Reko Diq copper-gold project

Balochistan’s Buried Billions: China-Pakistan Investments in Reko Diq Redefine Risk, Reshape Regional Trade Routes and Intensify Global Resource Competition

Renewed Chinese and Pakistani investment in the long-delayed Reko Diq copper-gold project is reshaping perceptions of Balochistan, suggesting that major investors are reassessing both the scale of the province’s buried mineral wealth and the strategic logic of remaining engaged despite...
SDV-01 swimmer delivery vehicle, China

China Unveils Secretive SDV-01 Underwater Commando Craft in Middle East, Signaling Strategic Push of Special Operations Doctrine Abroad

China’s understated unveiling of a new underwater commando craft in Saudi Arabia is drawing fresh attention to how Beijing is fusing special operations warfare with an increasingly assertive global arms-sales strategy. Earlier this month, the South China Morning Post reported...
Polish S-75 Dvina Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system

US Spy Who Survived and Agent Who Waited: How James Donovan’s Strategy Made Bridge of Spies Possible

About 64 years ago, at the height of Cold War hostility, the world watched as two superpowers staged a tense but carefully choreographed exchange on Berlin’s Glienicke Bridge. On February 10, 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union swapped...
EA-18G Growler

US Carrier Strike Groups With EA-18G Growlers Head Toward Iran’s Neighborhood, Threatening Tehran’s Military Capabilities Tensions Mount

The United States Navy is redirecting its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East as tensions with Iran sharply escalate, marking a dramatic operational pivot that will see...
US Navy P-8 Poseidon

US-Supplied P-8 Poseidon Has Emerged India’s Most Potent Strategic Asset in Potential Confrontation With China

Fighter jets usually hog the limelight. Public fascination with sleek combat aircraft ensures that every small or big deal involving them is closely tracked, debated on primetime television, and dissected by defense analysts for its strategic implications. However, equally significant...
Turkish Airlines, Airbus A330

Airbus A330 at Edge of Endurance: Why 14-Hour Flights Now Define Battle Between Premium Cabin Luxury and Pricing Strategy

When an airline schedules an Airbus A330 for a 14-hour transoceanic route, the business class ticket often becomes less a luxury and more a survival tool. Originally conceived as a medium- to long-haul widebody, the Airbus A330 has evolved into...
Northrop B-2 Spirit

How B-2 Spirit Redefined Strategic Bombing and Remains the Only True Air Defense Penetrator in World

The Northrop B-2 Spirit has long stood as a singular symbol of American airpower — an aircraft that embodies the promise of reaching almost anyone, anywhere, at any time. With its distinctive flying wing silhouette and radar-evading profile, the B-2...
Pair of seven-shot pods loaded with APKWS II rockets seen on a single pylon under the wing of a Marine Corps legacy Hornet

US Marine Corps to Arm Legacy F/A-18 Hornets with Air-to-Air APKWS II Rockets in Major Counter-Drone and Cruise Missile Upgrade

The U.S. Marine Corps is moving to significantly expand the air-to-air arsenal of its aging F/A-18C/D Hornet fleet by integrating air-to-air optimized versions of the 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II), a step that reflects the rapidly...
KC-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker

US Air Force Explores ‘Kinetic’ Shield to Protect Tankers From Advanced Anti-Air Missile Threats

The U.S. Air Force is intensifying efforts to protect its most vulnerable yet indispensable aircraft — aerial refueling tankers and heavy airlifters — by exploring a new class of “kinetic” self-defense systems designed to physically destroy incoming missiles rather than...
US Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Ford Carrier Strike Group Ordered to Middle East Amid Iran Tensions, Raising Concerns Over Crew Welfare and Ship Readiness

The U.S. Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is set to extend its deployment once again, this time heading to the Middle East, according to multiple sources close to the Pentagon and the White House. The decision follows...
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