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By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 24, 2019

Entertainment

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ apparently changed Tom Cruise’s jacket to please China’s Communist party

The sequel to Top Gun, a film that once boosted U.S. Navy aviation recruitment by 500%, appears to have bowed...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 11, 2019

News

Trump told Kim Jong Un he won’t let the CIA spy on North Korea

"I saw the information about the CIA with respect to his brother or half-brother, and I would tell him that...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Feb 6, 2019

Military Tech

The Navy admits that its secretive new $760 million aircraft carrier defense system is a total failure

The U.S. Navy has shed light on a previously highly classified project meant to protect aircraft carriers from the grave...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jan 27, 2019

Analysis

The Marine Corps Is Embracing A New Naval Warfare Concept For The Next Big Fight Against China

The U.S. Marine Corps is developing a new concept of naval warfare to allow Marines to take South China Sea...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jan 18, 2019

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Trump’s Former Anti-ISIS Envoy Says Hasty Syria Withdrawal Is Giving The Terror Group ‘New Life’

President Donald Trump's mangled Syria pullout has breathed "new life" into ISIS, the very terror group Trump vowed to destroy...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jan 10, 2019

Military Tech

Russia’s Pricey New Tank Can’t Top The T-34, Which Is Still Going Strong Decades Later

Russia put on an intimidating show of force in 2015 by unveiling the T-14 Armata main battle tank, which represented...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Nov 23, 2018

News

Trump Uses Thanksgiving Call To A Navy Officer To Voice A Weird Grudge About Aircraft Carriers

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Business Insider. President Donald Trump returned to one of his more bizarre concerns...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Nov 19, 2018

News

Trump Says He Was Onto Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11, Blames Past Presidents For Not Killing Him

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Business Insider. President Donald Trump claimed on Monday to have “pointed out” Osama...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Nov 13, 2018

Analysis

Trump Torches Allies, Threatens NATO Pullout After Tense WWI Memorial Trip To Paris

President Donald Trump on Monday unloaded on the U.S.'s European allies, and appeared to threaten to pull out of NATO,...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Oct 30, 2018

News

Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Now Has A Massive Hole In Its Side

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, sustained massive damage from a 70-ton crane falling on it after an accident at...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Sep 17, 2018

Military Tech

The Air Force Is Planning A Massive Expansion To Take On Russia And China

The U.S. Air Force set out to return to Cold War numbers by growing nearly 25% and taking on hundreds...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Sep 10, 2018

News

The Navy Has Ordered 30 Ships To Vacate Norfolk As Hurricane Florence Closes In

The U.S. Navy has ordered 30 ships, likely including nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, to take to the seas as...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Sep 7, 2018

News

F-22s Intercept Russian Strategic Bomber Heading For Alaska During Massive War Game

U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets intercepted two nuclear-capable Russian strategic bombers near Alaska on Saturday, Russia's ministry of...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Aug 28, 2018

Analysis

Russia Just Sent An Imposing Naval Armada To Syria Purportedly In Response To The US

Russia has positioned a considerable naval armada in the Mediterranean near Syria after accusing the U.S. of plotting a false...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Aug 3, 2018

News

The Bin Laden Family Says Osama’s Youngest Son Went To Afghanistan To ‘Avenge’ His Father

Relatives of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, spoke out in an interview with...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 27, 2018

Health & Fitness

Here’s The Technique Navy SEALs Use To Swim For Miles Without Getting Tired

With the beginning of summer, pools all over the US are opening for recreational swimming — but in the Navy,...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 24, 2018

News

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Warplane With US-Made Patriot Missiles After Intense Fighting

Israel's military said on Tuesday that it fired two U.S.-made Patriot missiles at and “intercepted” a Syrian Sukhoi fighter that...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 23, 2018

Analysis

Trump Is Now Giving Iran The ‘Fire And Fury’ Treatment — And It Could Actually Work

President Donald Trump shot down a veiled vision of peace offered by Iran's president on Sunday to full-on threaten the...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 13, 2018

Military Tech

The Navy Just Quietly Sent An F-35 Carrier To The Pacific — And It Signals A Major Change

The U.S. Navy broke with its tradition of hyping up F-35 deployments by sending of the USS Essex jump-jet carrier...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jul 13, 2018

Military Tech

Russia Basically Just Admitted Its Next-Generation Stealth Fighter Is A Failure

Russia announced earlier this month that the Su-57, its proposed entry into the world of fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft, would...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 26, 2018

News

Turkey Held A Bizarre Ceremony To Celebrate Its F-35s — But It Might Not Even Get Them

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By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 24, 2018

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The Coauthor Of ‘Ghost Fleet’ Imagines What A War In Space Might Look Like

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to create the first new U.S. military service branch in seven decades to...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 20, 2018

News

Mike Pompeo Reportedly Joked About Killing Kim Jong Un To His Face

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly shared a mutual laugh with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on their first...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 18, 2018

Military Tech

North Korea Reportedly Offered To Abandon A Critical Weapon — And It Isn’t Nukes

North Korean diplomats talking to South Korean officials in the demilitarized border zone between the two countries reportedly offered to remove...

By Alex Lockie, Business Insider Jun 1, 2018

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Pentagon To Beijing On South China Sea Militarization: Go Ahead, Make Our Day

The U.S. issued a stark warning to Beijing on Thursday, as Chinese militarization of the South China Sea creates a...

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ apparently changed Tom Cruise’s jacket to please China’s Communist party

Trump told Kim Jong Un he won’t let the CIA spy on North Korea

The Navy admits that its secretive new $760 million aircraft carrier defense system is a total failure

The Marine Corps Is Embracing A New Naval Warfare Concept For The Next Big Fight Against China

Trump’s Former Anti-ISIS Envoy Says Hasty Syria Withdrawal Is Giving The Terror Group ‘New Life’

Russia’s Pricey New Tank Can’t Top The T-34, Which Is Still Going Strong Decades Later

Trump Uses Thanksgiving Call To A Navy Officer To Voice A Weird Grudge About Aircraft Carriers

Trump Says He Was Onto Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11, Blames Past Presidents For Not Killing Him

Trump Torches Allies, Threatens NATO Pullout After Tense WWI Memorial Trip To Paris

Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Now Has A Massive Hole In Its Side

The Air Force Is Planning A Massive Expansion To Take On Russia And China

The Navy Has Ordered 30 Ships To Vacate Norfolk As Hurricane Florence Closes In

F-22s Intercept Russian Strategic Bomber Heading For Alaska During Massive War Game

Russia Just Sent An Imposing Naval Armada To Syria Purportedly In Response To The US

The Bin Laden Family Says Osama’s Youngest Son Went To Afghanistan To ‘Avenge’ His Father

Here’s The Technique Navy SEALs Use To Swim For Miles Without Getting Tired

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Warplane With US-Made Patriot Missiles After Intense Fighting

Trump Is Now Giving Iran The ‘Fire And Fury’ Treatment — And It Could Actually Work

The Navy Just Quietly Sent An F-35 Carrier To The Pacific — And It Signals A Major Change

Russia Basically Just Admitted Its Next-Generation Stealth Fighter Is A Failure

Turkey Held A Bizarre Ceremony To Celebrate Its F-35s — But It Might Not Even Get Them

The Coauthor Of ‘Ghost Fleet’ Imagines What A War In Space Might Look Like

Mike Pompeo Reportedly Joked About Killing Kim Jong Un To His Face

North Korea Reportedly Offered To Abandon A Critical Weapon — And It Isn’t Nukes

Pentagon To Beijing On South China Sea Militarization: Go Ahead, Make Our Day