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By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Oct 3, 2018
Analysis

US Ambassador To NATO Suggests Military Could ‘Take Out’ Russian Missiles

The U.S. ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, says that the United States could “take out” Moscow’s intermediate range missiles...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Sep 20, 2018
Analysis

Who Really Shot Down That Russian Aircraft Over Syria?

The Kremlin is attempting to tamp down tensions following the downing of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M Coot-A intelligence, surveillance, and...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Sep 18, 2018
Military Tech

Why The Air Force Won’t Buy The F-15x Or ‘New’ F-22 Raptor

The U.S. Air Force has no interest in purchasing either Boeing’s advanced fourth-generation F-15X version of the aging Eagle. Nor...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Sep 14, 2018
News

Russia And China Will Now Hold Military Exercises ‘On A Regular Basis’

Russia and China are drawing closer together as the two great powers solidify their entente to challenge the United States and its...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Aug 29, 2018
Military Tech

The F-35 Is Finally Coming To The World’s Oceans Thanks To The US Navy

The United States Navy is conducting operational testing of the new Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter onboard USS Abraham...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Aug 18, 2018
Military Tech

That F-22 Vs. F-35 ‘Dogfight’ In Norway Was Not What Everyone Thinks

A pair of stealthy fifth-generation U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor air superiority fighters squared off against a pair of...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Aug 15, 2018
Military Tech

The US Military Is Going All In On Hypersonic Weapons

Washington is stepping up its efforts to develop and field hypersonic weapons as it competes to retain America’s technological advantage...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Aug 3, 2018
Military Tech

The Army’s M1 Abrams Tanks Are Officially Getting A Major Upgrade

General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a production contract from the U.S. Army to upgrade 100 Abrams main battle tanks...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jul 31, 2018
Analysis

How The Russian Military Turned War-Torn Syria Into A Testing Playground

Russia is willing to keep its forces in Syria despite the potential losses incurred because the Kremlin believes that the...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jul 15, 2018
Military Tech

China Is Sending Some Of Its Deadliest Bombers And Fighter Jets To Train In Russia

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force will deploy strategic bombers and strategic airlifters in addition to fighter aircraft during...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jul 6, 2018
Military Tech

China’s Carrier-Based Fighter Jets Keep Crashing And Burning

China is developing a new carrier-based fighter aircraft to succeed the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark. The J-15—which is an unlicensed Chinese...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jul 2, 2018
Military Tech

The M1 Abrams Is Getting Brand New Israeli-Made ‘Shields’

The United States Army awarded Leonardo DRS a $193 million contract to equip the service’s M1A2 SEP v2 main battle tanks with...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jun 29, 2018
Military Tech

The Air Force Is Exploring A Deadly New Role For The B-1B Lancer

The United States Air Force’s 28th Bomb Wing based at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota could become the...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Jun 8, 2018
Military Tech

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s Achilles Heel

The United States has poured ten of billions of dollars into developing fifth-generation stealth fighters such as the Lockheed Martin...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Apr 10, 2018
Analysis

How Russia And The United States Could Go To War In Syria

The Trump administration will be making a decision on how to respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack in the...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Mar 30, 2018
Military Tech

The Navy Is Using ATARI To Remotely Control And Land Fighter Jets

The United States Navy is testing a new system called the ATARI onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln that allows the Landing Signals...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Mar 28, 2018
News

Mattis: Russia Has Chosen To Be A ‘Strategic Competitor’ To NATO Rather Than Play Nice

The United States places the blame on Russia for the breakdown in relations between NATO and Moscow. In the view...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Mar 6, 2018
News

The Wreckage Of One Of America’s Most Storied World War II Aircraft Carriers Was Just Discovered

A research team funded by billionaire Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the storied World War II aircraft carrier...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Mar 1, 2018
News

What We Know About KSSO, The 2,000-Strong Russian ‘Delta Force’ Training For War

Incorporating lessons from Western special operations forces, the Russian military has established its own equivalent of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Dec 15, 2017
Analysis

Navy Admits It’s Hit A Breaking Point, Searches For A Way Forward

The United States Navy has released its new Strategic Readiness Review (SRR), which was ordered by Navy Secretary Richard Spencer earlier this...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Dec 13, 2017
Gear

The Air Force Is Developing An ‘EMP Missile’ To Fry North Korea’s Nukes

One of the options that the United States is looking at to counter North Korea’s nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles is an experimental weapon...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Nov 18, 2017
Gear

Everything We Know About Russia’s New Update To The World’s Largest Bomber

Early next year in February, the first of Russia’s new production Tupolev Tu-160M2 Blackjack supersonic strategic bombers will take to the air....
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Oct 18, 2017
Gear

Could North Korea’s 4,300 Tanks Crush America In A War?

As Washington ratchets up the pressure on North Korea—or potentially launches a preemptive strike—the Kim regime in Pyongyang has options...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Oct 2, 2017
Gear

The Most Powerful Nuclear Attack Submarine Ever Is Now In The Navy’s Hands

On Sept. 26, the U.S. Navy took delivery of its newest Virginia-class attack submarine—the future USS Colorado (SSN-788). The new nuclear-powered submarine is...
By Dave Majumdar, The National Interest Sep 20, 2017
Analysis

5 Weapons The US Marines Would Use To Crush China Or Russia In A War

The U.S. Marine Corps prides itself on being America’s 911 force—a fire brigade that the president can call upon to...