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U.S. Warship Production in Crisis as China’s Navy Surges Ahead 

OPINION - The American military shipbuilding industry, which serves as the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s warship production, is grappling with a [...] More

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Futuristic Targeting is Already Here

OPINION – Winning wars with algorithms and AI are not a futuristic concept but a present capability already determining outcomes in various conflict [...] More
How Biden’s Reversal Could Change the War in Ukraine

How Biden’s Reversal Could Change the War in Ukraine

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE – It may be President Biden’s most consequential decision about the Ukraine war since Russia’s February 2022 invasion: allowing [...] More

The U.S. Military's Recruitment Problem - and What to Do About It

OPINION — “Fiscal year 2023 was a challenging recruiting year; for the first time in 24 years, we did not meet recruiting goals in the Active Duty, [...] More
Will American ATACMS Help Ukraine Win the War?

Will American ATACMS Help Ukraine Win the War?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — In late March, hunkered in his sandbag-lined compound with visiting Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, [...] More

The Controversy Surrounding Israel's Use of U.S. Weapons - in Gaza and Beyond

OPINION — “With respect to some of the reporting that we’ve seen over the past few weeks about arms transfers or potential arms transfers to Israel, [...] More
Iraq's Dangerous Mix: 2,500 U.S. Troops, Iran-backed Militias and Battle for Influence

Iraq's Dangerous Mix: 2,500 U.S. Troops, Iran-backed Militias and Battle for Influence

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - Almost 21 years after the United States invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, the nation is home to a contest [...] More

The Army is Navigating a High-Tech, Highly-Complicated Future

OPINION - “In the Army we’ve gone through some good, decent transformation in recent years, with some game-changing systems coming online as a result [...] More

It's Complicated: The Use of Race in Military Academy Submissions

OPINION — “We can’t blow past racial tension in the military…There have always been racial tensions in the military. They have lessened, but they are [...] More

Pinprick attacks on Houthi positions won't solve the bigger problem

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — It took two months of escalating attacks on commercial ships for the U.S. military to respond aggressively to the most [...] More

Pentagon Looking for Recommendations on F-35

OPINION — “Since early October, the F-35 [jet fighter] program has delivered surge support to Israel. Israeli users are achieving exceptional mission [...] More

Keep an Eye in the Sky for U.S. Missile Defense

OPINION — “We’ve looked extensively at the Ukraine conflict and I can tell you, the use of drones and how we’re seeing drones being utilized in that [...] More

Audits show the Pentagon's Numbers Aren't Completely Adding up

OPINION — “Because of the [Defense] Department’s global scale, we have three million people on our payrolls; a health-care system that serves more [...] More