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Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear
Russia's armed forces are no pushover. Robert FarleyEditor’s Note: Please see previous works by Robert Farley including Will the F-35 Dominate the Skies?, Five Best Bombers of All Time, Top Five...
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Chinese Official: J-31 Stealth Fighter Could ‘Definitely Take Down’ F-35
When the J-31 "takes to the sky, it could definitely take down the F-35. It's a certainty.”Zachary KeckThe president of a leading Chinese defense company boasted that China’s J-31 stealth fighter jet...
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Iranian Drones May Soon Fly Over Mexican Skies?
Mexico is reportedly interested in purchasing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles.Zachary KeckIranian drones may soon be flying over Mexican airspace.At least that’s according to Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the...
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India’s ‘Annihilator of Enemies’ Submarine Begins Sea Trials
After numerous delays, India's first indigenous nuclear submarine began sea trials today.Zachary KeckIndia’s first indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarine (SSBN) began its maiden sea trials...
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Back in Bahrain? Britain Never Left Persian Gulf
The base will lower the British Navy's transaction costs in the Persian Gulf but it will not radically alter its already sizable role in the region.Peter HarrisIt wasannounced earlier this month that...
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The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship: One Big Mistake?
Can it be fixed? James GoldrickIn one of his last major decisions in office, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has decided to continue production of the two Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designs. The US...
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The Philippines Wants Submarines to Deter China
The Philippines announced this week that it will purchase three submarines over the next decade.Zachary KeckThe Philippines is seeking to procure three submarines a senior Philippines naval official...
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China’s Strange Fascination with the Soviet Navy
“We Will Die, but … Sink the Enemy’s Entire Squadron: We Will Not Cause Our Navy to Lose Face”Lyle J. GoldsteinRussia is back in vogue among Chinese strategists, at least for now. Undoubtedly, this...
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No, North Korea Did NOT Threaten to Blow Up the White House
"The latest example of the Western media botching its coverage of North Korea came this weekend...."Zachary KeckWestern media outlets have been having a field day with North Korea’s response to “The...
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Iran Tests ‘Kamikaze’ Suicide Drone
Iran Army Chief: "This drone is like a mobile bomb, and is capable of destroying fixed and mobile targets.”Zachary KeckIran tested its new “suicide” drone for the first time late last week, according...
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Fireball: Watch a Speeding ISIS Vehicle Get Blown Up
Video of a fast-moving Islamic State vehicle getting hit by a Coalition airstrike.John Allen GayA video released by U.S. Central Command claims to show a vehicle used by the Islamic State group being...
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Is "Regular Warfare" Dead?
An important debate...Alan DupontHugh White's considered response to the questions I posed in our recent exchange in the Lowy Interpreter on the fundamentals of Australian defense strategy prods me to...
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The Long U.S.-Egypt Goodbye
"So why isn’t it back to business as usual? For anyone who needs reminding, it is April 2015 and not April 1975."Steven A. CookLast Tuesday afternoon the National Security Council announced that the...
View ArticleDonald Trump and the American Attitude Toward National Service
Paul R. PillarThe sheer outrageousness of some of Donald Trump's public utterances invites condemnation that is so justifiably quick and unqualified that it leads us to overlook respects in which what...
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Ignoring War Authorization Widens the Civil-Military Divide
Congress owes U.S. service members honest engagment on an AUMF.Amy SchaferFifteen years after the last Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) and one week before President Obama delivered...
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Revealed: Inside the U.S. Navy’s Mighty Ford-class Carriers
The Ford-class carriers are designed with a host of emerging technologies to address anticipated future threats and bring the power-projecting platform into the next century.Kris OsbornThe Navy may...
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Revealed: Flying America’s Mighty B-2 Stealth Bomber
“It is really an awesome bombing platform and it is just a marvel of technology.”Kris OsbornAir Force pilots of the 1980s-era stealthy B-2 Spirit bomber plan to upgrade and fly the aircraft on attack...
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Banning Russian Rockets Endangers U.S. Access to Space
If Congress were to enact a ban on Russian engines, it would endanger U.S. military access to space.Constance BaroudosLoren B. ThompsonThis week, the Senate Armed Services Committee will review the...
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Russia’s Perilous Glorification of Militarism
A great deal of false pretense underscores this glorification of militarism. Pavel K. BaevTanks rumbled through Moscow over the past week before rolling across Red Square today (May 9) in the...
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Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear
Russia's armed forces are no pushover. Robert FarleyEditor’s Note: Please see previous works by Robert Farley including Will the F-35 Dominate the Skies?, Five Best Bombers of All Time, Top Five...
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