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Following the tragic events in Israel and the discussion about the extent of Iranian material and intelligence support to the Hamas terrorists, it is...
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When it comes to severe economic pressure, Washington has massive options between everything and nothing. Something in the middle that hurts Iran a lot...
US President Donald J. Trump is desperately looking for a tool to beat Iran into submission. Sanctions are probably not it.
Even during genuine unipolar periods, pursuing excessively ambitious goals placed severe strain on America’s military, economic, and political systems. Attempting to do so now...
HMC Ships Moncton and Nanaimo, Canada's last two Kingston-class coastal vessels, are scheduled to be paid off in 2028. The Continental Defence Corvette intended...
The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative emerged from US Army Europe and Africa and NATO's Allied Land Command as a concept for restoring deterrence by...
For all the talk of spending targets, the Ankara NATO summit's real work happened elsewhere. Europe is being handed responsibility for NATO's conventional defense...
Western analysts fixate on North Korea's missiles. The real danger is speed — a mass artillery-and-missile salvo in the war's first hours, backed by...
The second Trump administration is reviewing America's military footprint in Europe, and the worst-case outcome is a full withdrawal. Andrew Michta argues that would...
Unlike tactical fighters, the E-2C Hawkeye has no ejection seats. When USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's arresting wire parted on March 18, 2016, the aircraft...
The US Navy command investigation found no airframe or engine failure in the F-35C. The pilot had stayed in manual power instead of selecting...
The term “supercarrier” is not mere hyperbole. Built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-laid down on 22 August 2015 and christened on 7 December 2019...
When we look at USS Nimitz’s vital stats, we see that she truly is a “super carrier,” worthy of being named for a super...
Of the 1.5 billion barrels in emergency stocks, the IEA cannot order the commercial half released, leaving governments under a billion. The American reserve...
The Houthis have no warships. It doesn't need any. A blockade holds if shipowners and insurers decide the passage is not worth the risk,...
Washington redirected 55 commercial vessels away from Iranian ports as of Sunday, up from 35 a week earlier, while the Kpler intelligence firm counted...
Supply boats bring food and water. Wages arrive late or not at all. A union leader likens it to imprisonment, and one Indian sailor...
Georgia Gilholy reports on Trump's map post declaring Hormuz 'New U.S. Territory,' a vessel struck off Oman hours earlier per UK Maritime Trade Operations,...
In April 1997, President Roman Herzog told Germany it needed a Ruck — a jolt — to break out of national lethargy and undertake...
Dr. Michael Rubin argues that Israel's targeted killing campaign against Palestinian militants a quarter of a century ago ultimately produced two decades of relative...
Since Khamenei took over in March, Iran's Supreme National Security Council has had three secretaries. Ali Larijani was killed in an airstrike a few...
Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine since late 2023. The early shots missed by kilometers. Later ones did not. That combat...
Iran's Shahab-1 came from the Scud-B and reached 300km. The Khorramshahr, derived from North Korea's Musudan, reaches 2,000km — a 6.7-fold increase in reach.
North Korea has roughly 60 nuclear weapons and Kim Jong-un keeps demanding an exponential increase. Bruce Bennett works the problem backward, from Kim's objectives...
Xi's first Pyongyang visit in seven years, a ratified Russia pact, and a declaration that the arsenal is permanent: Andrew Latham on why the...
Following the tragic events in Israel and the discussion about the extent of Iranian material and intelligence support to the Hamas terrorists, it is...
I often joke about the Democratic Party propping up Joe Biden, like something out of Weekend at Bernie’s, and using the sitting president as a...
The political landscape is beginning to show signs of aligning against President Biden, potentially positioning Vice President Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee....
The UK government has committed nearly £4 billion ($4.9 billion) to the next phase of the tri-national AUKUS program with Australia and the United...
Democrats continue to push through with the likely prospect of Biden-Harris for the 2024 elections. The tandem is looking like it is doomed to...
