LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The giant bomb U.S. forces dropped Thursday on an ISIS training camp in Afghanistan did not cost $314 million to develop, or $16 million per unit as reported by multiple news outlets. (RELATED: US Drops ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ On ISIS In Afghanistan) Every news report about cost…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea’s indigenous missile program is advancing rapidly, but it looks like they’ve had some help from their friends. The North carried out around two dozen rocket and ballistic missile tests last year, and so far this year, it has launched at least seven. They are making…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the U.S. position clear for North Korea Thursday. North Korea appears to be on the verge of another nuclear test. “The bottom line is North Korea has got to change its behavior,” Mattis said at the Pentagon Thursday, according to Stars…
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission, reports CNN. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB, was dropped at 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the sources said, according to the report….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Boom…Boom…Boom…go the war drums in the distance. North Korea may have the capacity to deliver missiles equipped with sarin nerve gas, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, amid concerns that the reclusive state could soon conduct its sixth nuclear test or more missile launches, reports Reuters….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell China has reportedly put its military on alert for a possible crisis in Korea. Beijing is calling for calm, but the situation on the peninsula is extremely tense. Evidence suggests that North Korea may be preparing for a sixth nuclear test, and President Donald Trump’s posture in the wake…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The U.S. military says a misdirected airstrike this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, according to the Associated Press (AP). U.S. Central Command said Thursday that coalition aircraft were given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces, the predominantly-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Syrian President Bashar al-Assad believes the U.S. fabricated a chemical weapons attack in order to justify a cruise missile strike, he told AFP in a Thursday interview. pic.twitter.com/XbmVyyaK0l — AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 13, 2017 “Definitely, 100 percent for us, it’s fabrication… Our impression is that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Last week’s cruise missile strike took out 20 percent of Syria’s operational military aircraft, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a statement Monday, adding that the “Syrian government would be ill-advised ever again to use chemical weapons,” reports the Washington Examiner. “The assessment of the Department of Defense…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting with Kremlin officials Tuesday in Moscow, but he won’t get any face time with Russia’s recalcitrant leader. A Kremlin spokesman confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to meet with Tillerson during his stay, Radio Free Europe reported. “We…