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MANILA – While the ceasefire might be holding in the Iran war, Team Trump, at least before the latest diplomatic breakthrough, had other ideas....
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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...
AH-6 Little Bird: The U.S. Special Operations Little Bird Helicopters Can Do It All – The helicopter that rescued a downed American pilot from...
The Iran War Proves Aircraft Carriers Aren’t Obsolete: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier vulnerability has been called into question in recent years due to the...
In the early morning hours of May 2, 1964, two Viet Cong frogmen emerged from a sewer tunnel in the port of Saigon carrying...
China’s J-35A: The Stealth Fighter Built to Break America’s Airpower Advantage – The J-35A is China’s second fifth-generation stealth warplane. This system, like the American...
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 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...
The Iran Ceasefire Might Not Hold: For the moment, we have a ceasefire between Iran and the United States. At around 7 pm on...
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...
MANILA – While the ceasefire might be holding in the Iran war, Team Trump, at least before the latest diplomatic breakthrough, had other ideas....
For all the attention lavished on flashy new stealth jets and drones, some of the aircraft that performed the most vital tasks during the...
The X-44 Manta Could Have Been A Game-Changer for the U.S. Air Force: The X-44 Manta was a concept for a military aircraft that...
Ever since the United States Air Force awarded Boeing the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) contract, it’s been a big deal (or, to...
The F-47 is poised to be the best fighter the United States Air Force has ever flown, combining unprecedented stealth, extreme speed (Mach 2+),...
