Opinion

Modernization expenditures are forcing the Army to more strategically allocate their funding. The Army foresees three distinct challenges that must be kept in mind as air and naval capabilities are upgraded. Contesting Russian aggression along NATO’s eastern frontier will...

The Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2022 budget is 4.4% larger than last year. This would ordinarily cover the cost of growth, but 2021 has produced consumer inflation rates over 5%. Military advocates claim the disparity between these figures...

While the US pulls the last of its remaining troops out of Afghanistan and the Taliban sweeps across the country, Iran has been forced to court unlikely allies. Iranian official Esmail Qaani traveled in late June to the Syrian...

Former national security and defense officials from both Democratic and Republican administrations wrote an open letter to all present United States Senators who have served in the military, believing that they are particularly prepared to handle the subject of...

General Mark Milley, the nation's top military adviser, is back in the news after allegedly describing President Donald Trump's post-election propaganda as "a Reichstag moment" and secretly guaranteeing acquaintances and congress members that the head of state and his...

Britain has evolved dramatically in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The British Army fought two campaigns during this time, in Iraq and Afghanistan, at great economic and human risk. Despite this, neither war accomplished its goals....

Officials claim the Taliban have taken control of an important border crossing with Iran and Turkmenistan as part of a broad offensive throughout northern Afghanistan. The extremists claim to have taken control of two vital border towns: Islam Qala in Iran...

According to a top Air Force officer, the Pentagon's termination of its cloud computing deal with Microsoft enables the military to select the "best in class" for a new architecture. According to Air Force Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote,...

President Joe Biden's choice to command the Navy stated huge support for plans to keep the fleet at 355 ships but noted that making that happen will need "more funds" from Congress in the years ahead. In his confirmation...

For decades, science fiction fans have been enthralled by a directed energy weapon. Laser weapons are now a possibility, and they are being tested by numerous military branches. These laser weapons could be critical in fending off attacks and...