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Summary and Key Points: During the 1980s, the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier experienced a series of troubling incidents, leading some to wonder if it...
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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...
In August 1943, during the Sicily Campaign of World War II, U.S. General George S. Patton — visiting wounded American soldiers in field hospitals...
“You must be single-minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided.” – General George Patton General George S. Patton is a...
On September 13, 1985, a U.S. Air Force F-15A Eagle executed a 3.8g vertical zoom climb over the Pacific Ocean, accelerated to Mach 1.22...
In February 1942, with Bataan and Corregidor about to fall to Imperial Japan, President Roosevelt ordered General Douglas MacArthur to evacuate the Philippines —...
Canada committed in 2023 to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to replace its CF-18 fleet — today it has firmly committed to...
Two classified Russian military satellites maintained a 10-foot gap in low Earth orbit on April 28, while traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. The...
A new study has uncovered a deeply troubling problem in the world’s network of undersea commercial tunnels: rubber GINA gaskets are degrading 35% faster...
Israel just approved a massive new fighter purchase—roughly 25 F-35I Adir stealth fighters and 25 F-15IA aircraft—as part of a $119 billion post-war force...
The U.S. war with Iran has now lasted more than two months. Pentagon munitions stockpiles are critically short. The Pentagon recently attempted to reclaim...
The Iran Ceasefire Isn’t Dead. That’s Exactly the Problem: The ceasefire is holding, and Iran is the reason. Not because Tehran has any interest...
Vladimir Putin’s paranoia has surged to an all-time high—the Russian president now reportedly spends his days and nights shuttling between underground bunker complexes, terrified...
The leader of Russia’s Communist Party just warned Vladimir Putin from the floor of the State Duma that the country could face a “revolutionary...
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...
Summary and Key Points: During the 1980s, the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier experienced a series of troubling incidents, leading some to wonder if it...
Could Donald Trump Take Greenland By Military Force?: He has cajoled. He has poked and prodded. He has whined. He has boasted. This is...
Summary and Key Points: Former President Trump has consistently criticized NATO, viewing allies as financial freeloaders who rely too heavily on U.S. resources. -If...
Donald Trump came into office in January following his first-ever popular vote victory, along with other indications that he was more popular than he...
Summary and Key Points: The Rubis-class submarines marked a milestone for the French Navy as the world’s smallest nuclear-powered attack submarines upon their debut...
