Polish Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Spy Plane Over Baltic Sea
Plane Flew Without Flight Plan or Transponder: Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 spy plane over the Baltic Sea on October 29 and escorted it out of the area....
The Pentagon
Ford Carrier Strike Group Departs Europe for Latin America
The Trump administration is dramatically increasing U.S. military firepower in Latin America. As the administration continued to strike vessels belonging to alleged narco-traffickers while escalating pressure...
Policy Briefs
Protecting U.S. Ports Requires Congress to Get Cyber-Specific
Cranes are a crucial part of the supply chain that keeps shelves stocked across the United States; but who controls them, American operators or Chinese hackers? Congress is currently working its way through...
Policy Briefs
Microsoft Omitted Key Details in DOD Security Filings on China-Related Program
The Department of Defense (DOD) cannot mitigate security flaws it cannot see — or those that are purposely hidden. On August 20, ProPublica reported that Microsoft failed to alert DOD that the company...
Policy Briefs
US-led raid kills senior Islamic State ‘official’ in Syria
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that a raid by US forces killed a “senior ISIS [Islamic State] member” in Atmeh in northwest Syria’s Idlib province on August 19. “Combined Joint...
Op-eds
Intercepting Terror
Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense
Congressional Testimonies
The Pentagon Has Given China Access to Its Systems for Over a Decade
The Defense Department (DoD) is letting Beijing into its most critical systems — not through a breach, but by design. On July 15, a ProPublica investigation revealed that the DoD has outsourced some...
Policy Briefs
Can the U.S. Arm Itself and Ukraine?
Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will continue arming Ukraine through a deal with NATO, whereby European allies will pay for American-made weapons to be delivered to Kyiv. That...
Insights
How Trump can stop killings in Ukraine and score a win for the US — and himself
Even before a Russian attack drone murdered an innocent 1-year-old Wednesday and highlighted Vladimir Putin’s savagery, President Donald Trump seemed headed in the right direction on Ukraine. Moscow’s...
Op-eds
‘NATO Is Paying For Those Weapons’: U.S. To Send Weapons to Ukraine Through NATO
Latest Developments Deal Struck for Weapons: President Donald Trump said on July 10 that the United States struck a deal with NATO to deliver U.S. weapons to Ukraine through the military alliance,...
Flash Briefs
The Battle for Display Dominance
Chinese dominance in display technologies poses a critical national security threat, demanding urgent US action to secure supply chains.
Op-eds
‘They Have to Be Able to Defend Themselves’: Trump Resumes Some Weapon Shipments to Ukraine
Trump Reverses Pentagon’s Pause: President Donald Trump has partially reversed the Defense Department’s decision to pause shipments of key munitions to Ukraine. “We’re going...
Flash Briefs
‘We’re Probably Thinking Closer to 2 Years’: Pentagon Provides More Details on Damage Assessment of U.S. Strikes Against Iranian Nuclear Sites
Battle Damage Assessment: Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell provided more details on the Pentagon’s battle damage assessment (BDA) on July 2 regarding U.S. strikes against...
Flash Briefs
Trump can’t let Pentagon meddlers derail ‘peace through strength’ for Ukraine
In a major policy reversal, the Pentagon has halted shipments of key munitions Ukraine needs to defend against Russia’s unprovoked aggression — a startling decision that runs counter to President...
Op-eds
U.S. Strikes Nuclear Sites, Iran Retaliates With Ballistic Missiles
By Ryan Brobst and Bradley Bowman Iran attacked U.S. forces in Qatar with ballistic missiles on June 23, two days after U.S. precision strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran inflicted serious damage...
Policy Briefs
NATO’s Critical 1.5 Percent
This week’s NATO Summit will focus on the proposal that each member raise its overall defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). This makes absolute sense because the security...
Op-eds
The Pentagon knows its cyber force model is broken. Here’s how to fix it
More than two decades after declaring cyberspace a warfighting domain, the U.S. military relies on an inefficient and ineffective solution to generate the capabilities needed to defend it.
Op-eds
U.S. Boosts Middle East Military Presence Amid Ongoing Israel-Iran Conflict
U.S. Deploys Air and Naval Assets to Middle East: The U.S. military has reportedly surged large numbers of military assets to the Middle East and dozens of aerial refueler aircraft...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Military Surges Combat Power to the Middle East
The Pentagon is surging additional combat power to the Middle East and Europe as the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict shows no signs of cooling down. The USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is reportedly...
Policy Briefs
Qatar keeps purchasing political influence
Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The...