China’s cyber army is invading critical U.S. services
The Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities as well as communications
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Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos?
Last March the U.S. Air Force released a two-volume, 3,000-plus-page report detailing the environmental impact of its plans to replace all 400
Will America Be at War with North Korea in 2025?
Donald Trump turned America’s North Korea policy upside down. After a period of strict sanctions enforcement and inflammatory words—“fire and fury,” “locked
China’s Cold War with America Has Already Gone Hot
It’s time to move beyond the question of whether the United States is, or should be, in a cold war with China,
Does America fear confronting Iran? – opinion
Amid the regional and international meltdown, the million-dollar question seems to be: Does the US fear a direct military confrontation with Iran,
Where the Wargames Weren’t: Assessing 10 Years of U.S.-Chinese Military Assessments
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. defense community has produced a tremendous volume of analytical work on the military balance between
Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent
Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons
In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation’s nuclear warheads. The job is
The U.S. Military is Unequipped for High-Intensity Combat
Repairing military equipment in a high-intensity conflict against a great power competitor should be identified as a gray rhino—a high impact, high
China, Russia taking ‘batting practice’ in air intercepts of aging US aircraft, general says
Russian and Chinese forces are growing bolder in their aerial intercepts of U.S. aircraft, in part because they’re no longer intimidated by
The Case for Urgency With China
Policymakers often assume the United States can deter China from invading Taiwan or win if deterrence fails. But that is no longer
The ‘Real Nuclear Crisis’ Fear Behind a Single Pentagon Document
The United States may be looking to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom for the first time in 15 years—and the