The recent call by the US Secretary of Defense for more boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria clearly shows who is “the boss in Washington”, who is “pulling the strings” in the White House and who has “the final say on everything in today’s America”, leaving the US president in the role of an obedient puppet, according to an American journalist. American journalist and analyst Martin... 

The Pentagon chief’s warning of grim consequences for Moscow over its military campaign in Syria is not merely “chest thumping” and may be a prelude to a “frightening” military confrontation, says an American analyst and radio host in New York. “One hopes that Ashton Carter is only thumping his chest, hoping to either back the Russians down or in any event look tough in front... 

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) states that President Barack Obama’s nuclear war communication commander has been arrested and relieved of her command after failing to transmit launch codes authorizing an atomic weapons first-strike attack upon the Federation in coordination with a similar “surprise”... 

US and Israeli soldiers pose for a photo during a military drill held in 2012. US and Israeli military forces begin a massive joint military exercise, dubbed Juniper Cobra, in Israel, according to Israeli officials. Some 1,000 US troops from the United States European Command are now in Israel to take part in the biennial sdrill, Xinhua quoted Israeli radio as reporting. Tel Aviv claims the five-day... 

A research team at the Pentagon is studying body movements of Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to be able to anticipate his future actions. The research team is using the principles of movement pattern analysis to predict actions of Putin and several other world leaders, USA TODAY reported on Thursday. The project, named “Body Leads,” is being backed by the Office of Net Assessment (ONA)... 

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has warned that China and Russia are challenging the United States as they are investing in their military capabilities. “Most persistent and pressing security challenges to Europe and the United States are global,” Hagel said during the Munich Security Conference, the most important transatlantic security gathering, on Saturday. “Nations such as China and... 

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel criticizes the Chinese Navy as “irresponsible,” saying its actions risk escalating tensions with the United States. In the highest-level rebuke of Beijing since a Chinese warship nearly collided with an American guided missile cruiser in the South China Sea earlier in December,... 

The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has proposed a nearly half a billion dollar increase in military aid to Israel even as the United States is struggling with domestic economic issues. The committee approved $488 million last week to fund Israel’s development of two missile systems and to finance the purchase of extra batteries for 2014. The proposal must now be approved by... 

Romania has begun building a military base that will become part of a controversial US-led NATO missile defense system stationed in Europe. The launch of the construction works in southern Romania was attended on Monday by both Romanian President Train Basescu and US Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy James Miller. The construction is taking place at the Deveselu Military Base and is scheduled... 

Elite tactical team responsible for defending DC Capitol complex were reportedly ordered to leave the scene. According to a BBC report, one of the most heavily armed police teams, assigned with the task of protecting the Capitol complex and responsible for responding to threats of terrorism, was ordered to stand down in response to Monday’s shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters... 

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has reiterated that the Pentagon has prepared “options for all contingencies” in Syria and is ready to use force if President Barack Obama gives the green-light. “President Obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies. We have done that and we are prepared to exercise whatever option — if he decides to employ one... 

USS Abraham Lincoln The United States has reportedly ordered its warships in the Middle East to be ready in case of a possible terror attack by al-Qaeda. DEBKAfile said on Monday that US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel “is reported by CNN to be considering a special deployment of US forces in the Middle East ready for action if a terrorist attack makes it necessary.” “US warships have been ordered... 

Only days after US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta admitted that American troops are engaged in a war in rural northwest Pakistan, the Pentagon’s top-dog says that the United States is losing patience with their once amiable ally. Secretary Panetta tells reporters and military leaders from Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday that the United States’ relationship with Pakistan is being put to the test... 

Norman Paech, a retired German professor and politician Former German lawmaker Norman Paech says any Israeli venture to launch a military strike against Iran would spell the end of Tel Aviv regime. A war with Iran would be different from the one with Gaza; it would mean the downfall of Zionist Israel, Norman Paech wrote on the German-based daily Jung Welt. Paech said that in a study released on 12... 

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Western officials continue to emphasize an “all options on the table” military attitude toward the Gaddhafi regime in Libya, though it seems there is still enough resistance to the immediate attack called for by some top officials to keep it from actually happening. Still, the moves continue to be in that direction, as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted...