kurds in Syria, a Middle East expert at the conservative Hudson Institute said Tuesday. Blaize Misztal...
by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, which led to imposing sanctions on Turkey after it invaded Syria to go after Kurdish fights “Makes no sense whatsoever,” a top National Security Council adviser in...
by Chiara Vercellone | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – A new exoskeleton that helps soldiers increase endurance in vertical terrain was positively assessed by soldiers in Fort Drum, New York, last year. Now, Lockheed Martin’s Exoskeleton Technologies is starting to upgrade the system to fit the...
by Aishwarya Airy | Oct 13, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – A U.S. airstrike on Taliban meth labs in Afghanistan that the UN said killed 30 civilians is an example of the military actions that lead some Afghanis to support the Taliban, a social activist from Afghanistan said Thursday. A UN report released...
by Niko Boskovic and Joe Snell | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Peace and security for women in the Middle East is now a central focus of U.S. foreign policy as a means to creating a durable region for the future and bolstering U.S. national security, a senior State Department official said Thursday. “Societies...