Additional line of Trump administration attack: Iran is an economic and political mess. Since late December, nationwide protests have vexed the ayatollahs. These protests are Iran's largest since 1979 ...

January 15, 2026: Late last year the U.S. Navy selected the Dutch firm Damen’s LST/Landing Ship, Tank 100 design for the new U.S. McClung-class landing ship medium. The American 4,000 ton LST 100 is a ...

January 4, 2026: In Europe, there is a tradition of using civilians for many military administrative jobs. German civil servants called Beamte are generally subject to the same laws and regulations as ...

A U.S. Sailor observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft engine test on the fantail of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in ...

Ukraine was also welcoming when it came to weapons or other military related items developed by individuals or groups of civilians. This was quite different from the situation in Russia, where the ...

The rest of the North Korean navy consists of ten elderly frigates and corvettes. Another one of these was converted into a mine sweeper. The remainder of the fleet consists of about a hundred patrol ...

December 31, 2025: Nearly four years of war in Ukraine have devastated the Russian civilian economy. This year, 75 percent of Russia’s regions report serious budget deficits and more enterprises are ...

The Ukrainian experience using naval drones to defeat the Russian Black Sea Fleet was unique. Ukraine had only surface-to-ship missiles when the war started, but eventually shifted to three new naval ...

January 15, 2026: The Somali military recently over a number of M48 and M60 tanks. The military took possession of the tanks at dockside. Turkey also has some of its Mi16 aircraft stationed in Somalia ...

China responded with, among other things, cutting off the supplies of some rare earths, particularly samarium, which is used for essential components of many American weapons and aircraft. Currently ...