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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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NATO is not collapsing, but it is changing: some of its most important members want the alliance's protection while keeping a freer hand outside...
For years the West dismissed China's fighters as second-tier. Then the J-10CE reportedly beat the Eurofighter Typhoon in all nine simulated engagements — and...
When Trump's Iran war ends with a signed settlement, the verdicts will come fast — and most will be premature. The questions that actually...
The Iran Deal Won’t Buy America Security. It Will Cost It: Proponents of the emerging nuclear agreement with Iran have settled on a convenient...
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...
Russia's T-14 Armata was hailed as the future of tank warfare. In Ukraine it's almost absent — too valuable to risk — while the...
The M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 get the glory. France's Leclerc — lighter, faster, with a six-second autoloader and advanced composite armor — quietly...
The SSN(X) is supposed to be the deadliest attack submarine ever — Seawolf's firepower, Virginia's stealth, Columbia's endurance in one hull. It's also slipped...
The Su-25 Frogfoot — often called "Russia's A-10" — was built to fly low and slow over the front, absorbing fire to support troops....
Greece has selected Embraer's C-390 over a new Lockheed C-130 to replace its aging Hercules fleet, approving €600 million for three jets. It's the...
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a 2-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump is the first sitting U.S. president...
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...
Under a revised AUKUS deal confirmed May 30, Australia will buy three secondhand Virginia-class submarines from the US Navy instead of the mix of...
Summary and Key Points: At the 1985 Geneva Summit, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev issued a joint statement declaring that a...
On May 9, 2026, Russia held its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square. It was the shortest in the event’s history. Just 43...
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...
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...
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...
3 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are About to Be Unavailable at the Same Time The decline of U.S. naval shipbuilding has been well documented over...
Downed American F-15E Prompts Risky, Partially Successful Combat Search and Rescue Effort The U.S. Air Force has lost a two-seat F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bomber...
DF-21D, DF-26B, DF-17, and DF-27 — Inside China’s Four ‘Carrier Killer’ Missiles and Why None of Them Have Been Proven in Combat With the...
$48 Billion to Keep a 70-Year-Old Bomber Flying Until 2050 — Why the B-52J Is Still Cheaper Than Every Alternative The B-52J modernization program,...
