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Since its adoption in 2017, the MHS, made by Sig Sauer, has begun to replace the Army's Cold War-era M9 9mm pistol. Read More
(Washington, D.C.) The Pentagon is sending more than 50 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Europe over the next few years to deter Russia and help... Read More
The U.S. military, and its Air Force in particular, invests in and places considerable store by superior technology to prevail against peer... Read More
THE RUSSIAN Tupolev Tu-154 crossed into American airspace over Lake Ontario on October 21st. It headed southwest towards Cleveland, skirting... Read More
The JSTARS and its airmen has flown to support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to defeat the Islamic State, and other operations —... Read More
Nature abhors a vacuum, and so does geopolitics. So it was predictable that, following the snap decision by President Donald Trump to pull... Read More
Raytheon Co. announced the delivery, to the U.S. Air Force, of the first high-energy laser system to counter drone threats.The system will be... Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard is looking at longer deployments to the Western Pacific region following the successful execution of the Operation Aiga... Read More
"Everyone knows that the world-situation in which we live is not a final one."-- Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age (1951)At first glance,... Read More
Mine warfare and anti-submarine warfare share many features, from the fact that both are very difficult and time-consuming tasks (often akin... Read More
In the 1983 film WarGames, Professor Falken bursts into the war room at NORAD to warn, “What you see on these screens up here is a... Read More
Defense Secretary Mark Esper will recuse himself from the Pentagon's $10 billion "war cloud" contract competition due to his son's... Read More
There is a wealth of literature on the best methods to achieve buy-in among key stakeholders in post-civil conflict peace negotiations.... Read More
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Bottom Line: Denuclearization is an untenable...
Bottom Line: The biggest threats the United...
OCT 22, 2019 - The first hangar built specifically for the U.S. Air Force's new KC-46 Pegasus mid-flight refueling tanker is open and ready... Read More
Defense industry personnel and military operations continue to be a significant driver of San Diego's economy and, according to a new report,... Read More
I owe my new life to my Marine husband's hideous death. I pay the price every day.Cleve's prosthetic leg stood in the corner of my living... Read More
The National Medal of Honor Museum will be built in Arlington, Texas, the museum's foundation announced Tuesday.With nearly 70 recipients... Read More
The recently announced pullout risks repeating Obamaâs mistakes in the Middle East. Read More
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) on Oct. 1, the party-state has much to celebrate: an... Read More
Xi Jinping's rule will likely result in unprecedented disaster for China and the world given that his actions will adversely affect the... Read More
National security—it's an unusual phrase. Americans use it to frame war, terror, and everything else. Refugees fleeing violence and... Read More
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The Army intends to train at the division level in its next major exercises in Europe and the Indo-Pacific, testing the movement of a large... Read More
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine misfired one of its missiles at large-scale military exercises presided by President Vladimir Putin on... Read More
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The Air Force is moving forward with changes to the way officers compete for promotions, beginning with the next lieutenant colonels board in... Read More
(Reuters) - A carbine that can call in an airstrike. A computer-aided scope on a machine gun that can turn just about anyone into a marksman.... Read More
While the media remain preoccupied with the Syria crisis and the impeachment inquiry, equally if not more consequential events are happening... Read More
We are at war, under siege from a global alliance that runs from Pyongyang to Havana and Caracas. At the moment we are losing, having failed... Read More
In the shifting narrative of Vladimir Putin as the leader of Russia, over time he has downplayed Russia's modernization engaged with the West... Read More
The Army has invited four teams to compete to build prototypes for its future light Robotic Combat Vehicle, according to an announcement on... Read More
The light unmanned aircraft made hundreds of supply drops during recent Australian live-fire wargames.In August, over the dusty fields of... Read More
Over the past two years, a bipartisan consensus has emerged that the United States should leave Afghanistan. This summer, President Donald... Read More
AUSA: The Army has developed AI to spot hidden targets in reconnaissance photos and will field-test it in next year's massive Defender 20... Read More
A title, like a cover, is a book's first impression. It sets the tone, orienting the reader in a particular conceptual frame. It evokes... Read More
The United States is already reducing the size of its troop force in Afghanistan despite the lack of a peace deal with the Taliban, at a time... Read More
AbstractThe primary concern of United States national security policy, as detailed in the 2018 National Defense Strategy, has shifted from... Read More
Authors: Douglas J. Feith is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from July 2001 until August 2005. Admiral Chorev, who heads the Research Center for Maritime Strategy at the University of Haifa, served as Deputy Chief of the Israeli Navy and as head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission. This article is excerpted and adapted from a recent r Read More
Russian submarines of the Northern and Pacific Fleets test fired ballistic missiles from submerged positions during a recent military exercise.Russian boomers of the Northern and Pacific Fleets test fired submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) during the annual Russian nuclear forces readiness exercise, dubbed “Grom [Thunder] 2019,” according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).“T Read More
