The American 4,000 ton LST 100 is a hundred meters long and 16 meters wide. It has a top speed of 28 kilometers an hour and a range of 6,300 kilometers before needing refuelling and resupply. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

February 12, 2026: 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 ...

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 ...

Two months ago, China conducted its most elaborate live wargames around Taiwan. This included live firing exercises in international waters near Taiwan. This was a Chinese demonstration of its ability ...

February 11, 2026: Russian leader Vladimir Putin faces dire prospects in 2026. Russia has been fighting a war that is now longer than the one against the Germans in World War II. Unlike World War II, ...

As the LSE blog and scores of other expert sources note, almost all 21st-century high-technology products (communications equipment, computers, electric motors, elite defense weapons and delivery ...

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 ...

December 31, 2025: Nearly four years of war in Ukraine have devastated the Russian civilian economy. This year, 75 percent of Russia’s regions report serious budget deficits and more enterprises are ...

December 27, 2025: Back in September Russian drones hit an American factory in western Ukraine and two European diplomatic facilities in the Ukrainian capital. Russian drones regularly fly over Poland ...