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US Air Force Needs A Harder Massive Penetrator For Iran

1:30PM January 31, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The 13,607kg GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator is not hard enough to take on Iran’s current nuclear facilities, said Pentagon sources to the Wall Street Journal. More »


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Two Supercarriers Side By Side Means Bad News

10:00AM January 24, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

These are the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS John C. Stennis, two of the 10 nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft supercarriers in service with the US Navy. They just arrived to the Strait of Hormuz as tension keeps mounting up in the area. More »


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Iranian Programmer Sentenced To Death For Developing Porn Site Software

6:15PM January 20, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

While we’re all up in arms over SOPA and PIPA, the government of Iran continues to monitor its citizen’s Internet access. The government has gone so far as to sentence a programmer to death for insulting the sanctity of Islam because of a piece of software used by a porn site. More »


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Iran Selling Toy Copies Of Captured Drone

10:45AM January 18, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Iran may not be able to reverse engineer the infamous RQ-170 Sentinel the US somehow lost over there last year. But they sure as hell can make a kid-friendly toy version! What it lacks in stealth, it boasts in colourful fun. More »


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Is Iran Going To Launch Its Own Internet?

4:34AM January 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Iran isn’t a nation known for its liberal outlook on life. So maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the country may soon pull out of the internet and launch its own national network instead. More »


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This Is The Scariest Way To Land A Jet

4:40AM January 4, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Landing a 767 on its belly is one thing — and definitely no easy feat. But what about crash-landing an old-as-hell Iranian F-5 fighter with its nose scraping the dirt? More »


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Iran Tests Long-Range Missiles Over Strait Of Hormuz, Creates First Nuclear Fuel Rod

10:12PM January 2, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Iran has successfully tested two long-range missiles over the Strait of Hormuz, a key strategic point for oil commerce, in response to Obama’s December 31 sanctions against Iran’s central bank. What’s worse: Iran claims they have created their first nuclear fuel rod. More »


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Iran Reveals Captured American Super Drone

4:35AM December 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Iran has finally offered proof of its captured RQ-170 Sentinel drone, the top-of-the-line stealth killer. And it looks like it’s in perfect shape. Very bad news for American death from above, and very good news for China. More »


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NATO Confirms Spy Drone Loss

6:45AM December 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

NATO has implicitly denied that the Iranians shot down their spy plane. It claims, however, that the pilots “lost control” of the plane late last week and it’s missing. More »


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Has Iran Killed This Advanced US Stealth Plane?

5:23AM December 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel is one of the most advanced stealth aeroplanes in the United States Air Force. It was secret drone until the end of 2009. The iranians just claimed today they have killed one. More »