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Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s rejection of the Boeing X-32 in favor of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was not merely a choice between...
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Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s rejection of the Boeing X-32 in favor of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was not merely a choice between...
Summary and Key Points: Despite anxiety over the scheduled 2026 retirement of the USS Nimitz, Dr. Andrew Latham argues that decommissioning the 50-year-old carrier...
Everyone Is Asking the Wrong Question About Trump’s Foreign Policy Washington keeps circling the same argument about Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Some insist there...
Summary and Key Points: China appears to be evolving its “carrier-killer” missile concept (DF-21D/DF-26B) into a weapon with intercontinental reach, threatening U.S. carrier strike...
Four years of fighting in Ukraine forced Russia to relearn war under constant drone surveillance, electronic warfare, and rapid sensor-to-shooter strikes. Small units dispersed...
How the Greenland Crisis Ends: Not with a Bang, but with a Whimper The Greenland crisis is never going to end the way its...
The Real Reason the YF-23 Lost: It Wasn’t About Performance, It Was About Change For thirty years, the YF-23 Black Widow II has lingered...
Greenland is unlikely to fracture NATO as an institution, but it could weaken what matters most: deterrence credibility. If Washington applies visible pressure on...
U.S. Navy railguns looked like a revolution: electromagnetic launch, hypersonic projectiles, long range, and a deep magazine that could ease missile shortages. The concept...
What Is Trump’s Real Strategy on Iran? Much of the commentary on Donald Trump’s approach to Iran begins from a familiar assumption: that he...