Ukraine forces suffered few casualties because there were few Russian soldiers, or even police, to oppose them. This Ukrainian incursion was completely unexpected and when Russian forces did arrive, ...

Putin declared Ukraine to be a wayward part of Russia where conscripted soldiers must fight to make it part of Russia once more. Few Russian soldiers were willing to fight in Ukraine and the ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Cisneros, a rifleman with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), ...

August 28, 2024: In July 2024 Germany agreed to purchase another 105 Leopard 2A8 tanks and send them to Ukraine. It will take five more years to manufacture those tanks. Germany has already sent ...

August 29, 2024: Norway sent six of its remaining F-16s to Ukraine this year. Norway is one of many nations that have contributed F-16s and so far, the total contributions are over a hundred F-16s.

As I write this column, the Pentagon says the U.S. has no deployed aircraft carriers -- zero -- in the western Pacific Ocean. Two Pacific carriers have moved to the Middle East. The other carriers "in ...

Sgt. Stout M-SHORAD (Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense) Stryker combat vehicle at the National Museum of the U.S. Army, Fort Belvoir, Va., June 15, 2024. The M-SHORAD uses the M-1126 Stryker combat ...

August 27, 2024: Learning from earlier Hamas electronic hacking efforts, the Yemen Houthi rebels have been using similar hacking efforts to insert malware into the cell phones of nearly 500 people in ...

Since both North Korea and Russia are forced to operate under Western economic sanctions, it is difficult to obtain the use of a ship that can carry North Korean or Russian cargo safely. First North ...

Putin, in part because he never served in the army, and instead served in the elite KGP and post-Soviet FSB, always worked with carefully selected and well trained secret police operatives. He had a ...

This led to the recent practice of army recruiting officials raiding businesses looking for Russian men or foreign workers who have avoided registering their status with the government. Businesses ...

For major European nations like Germany that resist migrants or recruiting them as soldiers, the prospects are not good. Population and economic decline are the result of the refusal to face reality.