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How to Defend Ukraine’s Skies During Peace Negotiations

Air superiority remains a decisive factor in modern warfare. As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russian aggression, policymakers and military planners are grappling with a fundamental question:...

U.S. Conducts Bomber Task Force Mission as Iran Threat Looms

U.S. B-52 Flew with Israeli and British Fighters: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had conducted its third bomber task force mission in the Middle East in two weeks...

Anti-Taliban groups conclude fifth Vienna Conference

On February 18, 2025, various factions of the anti-Taliban resistance wrapped up the fifth Vienna Process Conference for a Democratic Afghanistan, calling for international assistance in forming a transitional government.

The Pentagon must cut $50B of waste — put this weapon on the chopping block

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans this week to move up to $50 billion of the Pentagon’s budget from “low-impact and low-priority programs” to ones that align with President...

The leverage Trump needs when talking with Putin

U.S. continues to target the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

The US launched a series of strikes against the Islamic State’s (IS) network in Iraq and Syria over the past week. The operations are part of the US military’s continuing effort to degrade the Islamic...

Houthis, Hezbollah threaten Israel with ongoing war

Despite the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, Israel continues to suffer threats from multiple fronts.

America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections

US military strikes Islamic State camps and personnel in central Syria

On December 16, the US military launched a second round of strikes against Islamic State personnel and infrastructure in Syria since the fall of the regime of Bashir al Assad on December 8. US operations...

US launches massive strikes on Islamic State as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham deposes Assad regime

The US Military launched “dozens” of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in central Syria on December 8, the day that President Bashir al-Assad’s regime was overthrown by the terrorist organization...

Why the Defense Department needs a chief economist

The Department of Defense budget is growing, and the DOD is spending more money in novel industries and nontraditional areas than ever before. To ensure the DOD spends smartly in this new environment,...

The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland

As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...

What it was like on the ground during Iran’s attack on Israel

Breaking Defense's Seth Frantzman gives a sense of what it was like to watch Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel.

IDF begins Lebanon ground operation, Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a ground operation targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon during the evening of September 30. The IDF described the initial incursion as “limited,” saying it...

The US needs more pop-up air bases worldwide to keep enemies guessing

Large-scale Air Force exercise rescripted to address growing threats to large installations, argue analysts Bradley Bowman and Lydia LaFavor.

Russian and Chinese Strategic Bombers Patrol near Alaska

Russian and Chinese strategic bombers conducted a combined patrol near Alaska on Wednesday in the latest sign of military cooperation between the two U.S. adversaries. The incident underscores the determination...

David Petraeus Is Wrong: Counterinsurgency Won’t Work in Gaza

When you only have a hammer. . .

The jihadi-leftist convergence

Carlos the Jackal was an early adopter

Why 2024 is the ‘year of the drone’ after Iran’s attack on Israel

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