July 3, 2025: Despite an annual defense budget approaching a trillion dollars, the United States military is more frequently unable to meet all its worldwide commitments. The U.S. Navy was only ...

July 4, 2025: Twenty-one years ago, China commissioned the first of 82 Type 22 Fast Attack Missile Boats (FAMBs). These catamaran-type craft displace 200 tons empty and 220 tons fully loaded, carrying ...

July 2, 2025: Russia has accelerating problems with labor shortages and millions of Russians working in the untaxed and unregulated informal economy. There are multiple reasons for these problems.

June 29, 2025: Russia continues having problems with ammunition explosions. The latest one, in April, occurred 80 kilometers east of Moscow at the Grau ammunition depot. More than a square kilometer ...

June 30, 2025: Last month three Ukrainian men were arrested in Germany and Switzerland and accused of planning sabotage operations against German foreign movement operations. This was to be done by ...

July 1, 2025: On January 20 th , The Houthi militia in Yemen halted their attacks on American commercial ships headed for the Suez Canal. Those attacks resumed after the June 13 th -14 th Israeli ...

July 4, 2025: A year ago, South Korea commissioned the first of its new class of destroyers, Jeongjo the Great. This ship displaces 10,000 tons when fully loaded. The 165-meter-long vessel has a top ...

June 29, 2025: France has been one of the more generous European donors of military aid to Ukraine. This year France is sending Ukraine nearly all of French production of certain munitions. France is ...

June 22, 2025: The Central African Republic/CAR is suffering an unprecedented outbreak of fighting between nomadic herders and farmers who have long tilled the land and produced the food that feeds ...

June 14, 2025: Currently, dozens of mercenaries, also known as Private Military Contractors or PMCs, are operating around the world, most of them in Africa. These include Angola, Sierra Leone, Congo, ...

June 17, 2025: This year Russia celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, known elsewhere as World War II. The May 9th Victory Day events are held in Moscow and cities ...

June 19, 2025: NATO supplied Ukraine with lots of weapons but declined to provide rockets or missiles that could reach military targets deep inside Russia. The longest range weapon the Americans have ...