Brandon J. Weichert is the Senior National Security Editor. He was previously the senior national security editor at The National Interest. Weichert is the host of The National Security Hour on iHeartRadio, where he discusses national security policy every Wednesday at 8 pm Eastern. He hosts a companion show on Rumble entitled "National Security Talk." Weichert consults regularly with various government institutions and private organizations on geopolitical issues. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, among them Popular Mechanics, National Review, MSN, and The American Spectator. And his books include Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower, Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, and The Shadow War: Iran's Quest for Supremacy. Weichert's newest book, A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine, is available for purchase wherever books are sold. He can be followed on Twitter/X at @WeTheBrandon.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Brandon J. Weichert argues the war's planners grotesquely underestimated Iran's underground missile cities — granite-buried complexes built after watching Saddam fall, where launchers, drones,...
Eighteen refineries hit in July, thirty attacks on oil infrastructure since, tankers and pipelines and ports among them. Yet Russian troops are closing on...
Brandon J. Weichert reports that ship-tracking firm Kpler counted only eight vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, against roughly a hundred and...
Brandon J. Weichert argues the Iran-Oman arrangement now in its final stages is nothing like the deal Trump describes. Citing Al Jazeera, Reuters, and...
While many are breathing a sigh of relief over President Donald J. Trump’s apparent de-escalation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, there remain some...