Fishing and Security: Chinese ships violate international laws with military support

According to an article published by the U.S. Southern Command, Chinese fishing vessels have aggressively violated maritime boundaries and conducted illegal fishing operations as far away as South America in older to sustain China’s massive demand for seafood. This entanglement isn’t purely economic, and comes with reverberating effects within both security and environmental circles the […]

Breaking: Pirates capture 6 Russian citizens off the African coast

State owned Russian media outlets report that six Russian citizens were captured from the MSC Mandy container ship off the coast of Cotonou, Benin. According to the Kremlin, the six Russians, which included the vessel’s captain, were taken hostage and removed from the ship before it was secured and sailed to a port near Nigeria. […]

Russia claims their new military aircraft will be able to ‘disable enemy satellites’

Kremlin-owned media outlet Sputnik News recently released details of a new electronic warfare aircraft being developed for the Russian military that they claim will not only be able to jam communications but also “disable enemy satellites.” Of course, the unnamed source from “within the Russian defense ministry” opted not to divulge any details of just […]

Opinion: Why are military recruitment numbers down? Broken promises

A recent influx of headlines about the U.S. Army failing to hit its recruiting goals last year and the U.S. Air Force facing a longstanding pilot shortage prompted a resurgence in concerns about how to effectively draw young Americans to the clarion call of service. You’ll find proposed solutions (“give them more money!”) to assigned […]