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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
Russia’s Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine carries 15 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles — each armed with up to 10 multiple independently...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Europe’s flagship fighter jet program might need a reset, or at least Airbus thinks so. The Future Combat Air System (FCAS), being spearheaded by...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The next iteration of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class fast attack submarine — Block VI — is designed to carry Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic weapons...
Ukraine War
A recently resurfaced Kremlin video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin coughing repeatedly and struggling through a recorded International Women’s Day speech in March 2026....
Ukraine War
Russia has lost between 1 million and 1.2 million soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine since February 2022, according to Western analysts. A January...
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...
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
There is no F-35 Lightning II kill switch — the Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin have both said so directly. But the rumor...
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...
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...
The Treaty
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...