Category: News + Intel

A simulation by a Japanese think tank concluded that the US-Japan alliance could pay a high price to prevent China from taking over Taiwan.

Two fifth-generation American F-35s participated in last week’s biennial Aero India 2023, sparking a potential arms deal between India and US

Last week, US Air Force, in collaboration with DARPA and Lockheed Martin, announced the second experimental test flight of HAWC a success.

A month old story about Lockheed Martine building new missile launchers may tell us something about US strategy in the war in Ukraine

Russia is blamed for missiles that have landed inside Poland killing two people, but they may not have been Russian given the evidence so far.

South Korea will sell 100,000 155mm howitzer rounds to the US, destination Ukraine. The world wide production of these rounds will swamp Russia.

The Russians continue to need the services of other nations to keep their war machine running. Reports indicate they are still in Kherson Oblast but not taking ground.

At last Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing Travis Tritten of military.com asked Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder about US troops in Ukraine, “The military has personnel inside of Ukraine, who are doing weapons inspections now. I’m wondering what the rules of engagement for those personnel are if they are fired on by the Russians or […]

Russia is abandoning Kherson and repositioning on the East bank of the Dnipro river hoping to entice Ukraine to attack by trying to force a crossing. Ukraine is probably too smart to take this bait.

Despite the very limited damage, these Iranian-built drones are capable of inflicting, Ukraine will have a very hard time effectively countering them in the near future for various reasons, not the least of which is the cost of Counter UAS systems.

The African Union pledged in 2016 to “silence the guns” by the end of 2020, an ambitious agenda of ending armed conflicts on the continent. Just two months before that deadline, the deadliest war in years erupted in Ethiopia. On 3 November 2020, the armies of the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the State of Eritrea attacked the […]

“I love my mom a lot,” said the Soldier. “It’s one of those protective-son type things. I’m willing to give my life for my mom; that’s just me. I know a lot of people will say the same thing, but she is my world. She is my life. She’s … gone to hell and back for me.”