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Over the last few days, North Korea has been attacking South Korea and the United States in various statements after being relatively quiet for...
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Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty told a Senate defense committee on April 27 that Ottawa has not set a timeline for deciding whether to...
The satellite imagery doesn’t lie. China’s Chengdu facility is running five production lines. The J-20 fleet has crossed 300 aircraft. Annual output runs between...
The latest chapter of the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter jet saga is now being written by both countries’ defense ministers as...
Just moments before he left office, former Navy Secretary John Phelan told USNI the service was considering foreign shipyards to accelerate and strengthen U.S....
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...
F-15SE Silent Eagle: The Stealth F-15 Boeing Built And Nobody Bought: Back when I was the Editor of the Diplomat in the early 2010s,...
China’s new H-20 stealth bomber can be understood as a clear paradox: it is both concerning and mysterious, unclear, and simply not here yet....
Japan’s Light Aircraft Carriers Carrying F-35s Are Gamechangers In the Pacific: The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) have evolved into a high-speed, mobile, 5th-generation...
How Much Longer Can The F-22 Raptor Rule The Sky?: The F-47 NGAD is already in limited production and will eventually replace the iconic...
Many geologists worldwide are seeking game-changing rare-earth elements. China processes these minerals used in cell phones, weapons systems, and other 21st-century products. Now, miners...
The Southwest Florida (SWFL) region is experiencing a severe drought. With rainfall deficits running over 13 inches, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has...
Why Did the Gulf of Panama Miss Out on Upwelling Last Year? The Gulf of Panama has long enjoyed a phenomenon known as “upwelling,...
Summary and Key Points: thirteen-year-old boy hiking through a field in Germany — at a location near Berlin that had previously been documented as...
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill Of...
The latest change to how things work in the military is the U.S. Army’s recent announcement of new retirement rules. The announcement came in...
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...
An internal Pentagon email circulated this week by Elbridge Colby, the U.S. Defense Department’s top policy adviser, examined options for punishing NATO allies that...
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...
Over the last few days, North Korea has been attacking South Korea and the United States in various statements after being relatively quiet for...
Social media today is flagging South Korean media reports that North Korea has completed new multiple ICBM and transport erector launchers (TELs). Could this...
As I noted a few days ago, North Korea is not exactly happy with South Korea these days. And, it would seem, they continue...
Overnight, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, lashed out at South Korea in a statement carried by KCNA. The...
There’s a big international weapons program that probably doesn’t pass the post-coronavirus pub test for supply chain security. As US President Donald Trump’s recently said, ‘It’s...
