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An Amphibious Assault on the Strait of Hormuz Won’t Look Like Iwo Jima — It’ll Come From the Air With F-35Bs, Ospreys, and 82nd...
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An Amphibious Assault on the Strait of Hormuz Won’t Look Like Iwo Jima — It’ll Come From the Air With F-35Bs, Ospreys, and 82nd...
China’s Sea Mines Are Even Better and More Plentiful Than Iran’s Sea mines are a fact of life in the Strait of Hormuz. The...
Former Pentagon expert Kris Osborn examines the surprising redemption of the Littoral Combat Ship. Once criticized for its lack of blue-water survivability, the LCS...
Summary and Key Points: As of March 21, 2026, the Strait of Hormuz has become the primary laboratory for the U.S. Navy’s most advanced...
Iran has more than 5,000 naval mines and a doctrine built around closing the Strait of Hormuz — and the U.S. Navy's only minesweeping...
Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and British researcher, evaluates the shift toward asymmetric mine warfare in the Persian Gulf. CBS News reports...
I stood in the room when the Ottawa Treaty was signed. As a Doctoral Fellow working with Canada’s then-Department of Foreign Affairs and International...
The news last week that Poland and the three Baltic nations are withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning member nations from using anti-personnel landmines...
There has been much mockery for Russia's decision to send seemingly antiquated tanks from the Cold War to the front lines, but Ukraine could...
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is in full swing, and there is heavy fighting all across the contact line. Almost two months into the operation, the...