Andrew Latham is a Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and a professor of international relations and political theory at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. You can follow him on X: @aalatham. Dr. Latham is a daily columnist for 19FortyFive.com
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy Can’t Miss the AIP Submarine Advantage -Air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines are reshaping undersea warfare. Sweden, Japan, and...
Key Points and Summary – USS Gerald R. Ford’s Caribbean patrol is more than counternarcotics theater; it signals a hemispheric-first grand strategy. -Trump’s team...
Key Points and Summary – America’s proposed SR-72 revives the Blackbird idea: survive not by hiding, but by outrunning. -A Mach-6 ISR/strike jet could...
Key Points and Summary – China’s A2/AD strategy has a “quiet” new component: a “consequential” fleet of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) designed to swarm...
Key Points and Summary – China has built a layered “aircraft carrier killing” network—DF-21D/DF-26B anti-ship ballistic missiles, YJ-12/YJ-18 cruise missiles, expanding submarine forces, and...