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Claims that Ukrainian intelligence deliberately fed “distorted” or false information to U.S. partners as a test — and that those distortions then reached Russian forces — have circulated in foreign me...
Reporting shows hexachloroethane (HC) is a chlorinated compound long used in white smoke compositions for military and some law‑enforcement smoke grenades and pots, and federal and public‑health sourc...
The available reporting does not show definitive evidence that a global, all‑out World War III is imminent, but multiple expert scenarios and rising geopolitical flashpoints make the risk non‑negligib...
Former President Barack Obama ordered multiple military strikes and sustained air campaigns without new, specific congressional authorizations — notably interventions in Libya and expanded airstrikes ...
The idea captured by “one of ours, all of yours” — that the injury or loss of a single in-group member justifies collective reprisals or total solidarity — has deep premodern roots and several 20th‑ce...
Germany has publicly discussed and begun planning a stepped-up NATO role in Greenland and the Arctic, and German naval activity tied to NATO patrols in northern waters has been reported — but definiti...
Pituffik Space Base — long known as Thule Air Base — is the United States’ sole remaining military installation in Greenland, maintained under a 1951 defence agreement with Denmark and operated as a S...
Congress did not explicitly approve $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks in the One Big Beautiful Bill; the White House announced the payments as financed by tariffs and by money it says flowed through th...
Most mainstream analysts judge the chance of a global, multi‑continent “World War III” erupting in 2025–2026 as real enough to monitor closely but not inevitable, with several reputable commentaries a...
If one NATO member attacks another, the alliance’s core legal instrument—Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty—creates a collective-defence obligation, but it does not automatically prescribe how All...
Reporting is mixed: several outlets initially listed Canada among NATO partners sending personnel to Denmark’s Greenland exercise, Operation Arctic Endurance, but official Canadian defence spokespeopl...
The Senate has moved to legally bar U.S. military and diplomatic funds from being used to blockade, occupy, annex or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of any NATO member — legislat...
Available sources identify Kent Frantzve (sometimes spelled Frantze in fringe posts) as having led or chaired Raytheon’s Israel operation and link him in reporting and commentary to Israel-related air...
U.S. military recruitment has reversed years of shortfalls and is up in 2024–25: the Army contracted more than 61,000 recruits for FY2025—about 10% higher than its FY2024 goal—and the services reporte...
Ukrainian official statements and independent compilations place , creating a working range of roughly and since Russia’s full-scale invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022 . Broader tallies that combine deat...
Pete Hegseth received two Bronze Star medals: one for his 2005–2006 Iraq deployment and a second for his 2012 Afghanistan tour . Multiple contemporary reports and document archives indicate his medals...
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) addresses lawful and unlawful orders primarily through Articles 90 and 92: Article 92 criminalizes failure to obey orders or regulations, and Article 90 cri...
As of the USNI Fleet and Marine Tracker snapshot on Jan. 5, 2026, none of the U.S. Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers were shown operating inside the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility, ...
Only one NATO member — Germany — has publicly announced a specific, finalized small contingent and a narrow timeline for deployment to Greenland: a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk, ar...
Pete Hegseth served as a commissioned infantry officer in the Army National Guard and deployed to Afghanistan; military evaluations and reporting characterize him as a junior infantry officer with “ba...