Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukrainian one-way attack drones have become Kyiv’s primary equalizer against Russia, accounting for roughly 80% of Russian battlefield casualties and striking oil and gas...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran never aimed to close the Strait of Hormuz, Dr. Andrew Latham argues. Tehran built something far more useful — permanent uncertainty. Mines, shore-based...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
When Shenyang rolled the FC-31 Gyrfalcon out of its hangar in 2012, nobody took it seriously. The aircraft had no customer, used Russian engines,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
After his Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump called Taiwan a ‘place’ rather than a country, cautioned Taipei against using...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Australia transferred 49 retired M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine as part of a roughly $160 million military aid package, with Washington’s approval....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Israel operates a fleet of German-built Dolphin II submarines designed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems as the cornerstone of the country’s sea-based nuclear deterrent. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s J-15 Flying Shark, the backbone of the PLAN’s carrier air wing, traces its origin to a single T-10K-3 Su-33 prototype that Beijing bought...
Ukraine War
Russia is heading toward a crippling shortage of working-age men to fill both military ranks and defense factory lines, according to Alexander Kolyandr of...
Ukraine War
Pavel Gubarev, the former neo-Nazi paramilitary who declared himself People’s Governor of the Donbas in March 2014 and helped ignite Russia’s war against Ukraine,...
Ukraine War
Russia has lost an estimated 1 million soldiers in Ukraine, either dead or wounded. Russia has also lost 116 square kilometers of net territory...
The Treaty
Two years ago, the idea that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC, could become the next President of the United States was a left-wing fantasy dismissed...
The Treaty
The two most powerful leaders in the world will meet later this week in Beijing, and it is unclear how much they can accomplish...
The Treaty
U.S. President Donald Trump heads to Beijing this week for a May 14-15 summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The IEA director recently called...
Dollars and Sense
More than 300 years after the 150-foot-long Spanish galleon San José came to a grisly end off the coast of Colombia, the world’s most...
Dollars and Sense
As President Donald Trump’s delegation prepared to leave Beijing after a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, White House staff collected the Chinese-issued...
Dollars and Sense
The International Energy Agency’s May report shows global oil inventories fell by 250 million barrels across March and April, with the Q2 drawdown running...
North Korea Talk
MANILA – Russia has paid North Korea up to $ 14.4 billion in military aid since 2023. The figure is roughly equivalent to North...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s reliance on North Korea is one of the clearest side-stories of the Ukraine war—and it will matter as...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – China’s new disarmament and arms-control white paper pointedly omits any commitment to North Korean denuclearization, confirming what Beijing’s behavior...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force announced in May that the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program completed its Critical Design Review, clearing Boeing to begin converting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation confirmed on May 19 that the new two-seat Su-57D Felon stealth fighter completed its first flight, with Sukhoi chief test...