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A report published last month in the Russian Defense Ministry’s official newsletter, Armeisky Sbornik (Army Collection), makes some unusual claims about the special capabilities the Kremlin’s elite soldiers take with them into the fight. While America may tout the extensive training and advanced technology employed by its own elite special operations units, Russia (which struggles […]
For most service members, earning a Bronze Star with a “V” device (signifying heroism or valor in combat) could be the highlight of a long career. A Silver Star, which is the third-highest medal for valor bestowed by the U.S. armed forces, would be an even greater and uncommon accomplishment. The U.S. Air Force now […]
Ever since humans first looked up at the stars with an awareness that those far off lights were physical bodies, bobbing like islands in the vast sea of space, we’ve wondered if we were not alone. Today, we have more tools at our disposal to enable us to explore the heavens than ever before, but […]
The Cold War was a crazy time in the United States. Kids were taught to duck and cover beneath desks in case of nuclear war, NASA was given a near-blank check to get to the moon, and America invested so heavily in defense that the piles of money alone could have served as cover in […]
In January, the U.S. Naval Institute published a proposal written by a team of defense experts that called on the United States to devise a method of arming merchant container ships with missile defense platforms and even offensive weapons. The concept was meant to relieve basic missile defense operations from the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last Wednesday his nation had achieved a “historic feat” by successfully conducting an anti-satellite missile test with a ground-based missile platform, making India the fourth nation on the planet to boast such a capability. The test, however, produced at least 400 pieces of orbital debris large enough to pose […]
Russia has a long and storied history of fielding capable fighter platforms that evoke anxiety in American pilots and interest from Chinese officials. A number of Chinese fighters in operations today are either production lines purchased directly from the Russian government or, as is the case with their carrier-based J-15s, were reverse engineered from Russian […]
Two Marine aviators were killed on Saturday when their AH-1Z Viper went down over Yuma, Arizona. They’re now identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand and Capt. Travis W. Brannon. The two Marine pilots we lost this weekend in an AH-1Z Viper accident have been identified as Maj. Matthew M. Wiegand, 34, of Ambler, Pennsylvania and […]
Although tensions between the United States and Russia have increased in recent years due in large part to Russian disinformation and espionage operations the world over, these two nations still maintain a number of security-centric treaties meant to diffuse the possibility of open war. Some of these treaties have been very publicly tossed aside in […]
During Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House, he often touted the idea of expanding America’s Navy to 355 ships, a significant increase over the 280 or so active vessels currently in service. Soon, however, the economics involved in such a large-scale expansion began to get in the way. While America was going to see […]
The unique challenges posed by urban warfare can be extremely difficult to train for in a realistic way. American military installations that lend themselves to dynamic training tend to be set in expansive stretches of open territory, allowing for all sorts of live fire and simulated training events without worrying about the effect these drills […]
The United States employs the largest and most powerful fleet of aircraft carriers in the world, composed largely of the 100,000-plus-ton Nimitz-class and soon adding advanced Ford-class vessels to the operational mix. These ships provide the nation with its most potent force projection capabilities, and along with their accompanying strike groups, each represent more firepower […]