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The F-22 and F-35 Have Some Key Advantages over the J-20 and J-35A from China: As tensions with China continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific,...
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The Iran Ceasefire Might Not Hold: For the moment, we have a ceasefire between Iran and the United States. At around 7 pm on...
Israel’s Lebanon Gamble is Spiraling Toward Strategic Defeat – With the two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan holding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and...
Israel Is the Wild Card in U.S.-Iran Ceasefire – We assume Israel will coordinate closely with the United States during the upcoming two-week ceasefire....
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Might Not Be Over: One important aspect of the two-week ceasefire negotiated by the United States and Iran is...
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...
Russia Has a Robot That Fires Mortars Every 5 Seconds Without a Human Crew: Recent reports reveal Russia is developing several new robotic weapon...
The battlecruiser is back. Well, okay, maybe not the same battlecruisers that became obsolescent after World War II but still make old-school naval history buffs...
Yes, Sweden’s Submarine Was Able to ‘Sink’ a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier: Some of the best-known submarines are the nuclear-powered leviathans in the world’s leading navies....
The United States has expended an enormous amount of munitions as part of the now paused campaign against Iran. One of the most expended...
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 Strait of Hormuz Carries 20% of the World’s Oil — The Strait of Malacca Carries $3.5 Trillion in Annual Trade and One-Third of...
The U.S. Military Could Force Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz — It Can’t Make Insurers, Shippers, or Energy Markets Believe It’s Safe On...
The Iran War Is Now Becoming a Strait of Hormuz Showdown The war in Iran began just over a month ago, when the United...
In classic Trumpian fashion, the world was kept on pins and needles all day yesterday as the forty-seventh president apparently debated how harsh he...
The Iran War Ceasefire Might Not Last Long: After a month of the United States and Israel conducting airstrikes on Iranian military targets, the...
Kharg Island Is 400 Miles From the Strait. Taking It Won’t Open Hormuz. Trump May Try Anyway. Given President Donald J. Trump’s recent, increasingly...
Iran War: The Missiles Keep Coming. The Strait Stays Closed. Something Has to Change. More than a month since the beginning of Operation Epic...
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...
The F-22 and F-35 Have Some Key Advantages over the J-20 and J-35A from China: As tensions with China continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific,...
Strategic bombers have proven to be an invaluable component of the U.S. Air Force’s campaign during the now paused Operation Epic Fury. All three...
Why the Wasp-Class Is A Truly Powerhouse Assault Ship for the U.S. Military: Ship-to-shore attack is the core mission of the famous U.S. Marine...
The B-2 Spirit was one of the most advanced aircraft ever built. Yet only 21 were ever produced. While over 100 B-2s were originally...
The XB-70 Valkyrie Was Designed to Fly at Mach 3.1 and 70,000 Feet — Outrunning Every Soviet Interceptor and Penetrating Defended Airspace Without Support...
