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On January 23, 1968, a run-down environmental research ship was conducting oceanographic studies when it was surrounded by North Korean naval forces, which demanded its surrender. As it happens, the environmental ship was actually a badly disguised spy ship, and what was about to go down would be the first hijacking of a U.S. naval vessel in 153 years.AdvertisementUSS Pueblo , with the initials GER2 painted in white on the hull, had the real mission of listening to and decrypting secret North Korean communications while sitting just outside the 12 nautical mile limit that marks the edge of nat...

While the Raptors would likely wipe the floor with the Flankers, if there were a confrontation between the two forces, it would certainly be a global nightmare that no one wants to see become a reality. The result would be a major escalation in tensions that could easily spiral out of control and lead to a much wider war. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.Russia has deployed at least four advanced Sukhoi Su-30SM Flankers to its base near Latakia, Syria. The jets are the latest in a series of Russian deployments to the war-torn Arab nation that includes tanks, armored personnel carriers, heavy art...

Moscow hopes that Tel Aviv will exercise good judgment in the region despite Israel’s statements on the inability of abandoning military operations in Syria amid Russia’s supplies of S-300 air defense systems, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin told propaganda website Sputnik on Thursday.Russia has completed the first delivery of S-300 systems to Syria, including 49 units of equipment-related components such as radar, basic target acquisition systems, command posts and four launchers, according to Shoigu.AdvertisementIsraeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday told Kan...