- August 28th, 2025
The U.S. Air Force reached a decisive moment in its decades-long modernization push this month with the delivery of its 500th F-35A Lightning II, a stealth fighter that has become the backbone of America’s fifth-generation combat fleet. The milestone aircraft...
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...
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...
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...
Thirty years after the thundering tanks and artillery of Operation Storm swept through the hills and towns of southern Croatia, crushing the self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK) and bringing the Croatian War of Independence to its decisive end, the...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping trade agreement with South Korea, marking a major recalibration of Washington’s Asia-Pacific economic policy. The announcement came just ahead of Trump's self-imposed August 1 deadline to raise tariffs on several U.S. trading partners,...
The French Navy has taken a major step toward reshaping its maritime force posture. On June 17, 2025, a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the innovative French aerospace firm FLY-R was launched from the deck of the Floréal-class...
Germany, long a model of pacifist restraint and multilateral diplomacy, is undergoing the most profound transformation of its military doctrine since the end of the Cold War. In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the...
As Russia’s intensifying missile and drone barrages devastate Ukrainian cities, the spotlight is once again on Europe’s role in supplying critical military support to Kyiv. Germany has stepped into that spotlight with renewed urgency, as Berlin explores all possible channels...
The nuclear-powered attack submarine Tourville was formally inducted into active service by the French Navy on July 4, 2025. The ceremony marked the culmination of nearly 14 years of design, engineering, testing, and strategic planning, and reaffirmed France’s commitment to...
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