President Donald Trump has picked Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be his new national security adviser. Keith Kellogg had been doing the job since Mike Flynn resigned late last Monday. He will slide into the role of McMaster’s chief of staff, the president announced this afternoon. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4243294/Trump-names-Army-Lt-Gen-McMaster-national-security-advisor.html
Known as the ‘flying gun’, the A-10 Warthog plane was a hero during Operating Desert Storm – but has since been deemed vulnerable and costly to operate. Now, a Minnesota-based startup has unveiled designs for a new attack plane called the ‘Machete’ that consists of a new metal foam developed in conjunction with the US…
General Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said an immediate meeting with Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov is “absolutely critical” while strains between the two superpowers reach bre… Source: SUPERPOWER STANDOFF Top US General compares tensions with Russia to height of COLD WAR ahead of showdown with Russian counterpart
General Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said an immediate meeting with Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov is “absolutely critical” while strains between the two superpowers reach breaking point. Read more here… https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2876892/us-russia-war-military-officer-says-tensions-like-cold-war-azerbaijan-meeting/
Feb. 15 (UPI) — The assassination of Kim Jong Un’s older half-brother at an airport in Malaysia has placed China on alert, and Beijing may have deployed more troops at its border with North Korea in case of a contingency. Read more here… https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/840b90e7-deb6-3a04-b087-a8fdaf0bd660/china-deploying-troops-at.html
Post by @Hardwarblog. Source: QUOTE OF THE DAY-“MANY RETURN FROM WAR WHO CANT GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.” ITALIAN PROVERB
This is the terrifying moment a suicide bomber blows himself up just yards from a group of Syrian rebel soldiers. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4225574/ISIS-suicide-bomber-blows-up.html#ixzz4YlvpPSHq Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4225574/ISIS-suicide-bomber-blows-up.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4225574/ISIS-suicide-bomber-blows-up.html
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday issued a sharp ultimatum to NATO Wednesday, telling allies they must start increasing defense spending by year’s end or the Trump administration will “moderate its commitment” to them. Read More Here.. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-chief-mattis-makes-clear-us-committed-nato-135812034–politics.html
WASHINGTON — Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html
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