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In 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy nuclear submarine at the time, sank while still docked. Thankfully, no lives were lost,...
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Iran’s remaining arsenal, high gas prices, Strait of Hormuz passage, and terrorism threats are all emphasized focal points for assessments of Operation Epic Fury,...
Will Donald Trump Pull the United States Out of NATO? As the world focused on a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East between the...
The Iowa-Class Battleship Will Never Leave Museum Duty: Back in August of 2025, I toured the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California. Going...
Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Moment on Iran? President Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Declaring the United States had already achieved...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
When the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) inducted the J-20 into service in 2017, the aircraft marked China’s entry into fifth-generation airpower. But...
At 83,000 feet over the Soviet Union, both engines on an SR-71 Blackbird quit at Mach 3. The crew had two options: eject into...
The USS Scorpion, a Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine (SSN-589), was an American nuclear submarine that mysteriously sank in May 1968, during a deployment to...
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been modernizing and expanding at an astonishing rate. Its current inventory dwarfs the U.S. Navy in sheer...
Beginning December 2026, eligible men will be automatically registered for Selective Service. The self-registration requirement will end, shifting responsibility from the individual to the...
Why Iran Just Closed the Strait of Hormuz – And What It Means – Less than 24 hours after a U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement formed...
The Psychology of Fear That Surrounds the Strait of Hormuz: The Strait of Hormuz remains at the center of the conflict in Iran. Breaking...
The U.S. Army Expanded the Reenlistment Window From 90 Days to 2 Years for Soldiers Deployed in Operation Epic Fury The U.S. Army announced...
The late Israeli political analyst and writer Amos Elon despaired throughout his life about the impossibility of maintaining peace agreements, truces, and ceasefires. There...
The United States and Iran this week agreed to a two-week ceasefire. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to annihilate...
On April 7, 2026, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, which paused 40 days of high-intensity conflict that often seemed poised...
Operation Epic Fury Was Worth It: Despite the online furor, there was never much doubt that Iran would in some way meet the 8...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
In 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy nuclear submarine at the time, sank while still docked. Thankfully, no lives were lost,...
The Yamato-class were battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Yamato and Musashi, whose hulls were laid down in November 1937 and April 1938,...
The J-20 Is Just the Beginning for Chinese Stealth: China’s Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter officially entered service with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force...
The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the United States Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier, departed Naval Base Kitsap on March 7, 2026, for the final time...
In modern warfare, it’s getting harder to hide. The battlefield is increasingly saturated with drones, sensors, and persistent surveillance systems, all making traditional concealment...
