They stuffed a real-life ray gun into a 747 to shoot down ballistic missiles and stuck a laser on top of a Humvee to zap roadside bombs. For more than 50 years, the United States military and its researchers have tried to develop laser weapons. None of them panned out. But now, the US Army
The detained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet a delegation from the International Federation of the Red Cross, the first confirmed outside contact with her for two and a half years. In photographs of the meeting released by the military government Suu Kyi appeared to be healthy. She was detained
Experts say the deliveries signify that the Kremlin is doubling down on its support for Mali’s ruling junta, which has been rocked by the success of a rebel offensive led by the Jihadist group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and Tuareg separatists. The advance has seized large swathes of territory in the north. The Kremlin
Iran has launched “multiple” ballistic missiles in an “attempted surprise attack” against US forces in the Middle East, the US military says. The attack occurred at 17:45 EDT (2145 GMT) on Tuesday, and all missiles were “successfully intercepted,” according to US Central Command, without specifying the location of the apparent targets. Tehran has not yet
Nigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to address the series of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has given the green light to the recruitment of an additional 28,000 soldiers and the creation of four new army divisions, which will bring the total number to
WASHINGTON– The US military on Tuesday identified a soldier who died while disarming an Iranian drone in Iraq as a 30-year-old man from North Carolina. The Army said it was investigating the death of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton of Fayetteville during a controlled detonation Sunday at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq. Swinton will