A U.S. Sailor observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft engine test on the fantail of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in ...

Ukraine was also welcoming when it came to weapons or other military related items developed by individuals or groups of civilians. This was quite different from the situation in Russia, where the ...

January 15, 2026: Late last year the U.S. Navy selected the Dutch firm Damen’s LST/Landing Ship, Tank 100 design for the new U.S. McClung-class landing ship medium. The American 4,000 ton LST 100 is a ...

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 ...

January 15, 2026: The Somali military recently over a number of M48 and M60 tanks. The military took possession of the tanks at dockside. Turkey also has some of its Mi16 aircraft stationed in Somalia ...

The rest of the North Korean navy consists of ten elderly frigates and corvettes. Another one of these was converted into a mine sweeper. The remainder of the fleet consists of about a hundred patrol ...

American plants are also targets. In 2025, two citizens of the People's Republic of China were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle into the U.S. a fungus called Fusarium ...

China responded with, among other things, cutting off the supplies of some rare earths, particularly samarium, which is used for essential components of many American weapons and aircraft. Currently ...

India is making a multi-billion dollar effort to expand the Indian shipbuilding industry. Currently China builds 70 percent of commercial shipping while India builds only 7 percent. India is investing ...

Since the Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran last June, the country has slid into chaos and endless protests. The unrest was slow to escalate into nationwide protests but that finally happened on ...

Environmental regulations and the high cost of mining and refining compared to the cheaper Chinese rare earths could be solved. New extraction and refining methods do not violate environmental laws ...