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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Anika Ramos directs the launch of an F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 during flight operations on the flight deck of the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) in the South China Sea, Dec. 11, 2025. Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Anika Ramos directs the launch of an F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 during flight operations on the flight deck of the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) in the South China Sea, Dec. 11, 2025.

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U.S. Intelligence Says No Taiwan Invasion by 2027. Critics Say That’s Naive The subject of China’s plans to invade Taiwan provokes steady debate, and...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Operation Epic Fury Is Entering Its Fifth Week — Trump’s Iran War Timeline Aligns With the Pentagon’s Original Planning Window U.S. President Donald Trump...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

11,000 Munitions Gone in a Month in the Iran War. Now, Imagine Fighting China If the United States cannot secure a clean victory over...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Memphis Belle World War Two Bomber Is Unforgettable  This airplane is the pride of the Volunteer State. The B-17 bomber known as the...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The X-32 is one of the more intriguing “what if” stories from the first decade of the post-Cold War era. Designed in the 1990s...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Must Stay Beyond Visual Range to Survive China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles — That Reduces Their Fighter Wings’ Effectiveness The People’s Liberation...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

We Visited the USS Iowa in Los Angeles and Photographed the Last Battleship Class the U.S. Navy Ever Built — These Are Our Original...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Kirov-Class Was Built to Hunt U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Using P-700 Granit Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles When Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov finally...

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The Iran War Is Now Becoming a Strait of Hormuz Showdown  The war in Iran began just over a month ago, when the United...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The U.S. Air Force probably wouldn’t land on anyone’s list as a top-paying employer. However, learning a valuable skill in the Air Force—especially one...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The U.S. Navy Built 24 Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers. It Can’t Pull That Off Again  The U.S. was able to build twenty-four Essex-class aircraft carriers...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

From Chernobyl’s Reactor to DARPA’s Lab to the International Space Station: How a Fungus Became a Pentagon Priority Nearly 40 years ago, in April...

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The Embassy

The 2023 NDAA Blocks Unilateral NATO Withdrawal Without a Two-Thirds Senate Vote — But a De Facto Exit Is Far More Feasible In April...

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Forget Iran: China’s DF-21D and DF-26 Carrier-Killer Missiles Can Hold U.S. Surface Ships at Risk Beyond the First Island Chain More than a month...

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Iran Can Never Be Allowed to Have Nuclear Weapons. America Must Keep Going  When the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran broke out in late February,...

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Trump Said the Iran War Will Continue: We Have More Questions Than Answers After His Speech  The world was on pins and needles waiting...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

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...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...

Hermit Kingdom

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...