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Inventions
N Korean bomb makes Rudd angry
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has heavily criticised world superpowers, saying they had a “possible lost opportunity” to deal with North Korea.
N Korea gets 1000 times scarier
NORTH Korea has tested nuclear weapons before, but this time is different. This time, it’s about 1000 times scarier. Here’s why.
The face that dropped a bomb
SHE’S the woman in pink who announced North Korea’s fourth nuclear test. But just who is the mysterious lady with the iron voice?
‘Running out of space for missiles’
IRAN claims to have more missiles than it can hide. But that hasn’t stopped the Islamic republic from threatening to expand its missile capabilities.
The weapon that could change war
THE US Defence Department is about to start testing a weapon worthy of Star Wars. It’s silent, invisible and deadly.
Why Muslim nations can’t kill off IS
AS the West step up efforts to demolish Islamic State, the question remains — why aren’t Arab nations doing the same?
How 9/11 almost didn’t happen
THEY were the tiny CIA crack team who almost stopped the terror attacks that changed the course of history. What went wrong?
Where will Islamic State strike next?
IT’S the time of year when we let our guards down. Cities slow down, but airports speed up. And it’s here that IS may be planning to remind us of its power.
The hi-tech future of military fighter jets
THE United States military is developing futuristic fighter jets. Which is already quite cool. Even better, they look a bit like ships you’d expect to see in Star Wars.
‘Don’t test us’: China’s threat to Australia
A CHINESE newspaper has reacted to Australian military action in the controversial South China Sea with a startling warning.
Rebels’ revenge: IS fighters humiliated
TEN shackled hostages file into the desert and kneel before their masked captors. What happens next is entirely unexpected.
America’s futuristic new warship
THIS is the US Navy’s new Zumwalt-class warship. It’s the largest and most advanced destroyer that’s ever been built.
War machine: Who really arms IS?
THE Islamic State has a large and deadly arsenal of weapons. But perhaps even more disturbing than the scale of that arsenal is the source of it.
The ghost town frozen in time
IT WAS a sleepy village until all but six of its residents were massacred. Today, it remains a ghost town with burnt-out cars and bombed houses lining streets.
IS ‘filthy, knuckle-dragging pigs’
MEET the kick-arse former model, named Tiger Sun, fighting Islamic State and dismissing them as a bunch of weak “mouth-breathers”.
‘Death march’ that kills soldiers
THESE mountains are where the world’s hardest physical training takes place. Most come out with scars. Some don’t come out at all.
Why Russia and Turkey are both ‘liars’
WHILE Turkey and Russia engage in a war of words, researchers have used simple physics to show why their accounts don’t add up.
$2b sale makes China the top gun
ASIA’S military balance is about to be upended, with Russia agreeing to sell its most advanced combat jet to China and Indonesia.
Russia and Turkey’s war arsenal
IF THE bluster between Moscow and Ankara reaches flashpoint, here are the arsenals you’ll suddenly be hearing about.
Inside IS’s secret underground lair
HIDDEN underground, a labyrinth of tunnels and caves allowed IS extremists to stay undetected. Now it’s been unearthed.
Defence industry to enter golden age
AUSTRALIA is on the ‘cusp of something fabulous’ when it comes to hi-tech naval shipbuilding, according to Defence Minister Marise Payne.
Is this start of a wider war?
AFTER the downing of a Russian fighter jet, the question now is, what happens next? Some are seriously worried.
Is Putin really kicking that much IS arse?
RUSSIA has made big claims about how effective it has been in bombing Islamic State targets in Syria. But the US is sceptical that Moscow is telling the truth.
France strikes back with carrier assault
THE French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle last night launched air strikes against Islamic State in a major escalation of ‘war’ following the terror raids on Paris.
The life of a military drone pilot
TAKING drugs while on shift and dealing with the trauma of killing people. This is what it’s like for a US military drone operator.
Anger at army plan to kill ‘conquer’ motto
THE army has copped a backlash for scrapping its “In this sign conquer” motto due to claims is offends Muslims.
IS chasing ‘ultimate weapon’
RED mercury is supposedly the most powerful chemical weapon in existence, and IS wants some. There’s just one problem.
‘They’re goading us. They want us to overreact’
AS pressure mounts for Australia to send troops to fight Islamic State, one leading expert says it would be a waste of money, time and lives.
Terror in the Pacific: ‘The whole ship trembled’
IN THE height of the War in the Pacific, one man boarded a battleship. Minutes later, he would be faced with a terrifying event that would rewrite the course of history.
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