July 8, 2025: One thing that prevents a Chinese attempt to take Taiwan by forces is corruption. In China and Taiwan corruption is pervasive and crippling. This is regularly demonstrated every time ...

A Ukrainian teenager was recently accused of terrorism because he participated in setting fire to a large Lithuanian furniture store. The culprit was a 17 year old Ukrainian refugee who escaped from ...

Tejas 1A is a 13 ton delta wing aircraft with a payload of over five tons and a max speed of nearly twice the speed of sound. Combat range is about 749 kilometers while maximum operating altitude is ...

For over a year Russia has been attacking NATO nations clandestinely with disinformation and sabotage using a combination of specialized diplomats and sleeper agents who have long been living in ...

The last war that U.S. forces were involved with ended in 2021. That was after American forces had spent two decades seeking to pacify Afghanistan. In 2017 most American forces left Iraq, leaving ...

The MiG-31 has been heavily used in the current Ukraine War. Not as a fighter, but as an attack aircraft. Each MiG-31 aircraft can carry a 4.3 ton Kinzhal high-speed ballistic missile. Russia ...

July 4, 2025: Twenty-one years ago, China commissioned the first of 82 Type 22 Fast Attack Missile Boats (FAMBs). These catamaran-type craft displace 200 tons empty and 220 tons fully loaded, carrying ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

Israel was also eager to rearrange their border with Syria to increase security. The Israelis didn’t want to negotiate and were willing to fight for what they needed. Israel quickly moved into 460 ...