President Joe Biden kept an effective lid on US military spending in his first budget draft Friday, proposing to spend $715 billion,...
Defense News
Russia – Ukraine tensions: US considering sending warships to Black Sea
(CNN) The United States is considering sending warships into the Black Sea in the next few weeks in a show...
China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and sea
Hong Kong (CNN) China’s armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in...
US Army is aiming to regain dominance in the Arctic
The US Army is the latest service to release an Arctic strategy. The Army’s goal is to train and equip...
How China Plans to Challenge the F-35B Stealth Fighter
Smaller more mobile aircraft carrier-type platforms could be a specific response to the increasing range of long-range anti-ship missiles intended...
Two rockets fired at Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers
Two rockets landed near an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers north of Baghdad on Sunday, three days before a new...
Military Tech
South Korea’s Moon hails prototype fighter jet as ‘new era’ of defence independence
South Korea unveiled a prototype of its first domestically developed fighter jet on Friday and President Moon Jae-in hailed the...
New 3D radar developed to support counter-UAS efforts
Numerica Corp., a Colorado-based company, recently debuted a new 3D-radar solution for counter-drone efforts and other short-range air defense missions....
Awesome MK22 sniper rifle entered service in the US military
U.S. troops will have a new sniper rifle, according to a press release issued by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc. In...
U.S. Air Force’s hypersonic ARRW missile fails first flight test
The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the highly anticipated test flight of its new hypersonic weapon failed, with the prototype missile...
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Okhotnik: Russia’s Multi-Role Drone to be Operational by 2024 [vid]
Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones, as the S-70 Okhotnik may be operational by 2024. If...
Report of Russian navigation gear on German submarines has lawmakers on alert
A report that Russian-developed navigation technology is installed on German Navy submarines has prompted lawmakers to investigate. *By Sebastian Sprenger...
Opinions
The Blue Arctic and the World-Island
On January 5, 2021, the Navy Department released “A Blue Arctic,” which it described as the Navy’s “strategic blueprint for...
China has a large and growing navy: What is the rest of the story?
There is a good deal of interest these days in the growth of the Chinese navy, known officially as the...
Impose costs on Russia in the information environment
John Arquilla presciently argued in 1993 that warfare is no longer about who has the more superior capital, labor, and...
Erdogan’s armed drone maker leads military push, unsettling allies
Last year, Selcuk Bayraktar helped swing conflicts in Libya and Azerbaijan, thousands of miles from his home in Turkey. Now...
Do Russia or China have “limited” or “unlimited” political goals?
Riddle me this: does a contender intent on overthrowing the international system harbor “limited” or “unlimited” political goals? By James Holmes*...
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Retired admirals’ letter signals a possible rift within Erdoğan’s government [vid]
The outcry following the publication of a letter penned by 103 retired Turkish admirals on Sunday showcases a possible rift...
NATO
Atlantic Forum Spring Conference: NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights young people’s stake in NATO’s future
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană stressed the important contributions young people make to NATO in an address to the...
NATO Military Committee Chairman visits Ukraine
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and senior military advisor to the Secretary General...
Ukrainian President Zelensky calls on NATO to step up its military intervention in the Black Sea as Russian press warns of war
On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg amidst growing tensions with Russia in East...
Politics
U.S. Navy sends diplomatic notice to Turkey for warships en route to Black Sea
The United States Navy will be sending two warships into the Black Sea to remain there until May 4, according...
Details of sweeping effort to counter China emerge in U.S. Senate
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced legislation on Thursday to boost the country’s ability to push back...
US says commitment to Taiwan ‘rock solid’ amid Chinese military moves
The U.S. State Department emphasized that Washington’s commitment to Taiwan is “rock solid” and that it retains the ability to...
Veterans
Resources for Veterans with Parkinson’s Disease
April is Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Awareness Month. Parkinson’s Disease is a service-connected diagnosis related to Agent Orange and Camp Lejeune....
Joseph Demler: The Human Skeleton of World War II
Joseph G. Demler graduated from high school in June 1944. Ten days later, he received a draft letter to serve...
Veterans unable to work due to service-connected disability can qualify for independent living assistance
Eligible Veterans can qualify for independent living services through the Independent Living track through VA’s Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)...
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