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Summary and Key Points: Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 Felon fighter remains shrouded in secrecy, particularly regarding advanced computing, sensor integration, and drone-teaming capabilities. While it...
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Key Points and Summary: Hoover Institution Fellow Eyck Freymann, who also serves as a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the U.S. Naval War College’s China...
B-21 Raider: America’s Most Advanced Bomber Has a 1950s Achilles’ Heel: Look at the photograph the Air Force dropped this week. Not at the...
Iran Opened the Strait to Make Payroll. Not to Make Peace.
Oil crashed 13% on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was ‘open for business.’ But ships still need Iranian permission to transit,...
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...
Mid-Life Carrier Refueling and Overhaul for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers increasingly takes longer than anticipated, and ship maintenance and repair efforts regularly collide with...
Summary and Key Points: On April 15, 1986, Maj. Brian Shul crossed Muammar Qaddafi’s self-declared “Line of Death” over the Gulf of Sidra at...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. intelligence community has quietly acknowledged that its initial bomb-damage assessments of Iranian underground missile cities and launcher facilities...
Summary and Key Points: The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets sank 5,500 feet deep off Norway’s Bear Island on April 7, 1989 after an...
The U.S. Air Force is facing a pilot retention crisis that has left roughly 1,800 pilot positions open, while commercial airlines hire 7,600 military-trained...
In 2012, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline went operational — 236 miles of steel moving 1.5 million barrels per day, completely clear...
Archaeologists working with Dicle University have identified a surprisingly well-preserved settlement dating back approximately 2,400 years beneath Dicle Dam Lake in southeastern Turkey. The...
India is not currently in talks to acquire the F-35, but the question of whether it should buy the aircraft has only grown more...
Three and a half months after Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Caribbean air travel is finally returning to normal — Puerto...
In 1967, Israel defeated Egypt in Just Six Days. Could Israel do the Same with Turkey? – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made no...
House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The effort, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Rep. John...
Mental Health and Psychological Stress In The On-Again, Off-Again Campaign Against Iran: US military warfighters facing the threats associated with combat operations over Iran...
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...
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 Felon fighter remains shrouded in secrecy, particularly regarding advanced computing, sensor integration, and drone-teaming capabilities. While it...
Summary and Key Points: New Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Phelan has expressed serious concerns over persistent delays and rising costs plaguing U.S....
Summary and Key Points: The UK’s Royal Navy operates two advanced Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers, each capable of projecting fifth-generation airpower with vertical take-off...
According to multiple sources that spoke to 19FortyFive—including a former U.S. government official with knowledge of the negotiations and multiple U.S. defense industry representatives—Vietnam...
U.S. forces in Syria continue to support their partners in the war against ISIS. This is part of a mission that dates back to...
