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No Ships, No Plan: Iran’s Navy Faces Total Obliteration The United States and Israel have decimated the Iranian Navy since the beginning of Operation...
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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. Navy just tested a new long-range bomb that can be dropped from an F/A-18 Super Hornet and fly over 300 nautical miles...
General George S. Patton’s Third Army racked up some of the highest American casualties in the entire European theater during the brutal Lorraine Campaign...
Hung Cao, the new Acting Secretary of the Navy, is wasting no time pushing his vision for what the U.S. Navy should be in...
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet just received a comprehensive Block III upgrade that transforms the aging fighter into a networked battle-management quarterback for...
Thirty-five national veterans groups—including the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America—have just endorsed the...
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment Era whose comprehensive work in epistemology (the theory of...
Has Canada’s review of its purchase of F-35 fighter jets become the longest government review process in history? In March of 2025, Mark Carney...
Many geologists worldwide are seeking game-changing rare-earth elements. China processes these minerals used in cell phones, weapons systems, and other 21st-century products. Now, miners...
The debate over what China’s military is actually for keeps producing the wrong answer because it keeps asking the wrong question. Global power projection...
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill Of...
The latest change to how things work in the military is the U.S. Army’s recent announcement of new retirement rules. The announcement came in...
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...
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...
No Ships, No Plan: Iran’s Navy Faces Total Obliteration The United States and Israel have decimated the Iranian Navy since the beginning of Operation...
Cheap Drones vs. Billion-Dollar Armor: The Fall of the M1 Abrams in Ukraine The M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) is one of the...
Inside F4: The $2.4 Billion Factory Building the U.S. Navy’s Future Submarines In March 2026, the United States reached a significant milestone in expanding...
The B-1B Lancer’s Massive Overhaul: Inside the Air Force’s Hypersonic Upgrade The Air Force’s B-1 B bomber may capture fewer headlines than a sleek,...
Albert B. Wolf analyzes the frantic diplomatic efforts to pause the U.S.-Iran conflict. While President Trump has temporarily halted strikes, Wolf warns that desperate...
