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
For the first time outside Japanese territory, Japan fired a Type 88 anti-ship missile during the Balikatan exercise on the Philippine island of Luzon,...
The U.S. Navy is currently experiencing a submarine crisis. It needs more submarines than it has at its disposal. America’s naval shipyards are backlogged,...
The U.S. Navy’s obsession with $13 billion nuclear-powered supercarriers has become a slow-motion strategic disaster that the aircraft carrier lobby refuses to admit. Modern...
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The U.S. Navy is dangerously over-reliant on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers—massive engineering marvels that are too expensive to build, too costly to maintain, and too...
The U.S. Navy just integrated Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters into its naval defense operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Together with MH-60S Seahawk...