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Washington Sells Scrap Metal at a Premium Price Tag

January 23, 2020 Military

Back in 2003, an alternative media site based in Belgium – Indy Media, published a rather clever article titled “Why America Needs War” drafted by a renowned political scientist, Jacques R. Pauwe…

Iran’s Qods Force and Modern Proxy Wars

January 18, 2020 Military

On January 3, Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Qods Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization…

Can China Confront and Defeat the U.S. Navy?

January 14, 2020 Military

A number of reports have appeared in both U.S. and foreign media in recent weeks pointing to the apparent eclipse of U.S. naval supremacy by an ascendant China. While these reports are largely overblo…

Is Russia Overtaking the US in the Realm of Strategic Bombers?

January 2, 2020 Military

The Russian Armed Forces put into action an ambitious program to modernize and expand the strategic bomber fleet. In March 2018, Russia announced that it would completely overhaul its entire Tu-160 lo…

Is There a Future for Russian Aircraft Carriers?

December 31, 2019 Military

Those following the news from Russia have probably heard that Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov (official name: Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov), was put into dr…

US Approves New Military Training Deal with Pakistan as It Seeks to Bolster Its Weakening Foothold

December 28, 2019 Military

Barely a year after the Trump administration suspended military training for Pakistan, the US government has approved resumption of Pakistan’s participation in its International Military Education and…

Sun Never Sets on Canadian Military

December 10, 2019 Military

Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that the sun never sets on the military their taxes pay for. This country is not formally at war yet more than 2,100 Canadian troops are sprinkled across the…

Will Drones Push the Middle East Past the Point of No Return?

December 8, 2019 Military

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) or drones, both armed and unarmed, have altered how states and insurgents conduct warfare in the Middle East. The widespread proliferation of these weapons, combined wit…