first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

A Missile Past Its Prime: Why the Minuteman III’s Endless Life Extension Forces a Rethink of America’s Nuclear Triad

When the first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) went on alert in 1970, the Beatles had just broken up, and Richard Nixon was still in his first term as president. More than half a century later, the same missile...
Afghanistan’s Bagram air base

Bagram Air Base: New Flashpoint in U.S.–China Rivalry and South Asian Geopolitics

In recent months, the discussion around Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan has surged beyond military logistics into the heart of international strategic debate. The former American hub for operations in Central and South Asia is now in the spotlight again...
China - US

China’s Landward Advance: Can Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Contain Beijing’s Expanding Influence in South Asia?

The great power contest between Washington and Beijing is playing out not just in trade tariffs and technological rivalry — it is increasingly manifesting in steel and concrete, in pipelines and ports, in the tension between sea lanes and land...
U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Division conduct a simulated missile fire mission using the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) ROGUE Fires launcher during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Field Training Exercise at the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on July 28, 2025. (Photo: U.S. DoD)

U.S. Tests NMESIS Anti-Ship Missiles in Japan Amid Indo-Pacific Military Build-Up to Counter China’s Expanding Naval Presence

The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
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Russia and China Conduct First-Ever Joint Submarine Patrol in Sea of Japan, Alarming U.S., Japan, and South Korea

 Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted a coordinated joint patrol in the Sea of Japan, shifting their naval cooperation from the visible surface to the opaque depths of undersea warfare. This unprecedented maneuver followed Maritime Interaction/Joint Sea 2025, a bilateral...
Australia Post

Australia Suspends Postal Deliveries to United States Amid Trade Turmoil

Australia has joined a growing list of nations halting most postal deliveries to the United States, citing mounting uncertainty sparked by President Donald Trump’s looming tariff regime and the U.S. administration’s decision to abolish long-standing exemptions on low-value imports. The...
U.S. Naval

U.S. Naval Strike Group Off Venezuela: U.S. Deploys Destroyers, Nuclear Submarine, and 4,500 Troops Off Venezuela’s Coast, Sparking Debate Over Counter-Narcotics Mission or Regime Change Agenda

The United States has dispatched one of the most powerful naval formations to operate in the Western Hemisphere in decades, sending a combined strike and amphibious force directly off the Venezuelan coast. The deployment, officially labeled a counter-narcotics mission, has...
U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft

P-8A Poseidon: U.S. Navy Deploys Advanced P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Enhance Maritime Surveillance Amid Rising Chinese Naval Activity in Indo-Pacific

In the Indo-Pacific and the world’s great powers compete for strategic influence, one aircraft has come to symbolize the frontline of U.S. surveillance, maritime deterrence, and undersea warfare: the Boeing P-8A Poseidon. Derived from the Boeing 737-800ERX commercial airframe but...
U.S. Deploys Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missiles to Australia

U.S. Deploys Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missiles to Australia in Strategic Move to Deter Chinese Expansion in Indo-Pacific

In a momentous milestone for U.S. military modernization and strategic deterrence, the United States Army has executed the first overseas deployment of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system—known as the "Dark Eagle"—to Australia. As announced by U.S. Army Pacific on...
Russia Oreshnik Ballistic Missiles

Russia Delivers First Oreshnik Ballistic Missiles, Signaling Bid to Undermine U.S. Long-Range Superiority in European Theater

The Russian Federation has officially confirmed the serial production and partial deployment of the Oreshnik missile system—also known by its Western designation SS-X-34. The intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), suspected to be a derivative of the previously shelved RS-26 Rubezh, has...
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