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Would Australia ever consider a purchase or even leasing older, U.S. navy nuclear-powered attack submarines? The idea seemed almost crazy nearly ten years ago...
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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
President Donald Trump has promised to release as many Pentagon UFO files as possible, raising the question of what the so-called disclosure moment would...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy plans to spend $17 billion on the first Trump-class BBG(X) nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship, with the first three hulls estimated at $43...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
How a NATO vs. Russia War Could Start: Poland and Russian-Ally Belarus Could Go to War ‘At Any Time’
A war between Poland and Russia’s long-time close ally Belarus could break out at any time, say Polish defense officials. The frontline NATO-member nation...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
After spending $13 billion on the USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy deployed the most advanced aircraft carrier ever built to the Middle...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was a unique class of supercarrier. Derived from the Kitty Hawk-class, she received several design modifications that made...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Australia has committed another A$11 billion to extend the operational life of its six Collins-class submarines into the 2030s, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense...
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...
Ukraine War
The Institute for the Study of War reports Russia has lost substantial territory in Ukraine for the first time since the summer of 2024....
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...