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The United States and NATO failed to deter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Actions taken before the February invasion – withdrawal of trainers from Ukraine...
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Wars rarely win elections. George H.W. Bush ended the Cold War, won the most decisive American military victory in modern history, and lost in...
American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...
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Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...
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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.
The United States and NATO failed to deter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Actions taken before the February invasion – withdrawal of trainers from Ukraine...
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The war in Ukraine has been going on for 219 days, and the Russian military is not doing well. Lyman and Its Significance in Ukraine War Russian military...
Putin Wants Russia’s Borders Changed? Here’s How the West Should Respond: Russian President Vladimir Putin today announced the annexation of vast swaths of Ukraine...
