War_Conflict
Latest Stories
444897621_03b2f4b3e6_o
The M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) is an armoured personnel carrier and part of the Stryker family of vehicles (derived from the Canadian LAV III/Swiss MOWAG Piranha IIIH 8x8). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods)
42918303071_8c882ddd9f_o
The M88 Recovery Vehicle is one of the largest armored recovery vehicles (ARV) currently in use by United States Armed Forces. There are currently three variants, the M88, M88A1 and M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System). The M88 series has seen action most noticeably in the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent during the Kosovo War, where they were deployed to help recover heavy armored vehicles of the Allied ground units. As of 2000, the M88A2 replacement cost is around US$2,050,000. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin A. Bopp/released)
3842228585_b61dc58221_o
The RG-31 Nyala is a 4×4 multi-purpose mine-resistant ambush protected infantry mobility vehicle manufactured in South Africa by Land Systems OMC (the division of Denel SOC LTD, located in Benoni, South Africa) and in Turkey by FNSS Defence Systems.[2] It is based on the Mamba APC of TFM Industries. The RG-31 is built from a V-shaped all-steel welded armor monocoque hull and high suspension, typical of South African mine protected vehicles, providing excellent small-arms and mine blast protection. The vehicle is designed to resist a blast equivalent to two TM-57 anti-tank mines detonating simultaneously.
1137795476_a02077517a_o (1)
The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions. The M109 has a crew of four: the section chief/commander, the driver, the gunner, and the ammunition handler/loader. The chief or gunner aims the cannon left or right (deflection) and up and down (quadrant). (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan Stroud, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)
3_282019_b1-londregan8201.jpg
Illustration on the crisis in Venezuela by Alexander Hunter (after Posada)
Gaza_Israel#4.jpg
A Palestinian man walks on the damage of the offices of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. A tense quiet took hold Tuesday morning after a night of heavy fire as Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in what threatened to devolve into a major conflict two weeks before the Israeli election. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Morning Joe MSNBC1.jpg
Joe Scarborough discusses special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe," March 26, 2019.
3_252019_syria-28201.jpg
The Syrian Democratic Forces fighters who drove the Islamic State from its last strongholds called Monday for an international tribunal to prosecute thousands of foreign Islamic State fighters rounded up in the campaign against the extremist group. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
3_252019_syria8201.jpg
FILE — In this Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard next to men waiting to be screened after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State group militants, near Baghouz, eastern Syria. The SDF fighters who drove the Islamic State from its last strongholds called Monday, March 25, 2019, for an international tribunal to prosecute hundreds of foreigners rounded up in the nearly five-year campaign against the extremist group. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
AP_19047628124324.jpg
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk in a building as fight against Islamic State militants continue in the village of Baghouz, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
WWII Memorial Boston NBC.jpg
Vandalism at a World War II memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, was reported on March 18, 2019. Locals have been unsuccessful at removing the oil substance from the concrete. (Image: NBC News Boston screenshot)
WorldWar1final-900.jpg
Can you pass a World War I history test? (Shutterstock)
AP_19060581682286.jpg
Somali soldiers stand guard at a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, March 1, 2019. Police say a nearly day-long siege in the heart of Somalia's capital has ended with all of the al-Shabab extremist attackers killed. More than 20 are dead with the number expected to climb as hospitals report more than 50 wounded, many in critical condition. The attack comes after a flurry of U.S. airstrikes against the al-Qaida-linked extremist group, the deadliest Islamic extremist organization in Africa. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
3_202019_ring8201.jpg
According to a report from the U.N. Security Council panel of experts reveals details about cyberattacks from the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center). The attacks were used to evade financial sanctions. (Associated Press)
AP_19075572196305.jpg
Protesters throw items to police forces during a yellow vests demonstration Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Paris. Paris police say more than 100 people have been arrested amid rioting in the French capital by yellow vest protesters and clashes with police. They set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police firing tear gas and water cannon (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
3_172019_b1-jipp-religion-at8201.jpg
Liberal Attack on Religious Freedom Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
AP_18347509109469.jpg
Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of an attack near the settlement of Givat Assaf in the West Bank, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus stop outside a West Bank settlement on Thursday, shooting at soldiers and civilians and killing at least two Israelis before fleeing, the military and Israel's rescue service said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
AP_19045320860167.jpg
In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo, A Palestinian observers, right, watches as children walk past Israeli soldiers on their way to school in the West Bank city of Hebron. Following Israel's expulsion of an international observer force from this volatile West Bank city, Palestinian activists are trying to fill the void by launching their own patrols to document alleged Israeli settler violence. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
AP_18359278715862.jpg
A member of Afghan security forces stands guard after Monday's Christmas Eve attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. A suicide bomber and gunmen armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked the building in Kabul on Monday, setting off an eight-hour-long siege. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
AP_18127712843434.jpg
Armed and dangerous: Pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces militants say it’s time for U.S. troops to leave Iraq and are said to be spreading conspiracy theories that the Trump administration is helping the Islamic State. (Associated Press)
