October 19, 2026: Sweden is spending over five billion dollars to have a French defense contractor build four 4,500-ton Lulea-class frigates. The first won’t be delivered until 2030, and the second ...

Japan recently developed two new missile systems: a New SSM (island defense missile) and a subsonic, long-range cruise missile designed to evade modern defenses; it can perform barrel rolls and spiral ...

October 8, 2026: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have agreed to do whatever it takes to keep the Strait of Malacca safe and available for international shipping. Currently, the Straits are safe to ...

Hamas is a perennial loser in its battles with Israel, including the one it is currently engaged in. One exception was the October 2023 surprise attack that had three thousand armed Hamas members ...

The term “Patriotic overseas Chinese” refers to those who migrated centuries ago but still maintain strong ties to China and support its cultural and political connections and the global Chinese ...

October 7, 2026: As a result of personnel, fiscal, and emotional losses during the war in Ukraine, the Russian government has been struggling to deal with angry civilians. The government is ...

Two months ago, Ukraine won a significant victory in the Sea of Azov, an extension of the northeastern Black Sea. This began earlier when Russia assembled 38 tankers in the Sea of Azov near the ...

The Russian Navy is forming naval drone regiments across major fleets to conduct reconnaissance, offensive strikes, and defensive missions. Combined systems like the BEK drone, merging surface and ...

May 28, 2026: Foreign experts regularly scrutinize Chinese population trends, including its pronounced inability to get the birth rate up the to 2.1 children per mother, which keeps population size ...

January 16, 2026: Last year Russia decided to abandon its brigade-based army organization and return to a division-based system. So far the Russian Pacific Fleet has upgraded its 155 th Guards Naval ...

Background: 28-year-old Shipilova, Russia's latest patient zero, worked in the "Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East." Check the map. Irkutsk appears to be a long way ...