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Israel has struck Iran with devastating blows since last Thursday evening. Although delayed, the Iranians have responded in kind. Yet Iran’s...
In early June, President Donald Trump doubled steel and aluminum tariffs from 25 percent to 50 percent. The Trump administration argued the tariffs...
With the advent of open warfare between Israel and Iran, seismic changes are underway in the Middle East. The entire world seems to be drawn into...
June 2025 marks significant milestones for the United States military. Last Saturday marked the 250th anniversary of the US Army, which was...
The late President Abraham Lincoln famously noted that you can always fool some people. Thanks to social media, it is increasingly easy. No day...
Israel’s strike on Iran was far more than just about destroying the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. It crippled Iran’s air defenses, hit the...
At this week’s Paris Air Show, the largest and most prestigious aerospace event in the world, Lockheed Martin indicated it will soon unveil F-35...
President Donald Trump abruptly left the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada on Monday, just hours after the United States Air Force deployed...
China’s Jiu Tian drone mothership is preparing for its maiden mission at the end of the month. The mission will mark the beginning of a series of...
Following Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion”—a series of coordinated strikes targeting Iranian military installations, nuclear facilities, and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been a strong proponent of the BRICS, the non-Western grouping that until 2023 consisted of Brazil, Russia,...
The essence of President Donald Trump’s America First approach on the world stage is national sovereignty and self-determination. It is a firm...
The unprecedented exchange of violence between Israel and Iran is only heating up. Following the Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) initial strikes...
Israel’s direct attacks on Iran shows again that it is willing to conduct multiple wars at once on its perceived adversaries. Recently, it has also...
In the age of “wars and rumors of wars,” the newest worry is that the Iranians—or one of their allied militia groups sown throughout the Middle...
When analyzing the targets that have been hit the most in the ongoing Israeli air war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is obvious that the...
Israel’s surprise attack on Iran did significant damage, killing military leaders, destroying infrastructure, and killing hundreds of civilians....
The rush to do trade deals with the United States following Liberation Day demonstrates once again that President Donald Trump is the ultimate...
The United States Air Force’s fleet of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to be upgraded and enhanced to keep the aircraft flying well into the...
Now that the Israel-Iran War is underway, the first battle damage assessments of Israel’s airstrikes against key Iranian nuclear weapons facilities...
The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, originally intended to replace the aging E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet, has been cancelled. The cancellation marks a significant...
Over the past week, several significant developments have occurred in the Russia-Ukraine War. One key development is that Ukrainian troops are...
In recent airstrikes against Iran, Israel deployed a combination of advanced aircraft, all American-made. The three aircraft involved in the strike...
Leaders love military glory. The Romans had their famous triumphs and would add the sites of famous victories to the names of their renowned...
November 23, 2027 – Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), near the Spratly Islands The tension was palpable. The stakes were global. In the...
This month, engineers at Babcock International in the UK began recycling HMS Swiftsure , the lead vessel of a class of nuclear-powered fleet...
History has an uncanny way of repeating itself, especially in Russia, where past events often inspire protests and uprisings. There are now warning...
As exchanges of violence between Israel and Iran continue to heat up, a more detailed understanding of Tehran’s missile arsenal has become...
Former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short tenure was disastrous for inter-Korean relations. Other than offering up a vague proposal in August 2024 to...
From the outside, many of the US military’s fighter jets can be difficult to discern from one another—especially when the jet’s alphabetical and...
For those working to restore America’s maritime industry, these are good days indeed. Once President Trump made the issue a rallying cry in his...
President Trump’s nuclear energy executive orders aim to revive US nuclear leadership, but a lack of financing and overreliance on regulatory...
The next war has already begun. We are just not fighting back yet. While national security debates focus on Russian aggression in Ukraine or a...
Kyiv scored another aerial victory, as one of its US-made F-16 Fighting Falcons was credited with shooting down a Russian Sukhoi Su-35S air...
As America’s defense industrial base—notably its naval shipyards—remains in the throes of crisis, Russia’s naval shipyards continue meeting the...
President Donald Trump recently announced a preliminary trade deal with the People’s Republic of China. According to a post by the president on his...
Admiral Hyman Rickover is without doubt one of the greatest men who ever led the United States Navy. During the Cold War era, he singlehandedly...
The delivery of US-made F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft to the Ukrainian military was arguably the most highly publicized import of the...
Overnight, on June 11, the Russian military launched a concentrated drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. The attack lasted for...
Nuclear innovation is projected to reach new heights between 2030 and 2035, but the effective implementation of President Trump’s executive orders...
In the days before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, the State Department was preparing for a possible evacuation of personnel from Iraq. In the...
The US Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is steadily making progress. As the service’s sixth-generation platforms become...
India may be next in line to procure one of the few fifth-generation fighter platforms in service today. While New Delhi is reportedly not seeking...
The F-35 Lightning II is widely considered to be the top fighter jet in service today. From the platform’s advanced specs, stealth, capabilities,...
Russia is proving that they are a real power with a serious defense industrial base that, contrary to the expectations of Western military...
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the Soviet Union was obsessed with America’s aircraft carriers. If the Cold War ever became hot, Moscow’s...
The message that Donald Trump delivered in the Middle East last month seemed unmistakable. The days of Western leaders “giving you lectures on how...
Russia’s defense arsenal has taken several hits over the last three-plus years of its Ukraine invasion. From aircraft and main battle tanks to...