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“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – Lewis “Chesty” Puller Lewis “Chesty” Puller was one of the most decorated Marines in all of American...
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The Iran debate in Washington is about which options Trump has left. That’s the wrong debate. The problem isn’t the menu — it’s that...
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting. Having traveled...
The F/A-XX next-gen naval fighter concept video Northrop Grumman posted last Sunday runs for fifteen seconds. Tailless airframe, folding wings, dorsal intakes — the...
On paper, Taiwan is harder to invade today than at any point in its modern history — and that’s precisely the problem. Over the...
Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
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 U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran very quickly wiped out Iranian naval assets, striking early and taking out the country’s most valuable naval assets –...
The Bottomline: The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31 stealth fighter — first flown in 2012 and marketed to international military customers under the export designation...
During the opening days of the current conflict with Iran, U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted the most valuable naval and missile assets operated by...
The Pentagon is seeking a major expansion of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, asking Congress...
Lockheed Martin and MAS, the Canadian arm of L3Harris, have revealed proposals to establish an F-35 jet depot in Quebec. If established, this Mirabel-based...
The Strait of Hormuz remains a hot topic as the conflict with Iran persists – despite the delicate ceasefire. And for good reason. The...
President Trump’s FY2027 defense budget requests $1.5 trillion, a record high representing a 44 percent increase over prior levels. The structure includes $1.15 trillion...
With the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran due to expire on April 22, President Donald Trump may soon face the same...
Donald Trump’s Way of War: An American Tradition At first, conventional minds worried that President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran would draw us into...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...
Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...
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...
“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” – Lewis “Chesty” Puller Lewis “Chesty” Puller was one of the most decorated Marines in all of American...
Key Points and Summary: By 1968, United States Navy fighter pilots flying F-4 Phantom II aircraft over North Vietnam had seen their kill ratio...
Key Points and Summary: The Dassault Rafale F5 program and the Eurofighter Typhoon Long Term Evolution program represent the two most significant European fourth-generation...
Being on a submarine can be stressful. It’s an enclosed underwater space where many people are crowded. And that’s even before the potential stresses...
Summary and Key Points: The United States built approximately 5,195 F-4 Phantom II multirole fighters between 1958 and 1981, making the Phantom the most-produced...
