Tag: war
Trump turns the Iran war toward economic isolation
The UAE has cut trade with Iran
The 60-day Iran peace window has closed
Houthis hit Yemen’s Mokha port as fighting spreads again
Trump calls off planned Iran strikes and gives talks another shot
US airstrikes resume in Iran after five-day pause
Saudi Arabia joins the US in striking Iraq
US airstrikes pause, but the blockade remains
Houthis Open a Second Maritime Front
Hormuz shipping falls to near-standstill
Interim peace deal collapses, blockade returns
Rayan Abu al-Ajeen, yet another heartbreaking story from the more than 20,000 children murdered by israel
A U.N. report highlights Israel's deliberate strategy targeting children in Gaza, alleging war crimes and genocide. Three days earlier, Israeli forces shoot 3-year-old Rayan Abu al-Ajeen in the head near a military boundary, then detain his father and deny the dying child medical aid. Israel, of course, dismissed the findings. Al-Ajeen [the boy's father] tried...
Wireframe Eyes
Steel ground on wireframe eyes as the burning stars of angels fell gently to the earth. Glancing light firing off moonbeams of terror flayed deep into the nous, stripping layers one by one until all that remained was base instinct. Run.
Land of Bad
No man left behind. When a Delta Force special ops mission goes terribly wrong, Air Force drone pilot Reaper has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, the ground mission suddenly becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy.
The Daily Planet #128: War and the non-human world
Wars are bad for people, but they are bad for everyone else too. As today's link says:
The Daily Planet #127: Military Intelligence
Military AI is characterized by epistemic opacity. Unlike civilian AI, which is subject to public scrutiny and litigation when it fails, military systems are shielded by classification and state-secret privileges. This lack of transparency prevents external validation and makes it nearly impossible to correct for human biases or technical errors.
Sisu: Road to Revenge
When they took his family, he took revenge. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, "the man who refuses to die" dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues.
Crystal Spitball #1 Russia will lose its war against Ukraine
And next year will be the beginning of the end.
Pure Dedication
No war but Holy War.
Marching Orders
Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Primitive War
This ain't no walk in the park. During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.
12 Strong
A team of special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.
Chickenhawk
A true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death—the extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger.
Rambo
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
Rambo III
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
Rambo: First Blood Part II
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
First Blood
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Civil War
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.