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“The Dodge Durango of submarines.” That’s how a former U.S. Navy admiral described the Virginia-class attack submarine. The framing is correct by every credible...
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
Operation Epic Fury has effectively saved the A-10 Warthog, an aircraft we have seen up close – our original videos and photos included below....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During NATO Exercise JTFEX/TMDI 99 in 1999, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus (S802) penetrated the layered defensive escort screen around the U.S. Navy’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Australia’s HMAS Waller, a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, ‘notionally’ sank a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in a wargame simulation and several escorts at the...
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
Airbus Defense and Space chief Mike Schoellhorn told an Airbus event that he would support a two-aircraft solution for the European Future Combat Air...
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...
North Korea Talk
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on May 21 that Chinese President Xi Jinping may travel to Pyongyang as early as next week, according...
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...
Dollars and Sense
One of the critical elements of modern warfare, reinforced by the war in Ukraine, is the importance of air superiority and the need to...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. could intercept incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) using advanced and developing missile defense technologies. -Ground-based interceptors in Alaska...