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There is a dispute inside the U.S. government over exactly how much China is spending on defense. Last year worldwide defense spending reached a new high of $2.46 trillion. As it has been since World ...
Being in the process of updating a very old syllabus, this reviewer, a medievalist, had an opportunity to put the book to the test and quickly located (mirabile dictu!) an article discussing of the ...
This exodus from the war zone is expected to escalate until there are no armed Russians left in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian commanders believe the Russian war effort will collapse by late 2025.
By then North Korea was providing newly manufactured shells for Russian guns that could not get close enough to the front to be useful. North Korea also provided ballistic missiles and troops, so the ...
In 2024 APKWS was adapted for use by aircraft. Seven APKWS are carried in LAU-131A rocket pod. Warplanes can carry two, four or more pods per mission and deal with the drone swarms the Russians often ...
May 12, 2025: In 2024 Ukraine used HIMARS missiles equipped with cluster munitions. Each 300 kg missile contains 644 submunitions. When a submunition explodes, it will wound or kill anyone within ...
May 11, 2025: A major economic weapon against Russia is economic sanctions. These were first implemented in 2014 after Russia seized Crimea and portions of two east Ukraine provinces. Russia has ...
Since the Russian invasion in 2022 through the end of December 2024 there were 177 Ukrainian prisoners of war killed. In the first three months of 2025 at least 25 captured Ukrainian soldiers have ...