Most Russian soldiers lack the financial resources to bribe their way out of trouble or danger. Consequently, poorer soldiers face higher risks of death, while those with wealthy families often ...

Iranian-backed groups, such as the Houthis in Yemen, use Western cellphones to track merchant ships in the Red Sea by pinging them for their GPS locations. Even on warships, where communications are ...

August 23, 2025: Bomb Damage Assessment (BDA) has been a critical yet challenging aspect of military operations since World War I (1914–1918). Despite advances in technology and tactics, accurately ...

The rest of Iran is mired in poverty. Public expressions of criticism or calls for economic relief are met by violent IRGC suppression of such heretical talk. It gets worse. Iran has long been the ...

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 775, conduct close air support at Northern Strike 25-2, Camp ...

The most recent effort involves adopting drone warfare, which continues to evolve in the Ukraine War. The Marines expect thousands of drones to be in the hands of Marines by the end of the year.

As for adding the military the so-called civil "drug war"? Military capabilities have played secondary but significant roles in the anti-drug war since President Richard Nixon officially declared a ...

The U.S., Ukraine and the key European nations indicate that if a peace deal emerges, Ukraine will receive what is called "Article 5-like" security guarantees. What is that? Is it Article 5-Lite? The ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is still micromanaging operations and that means no use of initiative by Russian troops. This makes no sense unless you consider the possibility that he does not trust ...

The Ukrainian experience using naval drones to defeat the Russian Black Sea Fleet was unique. Ukraine had only surface-to-ship missiles when the war started, but eventually shifted to three new naval ...

Drawing on his KGB background, he enlisted many friends and associates from those days to serve in his new government. Russia is increasingly becoming a full police state. New laws reinstate many of ...

AI can also be used to help commanders make decisions more quickly. Any new technology does not reach wide acceptance and use until it establishes its usefulness and trustworthiness to the user ...