Tag: Alex Hollings

It’s clear that advanced and stealthy airframes like the fifth generation F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are the way of the future, but it will still be decades before the last of the fourth generation fighters makes their way into retirement. The Navy, aware that their carrier fleet will likely one day be […]

The United States has a long history of internal cultural struggles. As a melting pot nation that spans across thousands of miles and encompasses hundreds of millions of individuals, our permissive form of government allows our culture to create itself through the conjoining of seemingly disparate belief systems and ideologies. This process is invariably contentious, […]

Okay, so technically speaking it’s the C-130’s newest civilian counterpart, the LM-100J, but it comes equipped with the very same Rolls-Royce AE 2100 D3 turboprop engines and six-blade Dowty R391 propellers that come standard on its military sibling, but its availability on the civilian market doesn’t make seeing such a massive aircraft doing a loop […]

Although the United States and its allies devote a great deal of money and effort to countering and deterring Russia’s military presence around the globe, there’s a reasonable argument to be made that it’s Russia’s stagnant economy, not the threat of kinetic force, the keeps Russian aggression at bay. With a paltry $61 billion per […]

In this column, I’ve never been shy about pointing out the ways predatory marketing has convinced so many of us that we need to pay to lose weight. As a general rule, almost any product that promises to help you shed weight quickly is nothing more than the modern equivalent of snake oil. In truth, […]

Despite America’s focus on Russia’s ongoing efforts to exert influence over the American people, FBI Director Christopher Wray made a point not to lose sight of what many consider to be a far more significant threat to America’s long-term security: China. While Russia’s use of hybrid warfare and disinformation tactics against the American people can […]

Having a passion for books and an eight-month-old baby that’s feverishly growing a mouthful of teeth makes for some difficult evenings. You think she’s finally drifted off to sleep for the night and you make your way into your office with firm intent. I’m going to spend an hour reading before I get back to […]

Back in 1985, the fall of the Soviet Union was not yet assured, but the wheels of progress were already moving within the Soviet Bloc. Glasnost, the Soviet policy of openness and transparency that, in many ways, helped usher in the collapse of the Soviet Union in favor of modern-day Russia was still a year away, […]

When President Trump directed the formation of a new branch of the U.S. military be stood up with its sights set squarely on space, many Americans scoffed at the idea, discounting it as a flight of fancy from a controversial administration. Of course, among defense officials and lawmakers, Trump’s announcement was far from the first […]

When it comes to nuclear weapons, there’s no denying that the United States and Russia remain the only heavyweight contenders on the planet. Although nine total nations have harnessed the destructive power of the nuclear weapons, the stockpiles America and the Soviet Union produced during the Cold War have solidified both nation’s places at the […]

In November of 2014, the Swedish military carried out an intense sweep of their territorial waters. The investigation, which focused primarily on the waters off the coast of their capital city of Stockholm, confirmed their suspicions: a foreign submarine had trespassed in their waters. At the time, they said officially that they could not confirm […]

On Monday the U.K. revealed their concept for a next-generation fighter that seemed to borrow heavily from the U.S. led F-35 program with one notable difference: they claim this new jet will be functional both as a manned and unmanned aircraft. The new fighter, which U.K. Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson called the Tempest, will be a […]