Late in September, we brought you “US Readies Battle Plans For Baltic War With Russia” in which we described a series of thought experiments undertaken by The Pentagon in an effort to determine what the likely outcome would be should something go horribly “wrong” on the way to landing the US in a shooting war with Russia in the Balkans. The results of those thought experiments were not encouraging.... 

The US Defense Department seems to be increasingly worried that its existing fleet of strategic bombers is vulnerable to the newest Chinese and Russian-made air defenses. With that in mind, Air Force chiefs are now demanding new ‘trophy’ bombers with the latest weaponry, the mere presence of which would ‘give pause to US enemies.’ “The US Air Force wants up to 100 new bombers... 

The US president has slammed Russian airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, going as far as to accuse Moscow of making ISIS stronger by decapacitating the “moderate folks,” prepared by Washington to stitch the country back together once Syria falls. In his first public comments since Russia launched anti-terrorist airstrikes in Syria, US President Barack Obama was fiercely harsh, claiming... 

A new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that yesterday’s decree signed by President Putin for the autumn conscription campaign of an additional 150,000 troops will ensure the continued combat viability of Federation Military Forces as it faces not only Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists, but the growing threat of war between Russia and the West. According... 

Fighters from Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. A spokesman for the Pentagon has confirmed that Syrian rebel fighters trained by the United States provided ammunition and equipment to an al-Qaeda-linked group. Syrian rebel fighters trained by the United States provided ammunition and equipment to an al-Qaeda-linked group this week, a spokesman... 

The US Defense Department is re-evaluating its Cold War era military plans against Russia, a report says. The United States is updating its contingency plans for a potential war with Russia for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to US officials. The US Defense Department is re-evaluating its Cold War era military plans following increasing tensions between Washington and... 

A US Air Force general has admitted that the Unites States air advantage is shrinking in comparison with Russia’s capabilities. General Frank Gorenc, commander of US Air Forces in Europe, made the comment as Moscow was engaged in a massive military exercise. “The advantage that we had from the air, I can honestly say, is shrinking with respect to the aircraft that they’re producing,”... 

What if the United States lost a potential naval war to China, US analyst Harry J. Kazianis suggested, adding that there are certain grounds for such an alarmist stance. According to Senior Fellow at the China Policy Institute Harry J. Kazianis, the United States’ capability of projecting power in the Asia-Pacific is waning. “America now faces a very real threat to its ability to project... 

A Chinese Navy Type 052D (Luyang II) destroyer. The US military have spotted five Chinese Navy ships operating in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, marking the first time the US military has seen them in the area, the Pentagon has announced . According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that they have been tracking the movements of the Chinese vessels... 

F-22 Raptors are designed for air-to-air combat as well as ground attacks. The United States will soon deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe to show “commitment to the security and stability” of NATO allies concerned about Russia’s actions in Ukraine, a Pentagon official says. The deployment will occur “very soon” as part of the “European Reassurance Initiative,” Air Force Secretary... 

Don’t be fooled by the sounds of champagne corks popping, there is nothing to celebrate about the newest F-35 stealth warplane whom defense analyst David Axe calls a “second-rate” fighter “seriously outclassed by even older Russian and Chinese jets” let alone cutting edge aircraft. The Pentagon’s darling has recently received some positive coverage. Defense contractor... 

Behind closed doors some Pentagon officials have acknowledged that the US military has been battered by years of war in the Middle East and is not prepared for a prolonged military engagement with a major global power like say Russia regardless of how likely this scenario might be. They cite a series of classified war games different US agencies conducted lately and military drills in Europe to support... 

The future battlefield will be overcrowded with robots, genetically engineered “super-humans” and a wide range of autonomous killer bots, according to a US Army Research Laboratory report. The tactical battlefield of 2050 will surpass all expectations, since robots and super-human killers will be playing the first fiddle in the battle, according to thought leaders from the US Defense Department... 

The maneuverability of Russia’s Cosmos-2504 military satellite launched on March 31 from the Plesetsk test site has alarmed the US Air Force, which thinks it may potentially be an “on-orbit anti-satellite weapon.” “A Russian military satellite launched in March has made at least 11 close approaches to the rocket upper stage that released it into orbit,” SpaceNews website quotes a spokesman... 

The scale of the Defense Department’s mishandling of the deadly anthrax virus, which has seen live spores shipped to dozens of labs across eight countries, highlighted a “major problem” with the protocols for dealing with such dangerous materials, the Pentagon said. A month-long DoD probe into the root cause behind Utah’s army lab blundering shipments of live anthrax has revealed major lapses...