There is a dispute inside the U.S. government over exactly how much China is spending on defense. Last year worldwide defense spending reached a new high of $2.46 trillion. As it has been since World ...

Two F/A-18F Super Hornets fly overhead during the VX-31 change of command ceremony at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on ...

May 11, 2025: A major economic weapon against Russia is economic sanctions. These were first implemented in 2014 after Russia seized Crimea and portions of two east Ukraine provinces. Russia has ...

May 14, 2025: When the Russians invaded Ukraine in 2022, they expected a quick victory. When that did not happen and the war dragged on into 2023 the troops discovered why quick victory was so ...

Since the Russian invasion in 2022 through the end of December 2024 there were 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed. In the first three months of 2025 at least 25 captured Ukrainian soldiers have ...

Ukrainian drone developers, operating under wartime pressure, have been very innovative. In the last year new drone designs entering service have been impressive. This increased innovation began with ...

Two years ago a Russian espionage effort in Britain ran afoul of local incompetence and mixed signals from the FSB. It all began after the Russian invasion of Ukraine when Russia ordered the revival ...

May 8, 2025: The Ukraine war disrupted Russian manufacturing activity as production shifted to military needs. The large number of Russian men mobilized for the war caused labor shortages. Then there ...

These drones are awesome and debilitating weapons when used in large numbers. A major limitation to the expansion of drone operations is the need for trained drone operators. Ukraine found that many ...

As happened in World War II, victory came to the side that could sever the enemy supply routes and leave them nothing to fight with other than angry press releases and threats of future annihilation.