Frontlines of Freedom

16/01/2026

Grandpa get your gun!

British military veterans as old as age 65 may be called up for service, the government has announced, as the country seeks to better prepare for war in the face of “global threats”.

15/01/2026

Chinese-Led South African Naval Exercise Slides into Diplomatic Disaster

The Chinese-led BRICs Exercise "Will for Peace 2026," now taking place in Cape Town, is turning into a diplomatic disaster for its host South Africa....

15/01/2026

A junior enlisted Marine once eloped with Bahrain's Princess

In the 2000s, Lance Cpl. Jason Johnson faced a court-martial after eloping with his girlfriend, Princess Meriam bint Abdullah al-Khalifa.

12/01/2026

A Frontlines report from Ukraine

Sgt. Dimko Zhluktenko, a commander of a drone team, told Business Insider what it was like flying in the heavy fog that Russia used to its advantage.

11/01/2026

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

10/01/2026

How the US broke through Venezuela's Iranian, Russian, & Chinese defenses

MILITARY AFFAIRS: Venezuela’s military arsenal, sourced from Russia and Iran fail under technologically and operationally superior US attack.

03/01/2026

The US Army's most elite unit was involved in the capture of Maduro and his wife Cilia, it was revealed on Saturday.

03/01/2026

MADURO - CAPTURED, JUST LIKE NORIEGA. And for those in the Certain Chorus who will assert the President acted without prior congressional approval....the Constitution has no express requirement for prior congressional approval before a President can commit troops to hostile action. None. Declare war? Yes…and that's because the drafters of the Constitution understood that necessary hostile action rarely rises to the level of war. History proves this point: the USA has committed troops to hostile action HUNDREDS of times, but declared war in only 5 wars…War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII. Thems the facts.

02/01/2026

WHAT ARE OUR VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS IN/THROUGH IRAN? ie Why should we care? 1) A non-nuclear Iran. 2) A favorable balance of power in the region. 3) Ready access to energy.

As unseemly as this sounds (and I know it doesn’t play well inside air-conditioned Harvard classrooms), the essence of rational behavior is acting in one’s self-interest.

31/12/2025

Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort. Troops had already left Los Angeles after the president deployed them earlier this year as p...

31/12/2025

100,000-Watt Iron Beam laser becomes world’s first drone defense zapper to be operationally deployed — it can also shoot down rockets, mortars, and other aerial threats

Israel deployed the first Iron Beam systems on Sunday, to complement its Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow multi-layered defense architecture.

30/12/2025

Pingree Detroit is a worker-owned cooperative in Detroit that upcycles automotive industry scraps into leather goods, like bags and shoes, crafted by veteran...