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All five of Britain's Astute-class nuclear attack submarines are sidelined in port at once, awaiting maintenance the Royal Navy lacks the dry docks and...
Ukrainian-linked hackers obtained internal documents on Russia's PAK DA stealth bomber, Moscow's answer to the B-21 Raider. The files reveal a program still assembling...
American analysts keep mirror-imaging China's J-20 as a rival dogfighter to the F-22. That's the wrong lens. The Mighty Dragon is evolving into a...
Chinese military analysts believe the J-35 stealth fighter may be able to carry four YJ-15 supersonic anti-ship missiles internally — hidden, with no radar-signature...
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 US Air Force flies roughly 140 bombers in total. The B-21 Raider meant to replace most of them is officially capped at 100...
The U.S. Navy commissioned its last Littoral Combat Ship in May, six months after canceling the Constellation frigate and years after gutting the Zumwalt....
The U.S. Navy must build two Virginia-class submarines a year and has never managed it. The rate is stuck at 1.2, the recovery date...
France's brand-new nuclear carrier broke a propeller mid-Atlantic in 2000 and limped home on one screw. The fix: vintage propellers pulled off the 1960s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Harvard Business Review study published in 2017 argued the U.S. Army knows how to build unit cohesion, but needed sharper tools to reduce...
The debate over the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II versus the Saab JAS 39 Gripen in the Canadian context is no longer just a...
Summary and Key Points: Why Napoleon Was Defeated – Isaac Seitz, a defense columnist and intelligence analyst, provides a comprehensive post-mortem of the Napoleonic...
The confirmation that the Boeing F-47 remains "on time and on target" for its 2028 maiden flight marks a critical acceleration in the Next-Generation...
The unveiling of the "F-22 Raptor 2.0" concept at the Air & Space Forces Association’s (AFA) 2026 Warfare Symposium represents a critical pivot for...
