In June 2001 Google launched Google Earth, a free-to-use, publicly-accessible satellite imagery browser (although many early images were actually aerial images, not satellite images). The program was the first of its kind that much of the general public was able to use, but since then the idea of free/public satellite data has proliferated. There are […]
On 13 June 2019, sometime around 6:00 AM local time, an explosion rocked the 600-foot tanker M/T Altair in the Gulf of Oman, sending debris and a massive fireball high into the sky. Fearing additional explosions and unsure if their vessel was under attack from missiles, the crew abandoned ship after sending out multiple distress […]
Venezuelan National Bolivarian Military Aviation Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela GENERALÍSIMO FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA AIR BASE Presidential Air Group No. 4 VIP/Presidential flight wing of the Venezuelan military and government. Flight Squadron No. 41 Airbus A319CJ | VIP Transport Embraer ERJ-190BJ | VIP Transport Boeing 737-200 | VIP Transport Dassault Falcon 50 | VIP Transport Dassault Falcon 900EX | VIP […]
Venezuela’s famous (or, perhaps, infamous) “Bolivarian Revolution” has been in the spotlight lately as the country’s political crisis threatens to spiral into counterrevolution and civil war. Named for the great Liberator of northern South America, Simón Bolívar, the Bolivarian Revolution (or alternately Bolivarismo) is the name given to the the socialist reorganization of Venezuelan society […]
Thursday morning at 11 AM EST, an address at the Pentagon unveiling the US’s new missile defense strategy was given by President Trump, preceded by Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Vice President Pence. Overall, the Missile Defense Review (MDR) summarizes the goals in developing missile defense technology and the policy that rules the […]
The evening of 20 August 2013 was warm. As the night wore on into the early hours of the 21st the air was cooling. A lowering nighttime temperature provided the ideal atmospheric conditions for a chemical weapons attack, as the air was not being heated from the ground-up (and thus, rising), but rather was cooling […]
Part 1: Syria On 20 December 2018, American president Donald Trump announced to the world that the American military would be withdrawing, in the immediate future, from both Syria and Afghanistan. The announcement has set off waves of panic and anxiety among American allies, along with bolstering the morale of America’s enemies. This article aims […]
On 25 November 2018, tensions between Ukraine and Russia in the Sea of Azov came to blows, with Russian and Ukrainian forces fighting against one another, overtly, for the first time. The incident was in no way an isolated one, and comes after months of buildup in the region. What follows is a very rough, […]
Four Russian Border Guards Service (Coast Guard) vessels have engaged with several Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Sea of Azov, near the Kerch Strait. In the engagement, with vessels dodging and charging at one another, the 1,620 ton Russian Coast Guard vessel PSKR Don (053) rammed the 303 ton Ukrainian tugboat Kapu Yana (U947). The Ukrainian vessel is reportedly […]
Below are the units originally detailed for Operation Faithful Patriot, Donald Trump’s mission to patrol the US border with military forces. This list will be updated periodically. FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA Headquarters & Headquarters Command, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade […]
