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With tensions between Russia and the West ready to explode, the British Foreign Officer, using highly classified intelligence, has accused Moscow and President Vladimir Putin of...
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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...
Europe's most ambitious fighter program is dead: the Franco-German FCAS collapsed after Paris and Berlin couldn't agree on control. Now eight German and Spanish...
A new GAO report finds Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus has missed its availability and capability standards every year since 2019, leaving the Air Force dependent...
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...
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...
America and China agree the future of air combat is a stealth fighter directing a swarm of drones. They disagree on who commands it....
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:20 a.m. Monday, sending up a...
China has been flying two sixth-generation fighter prototypes — the three-engine J-36 and the J-50 — in open daylight for 18 months, while America's...
China launches a carrier every 20 months. America just delayed its newest one to 2034 — because the shipyard physically can't fit it —...
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...
With tensions between Russia and the West ready to explode, the British Foreign Officer, using highly classified intelligence, has accused Moscow and President Vladimir Putin of...
What is North Korea Thinking?: This year is shaping up to be a very active one for North Korea’s missile program. Kim Jong Un’s...
Don’t look now, but we may be about to see a Russian version of Desert Storm in Ukraine. Allow me to explain Russia’s potential...
Why the FN PS90 is Used by Military and Law Enforcement in Over 40 Countries: It’s sleek. It’s classic. It’s a legend among gun...
War threatens in Europe. With international talks stalled and Russian diplomats pessimistic, Moscow reinforced its troop presence near Ukraine’s borders to 106,000. And reinforcements are...
