The ‘secret’ accident the Navy tried to keep quiet
In 2003, a $3 billion nuclear-powered submarine ran smack into an undersea mountain. No one was injured when the USS...
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Chinese cyber threats underscore need for state & local action
New Chinese Cyber Threat The discovery of Chinese malware deeply embedded in computer networks connected to U.S. military bases, which...
Factcheck: Washington Post false claims about size of US aid to Ukraine
The Washington Post’s article "A look at the amount of U.S. spending powering Ukraine’s defense" published August 4, 2023, used...
Japan flexes military muscles in Australia
Editor's Note: This piece also appeared in Asia Times The Talisman Saber 2023 exercise has finished in Australia. The exercise included 13...
China is building a massive fleet of J-20 stealth fighters
China’s Chengdu Aircraft Corporation has now produced between 200 and 250 J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters. Given that most of...
What deal are the Americans and Saudis negotiating?
Under the headline, “U.S.-Saudi Deal Sets Path to Normalize Kingdom’s Ties with Israel,” on Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published a detailed...
An industrial tripwire approach for saving Taiwan
The US has strategic interests in Taiwan, in part because of its geopolitical location in the center of the First...
Ground softening for big Russian offensive
It is still too early to say whether the direction of the Ukraine war has changed, but there is increasing...
North Korea to ‘drastically boost’ missile production
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a drastic boost in missile production, according to state-run media. Kim...
PRC’s aggression in South China Sea needs to be defeated
A hard lesson from the 1930s and from the Cold War is that aggression must be checked when it occurs....
What could cyber attacks like China’s Volt Typhoon do with emplaced malware?
Editor's Note: This article also appeared in Col. John Mills' Substack. When public reports began in May about Chinese malware...
North Korea is preparing for ‘offensive’ war
What is North Korea thinking? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the military to ramp up war preparations in an “offensive...
Will the US support armed intervention in Niger?
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland came to Niger and demanded to see the former president, currently under...
Israel has submarines armed with nuclear weapons
Iran and Israel’s ongoing “shadow war” might become something more kinetic in the near future. Israeli officials have made it...
Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine peace talks agree on nothing
The Saudi Arabia-sponsored “peace talks” failed to accomplish anything. Ukraine was hoping to bring on board more “neutral” countries supporting...
Russian and Chinese warships sailed near America’s ‘military backyard’
For decades, Russia and China have shared a fervent distrust of the West and contempt for what they perceive as...