A test of wills: ISR missions must be protected now
The Pentagon has rightfully issued a condemnation of aggressive intercepts of U.S. military conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions....
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Air Force moving Reaper squadron in Japan south to Okinawa
Editor’s Note: This piece by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan –...
US Army receives high tech new laser weapon
This U.S. Army debuted some new tech this autumn, as the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (4-60th Battalion)...
Questions linger over F-35 crash in South Carolina
On the day after Constitution Day, the day of the signing of the American Constitution in 1787, a U.S. Marine...
The old ‘bomb truck’ that any army must fear
The A-10 Warthog first flew more than half a century ago, but the platform continues to play an important role in the...
The US Navy has one ‘weapon’ no country can match
Meet the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier: The U.S. Navy’s largest and most expensive aircraft carrier arrived in Oslo, Norway last...
From victory to defeat: History’s lessons for the US military
History has many lessons for militaries. How militaries rise and fall in combat effectiveness and so determine the fate of...
The B-52 bomber could fly for 100 years
The B-52 Stratofortress is old, but it remains the mainstay of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet. In fact, the...
Will the US enter another war, this one in Armenia?
Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia’s Prime Minister, has decided to align Armenia with the United States, maybe also with NATO. Accordingly, he has...
Are the US Navy’s littoral combat ships useless?
The U.S. Navy commissioned its latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) over the weekend, despite the vessel’s expected short tenure...
US Navy gives up the ghost on its failed ‘urban street fighter’
How do you build a ship without a mission? The littoral combat ship (LCS) is how. It could not carry...
Why China is scared of the F-35 stealth fighter
China should fear the F-35: For many years, the American-made F-22 Raptor was internationally recognized as the world’s most powerful fighter....
America’s M1 Abrams tank is getting a massive upgrade
Earlier this week, the U.S. Army announced it was no longer pursuing the System Enhancement Package v4 (SEPv4) for the...
US, allies to rehearse airborne raid and train with tanks in Indonesia
Editor’s Note: This article by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. American, Indonesian and British paratroopers...
Russia and China’s courtship of North Korea is disastrous for the US
Recent visits by North Korean officials to Russia, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Pyongyang, and the anticipated visit...
The Army is getting a new Javelin ‘tank-killer’ missile
The FGM-148 Javelin has become a popular weapon due to its stellar performance in the Russia-Ukraine war. While this anti-tank weapon...