US bombers coming to Australia
AUSTRALIA could play home to US long-range strike bombers, which could anger China as the conflict over the South China Sea hots up.
Inventions
Google finds top secret US military base
PHOTOS have emerged of a United States Air Force base that few knew even existed. What goes on inside the secretive Area 6?
Lid lifted on hidden US spy base
NEW details have emerged about the classified American operation in Australia’s red centre. This is what you’re not meant to know.
India’s carrier choice stirs up a Storm
IT may be warming to the idea of an alliance with Australia and the US, but India has just invoked its independence: It’s likely to buy its fourth aircraft carrier from Russia.
New long range bomber design
The US Air Force has unveiled the first concept image of its futuristic B-21 long range bomber, which will deliver air strikes on any location in the world by the 2020s.
China cranky over defence build-up
CHINA has expressed its “dissatisfaction” with Australia’s “negative” remarks on the South China Sea and its military development.
Fortress Australia: Armed to the teeth
AUSTRALIA will embark on the largest peacetime upgrade to our armed forces in history in the face of a rapid military build-up in our region, and threats.
Submarines could cost $150bn
THE ongoing maintenance cost of Australia’s new fleet of 12 submarines could blow out to $150 billion, the Turnbull government’s defence white paper has revealed.
‘I was the one who found him’
IT IS the silent issue that is killing more Australian soldiers than war. Now one widow has told her story.
China’s scary new secret weapon
CHINA appears to be building military-grade radar on key shipping routes, in a move that is filling other world powers with fear.
‘It seems just easier to end it’
THEY’RE hailed as heroes and the defenders of Australian values. But when they return home, that’s when the real battle begins.
Weapon cops refuse to talk about
WHEN an Aussie model was badly burned in her Queensland home, she joined a long list of victims of a tactic cops refuse to talk about.
‘North Korea planning terror attack’
KIM Jong-un is planning a series of terror attacks on a wide range of targets against its southern enemy, a spy agency has sensationally claimed.
‘I wanted to scream at Obama’
WHEN a US drone killed a hostage held by al-Qaeda, President Obama called the grieving wife who had to bite her tongue.
IS’s terrifying new weapon
MILITARY officials have revealed “highly dangerous” radioactive dirty bombs may have fallen into the hands of Islamic State militants.
Note that could have saved USA?
WEEKS before 9/11, a memo warned of an attack. Conspiracy theorists claim it’s proof the government knew it was coming.
Superpowers clash right on our doorstep
AS IF there weren’t enough military-related tension in the region already, another rising superpower is ready to test the limits of China’s patience.
Futuristic weapon ready within two years
DEVELOPMENT of a futuristic weapon depicted in video games and science fiction could be used by the Navy by as soon as 2018.
Sniper blows head off IS executioner
WARNING: Graphic content. A sniper needed just one bullet to kill an IS executioner engrossed in a decapitation training session.
Power-hungry Kim ‘the Hitler of Asia’
HE’S been labelled a lot of things and called plenty of names. Now Kim Jong-un has another moniker to add to his long list of nicknames.
The military secret no one knew
DEFENCE Force member Catherine Humphries has an exemplary career, but she carried a secret no one knew, until now.
US wants missile shield in S Korea
THE Pentagon wants to send a missile defence system to South Korea “as quickly as possible”, as it seeks to counter an ever-defiant North Korea.
Australia’s $15bn fighter jet fail
IT IS six years behind schedule and billions of dollars over cost, but this might be the final nail in the coffin of Australia’s new jet fighters.
Homemade stealth plane unveiled
JAPAN unveiled its first homemade stealth plane as it tries to catch up on the technology and enhance its reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities.
How to kill a terrorist
IN THE first ever inside look at the US military’s most hi-tech operation, a high-ranking lieutenant reveals how it took out a notorious terrorist.
Most futuristic military concept
THE United States military is working a new concept that it hopes will be able to the change the way humans interact with technology.
‘Lethal contest’ hots up in Korea
THE psychological warfare between North and South Korea is escalating again, with both sides upping the ante on the mind games.
Triple barrelled shotguns are now a thing
THIS looks like something Arnold Schwarzenegger would use in The Terminator — it’s one seriously badass weapon.
Russia shows why it’s Top Gun over Syria
BOUNCING back from the loss of one of their own in November, Russian combat pilots in Syria are going to great lengths to demonstrate their prowess.
Boba Fett just got way more real
THIS is a step beyond cosplay: a team of designers has recreated Boba Fett’s iconic battle armour for real-life soldiers (and interstellar bounty hunters).
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