Should We Be Afraid of North Korea’s Massive New ICBM?
The missile is the largest nuclear weapon in North Korea’s arsenal and could have the capability of reaching a U.S. target.
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North Korea: President Trump standby for message
According to reports, both the U.S. military and the nation’s intelligence apparatus are preparing for North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to launch some sort of a weapons test — likely a nuclear capable ICBM — later this week. The assumption is based on repeated threats from North Korea that the nation would be sending the United […]
The technology to end the world: Why there’s a hypersonic arms race going on right now
The national security media sphere is just as prone to buzz words as any other realm of journalism, and one that has popped up with increasing frequency in the past few years is “hypersonic.” The term usually precedes a noun like “missile” or “drone” and evokes an almost childish sense of speed — hearkening back […]
What F-35? Turkey scoffs US and goes for Russian Su-57
Only weeks after Russia announced that it would be giving its dying fifth generation fighter a new lease on life (in the form of plans to actually produce 76 of the aircraft), Russian President Vladimir Putin has been spotted peddling the fighter to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This sales pitch has been seen by […]
Despite talk of a Space Force, new report claims US remains woefully behind the competition in orbit
A new report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies alleges that, despite maintaining the largest military on the planet, the United States is facing an uphill battle when it comes to defenses beyond it. While America may currently possess the broadest and most capable satellite infrastructure, to include control over the global […]
China’s new long-range cruise missiles are built to be fired from containers on merchant ships
In January, the U.S. Naval Institute published a proposal written by a team of defense experts that called on the United States to devise a method of arming merchant container ships with missile defense platforms and even offensive weapons. The concept was meant to relieve basic missile defense operations from the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of […]
NASA: ISS astronauts’ lives ‘at risk’ due to Indian anti-satellite missile test
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced last Wednesday his nation had achieved a “historic feat” by successfully conducting an anti-satellite missile test with a ground-based missile platform, making India the fourth nation on the planet to boast such a capability. The test, however, produced at least 400 pieces of orbital debris large enough to pose […]
Russia’s nuclear-powered cruise missile has the same crucial weakness as its stealth fighter
For a time, it seemed Russia was steaming toward fielding real fifth-generation stealth fighters, a development with serious security implications, based on the nation’s aggressive posture toward NATO and America’s reliance on air power in its style of warfare. As time wore on, however, cracks in Russia’s advanced fighter program began to show, culminating in […]
Russia’s nuclear-powered cruise missile has the same crucial weakness as its stealth fighter
For a time, it seemed Russia was steaming toward fielding real fifth-generation stealth fighters, a development with serious security implications, based on the nation’s aggressive posture toward NATO and America’s reliance on air power in its style of warfare. As time wore on, however, cracks in Russia’s advanced fighter program began to show, culminating in […]
War simulations show Russia could take out F-35s in Europe without them leaving the ground
In Europe, United States forces bolster a number of Brigade Combat Teams with the sole purpose of defending against the possibility of a Russian invasion. An important element of that defensive posture is the ability to deliver a great deal of air power throughout the region when needed, and as time goes on, the United […]
Watch: Video of US and Japanese forces unloading on the ex-USS Racine shows sinking warships is harder than you think
Defense media has been rife with talk about anti-ship missiles in recent months, thanks in no small part to the lead China and Russia have on the United States when it comes to fielding hypersonic platforms. With the U.S. military turning its attention toward a return to near-peer level conflicts and tensions continuing to escalate […]
Watch: Raytheon shows how drone swarms and lasers will soon make warfare a sci-fi horror show
To say drones represent the future of warfare would be disingenuous because human beings will likely always have a role in combat operations and because drones are already an ever-present part of modern combat operations. In many ways, you could say drones represent today’s cutting-edge warfare, but the future truly belongs to lasers. While once […]
