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The Nuclear Exception: Why France’s Charles de Gaulle is a Global Strategic Heavyweight You already know that the United States dominates the seas with...
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The Nuclear Exception: Why France’s Charles de Gaulle is a Global Strategic Heavyweight You already know that the United States dominates the seas with...
France is spending $12 billion on the largest warship ever built in Europe — a nuclear-powered supercarrier meant to project Macron's vision of strategic...
Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a 30-hour fire aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in the northern Red Sea, displacing over 600 sailors from...
The deployment of the Charles de Gaulle is a calculated gamble that highlights the "Single-Point-of-Failure" in French strategic autonomy. In the 2026 landscape of...
Isaac Seitz, defense columnist and Strategic Intelligence graduate, examines France's Porte-Avions de Nouvelle Génération — Europe's largest warship ever planned. At 310 meters and...
Harrison Kass, national security attorney and former U.S. Air Force pilot selectee, traces China's anti-carrier warfare doctrine from the 1995-1996 Taiwan Crisis to today's...
The Su-33’s failure is rooted in the limitation of the STOBAR (Short Take-Off But Arrested Recovery) system. Without a catapult, the Flanker-D cannot take...
Steve Balestrieri, a veteran U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and national security columnist, provides a stark assessment of the "cracks in the foundation" of...
Caleb Larson, a veteran defense reporter and analyst, evaluates the enduring strategic value of the Blue Ridge-class command ships. Despite being over 50 years...
France's FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) remains a unique pillar of global naval power—being the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in operation outside the U.S....