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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...
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...
SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS: China’s Haiyang Dizhi 2 research vessel has successfully tested a deep-sea cable-cutting device at 3,500 meters — 11,483 feet —...
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...
In response to complaints from Beijing over the sale of new-model US F-16 aircraft to Taiwan, or the Republic of China (ROC), a US...
Summary and Key Points: Since Australia announced plans in 2021 to acquire nuclear-powered submarines via AUKUS, risks involving political commitment, delivery timelines, costs, and...
5 Worst Fighter Planes: There have been too many terrible fighter jets to mention since World War Two, so it was difficult to trim...
With growing concerns about U.S. reliability, especially regarding sensitive technology like the F-35, European nations see GCAP as crucial for ensuring future defense autonomy,...
For too long, American businesses have been forced to compete with one hand tied behind their backs. Foreign companies, especially those China, rake in...
