April 10, 2025: Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, there have been increasing Russian efforts to steal military technology and other valuable information from NATO countries. Norway was ...

Designing warships that will be used in the 2030s and 2040s is speculative but necessary to ensure that necessary preparations are made to incorporate new technologies when they do show up.

April 9, 2025: In January Tripoli prison warden Osama Al-Masri Njeem was arrested and jailed while visiting Italy to watch Juventus play football. Two days later Al-Masri was released and flown back ...

Believing America is still economically innovative and its domestic market the world's biggest, the Trump administration has declared war on Big Debt (U.S. national debt). It is simultaneously pushing ...

Since World War II the main American airbase in the Pacific was on the island of Guam. This has turned Guam into a vulnerable target for long range Chinese ballistic missiles. Guam is still important, ...

The Ephemeral Habsburg Empire in Mexico. In 1869, artist Édouard Manet finished his painting of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, depicting the death, by firing squad, of Maxi ...

Iran supplied arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian rebels in the West Bank region adjacent to Israel. A paramount Iranian goal since the 1980s has been the destruction of Israel. Esbati was in ...

April 6, 2025: An Indian firm, Bharat Electronics Limited or BEL, has developed and produced a Battlefield Surveillance System or BSS called SANJAY, The Indian BSS is being installed in all Indian ...

The United States has had military bases overseas since World War II ended in 1945. These included over 300 installations dispersed throughout 49 countries in Europe and Japan. There were 225 in ...

Global defense spending reached $2.46 trillion in 2024. NATO members account for nearly half of global defense spending. Major Nation Defense Spending NATO spending is likely to continue increasing ...