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Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the transformative integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile...
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The Iran War Is Now All About Who Controls the Strait of Hormuz Clausewitz understood that wars have a way of outgrowing the aims...
The British War in Iran That Trump Now May Be Replicating President Donald Trump continues the war in Iran as the Islamic Republic responds...
The China Missile Threat to U.S. Bases in the Indo-Pacific Must Now Be Taken Seriously To quote a RAND report on the subject: “China’s...
F-47 NGAD U.S. Air Force Fighter Will Be a True Game Changer Like Nothing That Has Ever Flown An intriguing, mysterious, and reportedly extremely...
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...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
The USS Gerald R. Ford Is the Biggest and Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier Ever for a Reason Since the start of the ongoing Operation...
The United States Navy is overly reliant on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers as its primary tool for surface warfare and power projection. These giants, while...
The Truth About B-21 Raider Bomber Procurement and the ‘145’ Figure On March 17, 2026, Adm. Richard Correll, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told...
The Eurofighter Typhoon Will Never Need to Be the F-22 or the F-35 The Eurofighter Typhoon is a fourth-generation warplane that rivals anything that...
The U.S. Air Force probably wouldn’t land on anyone’s list as a top-paying employer. However, learning a valuable skill in the Air Force—especially one...
The U.S. Navy Built 24 Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers. It Can’t Pull That Off Again The U.S. was able to build twenty-four Essex-class aircraft carriers...
From Chernobyl’s Reactor to DARPA’s Lab to the International Space Station: How a Fungus Became a Pentagon Priority Nearly 40 years ago, in April...
F-35 Stealth Fighter Is A Powerhouse: But a Labor Strike Is Now Possible Remember the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II Strike from last year? Could...
The War Between Russia and Ukraine Has Been a Disaster For Putin. But He Won’t Stop Now The Russia-Ukraine War is now entering its...
Why the Eurofighter Typhoon Is Still Selling in the Age of Stealth The Eurofighter Typhoon first entered service in the early 2000s, the product of a...
If Given a Decade, Could Iran Rearm and Rebuild its Military? What Will Beijing Do? U.S. and Israeli strikes have reportedly seriously degraded the...
92% of Iran’s Warships Destroyed, the IRGC Navy Commander Killed, and the Strait of Hormuz Still Closed: Why the April 6 Deadline Changes Everything...
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...
Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the transformative integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile...
Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the 1997 "secret deal" that prevented the Islamic Republic of...
Brandon J. Weichert, a senior national security editor and author, evaluates the end of the U.S. Navy’s "era of impunity" in the Indo-Pacific. The...
The U.S. Marine Corps is reasserting its independence in 2026 by formally declining the Army’s M7 Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) in favor of...
Dr. Brent M. Eastwood, a former U.S. Army Infantry officer and defense expert, evaluates the widening "experience gap" between the PLAAF and the U.S....
