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Looks Like There May Be No Anti-Taliban “Northern Alliance” Remnant This Time

The Taliban already hold much of the northern Tajik-Uzbek hinterland the opposition retreated to in 1996-2001

Anti-Empire 13 Aug 21 749 3

Much of Northern Afghanistan Falls to the Taliban

Five provincial capitals since August 6

Jason Ditz 10 Aug 21 419 5

America’s Newest Carrier Is a Fiasco. The Navy Just Admitted Why

It's an experimental technology demonstrator, not a ship of war

Kyle Mizokami 3 Aug 21 5056 33

Empire Woes

Second Attempt to Test the Air Force’s First Hypersonic Weapon Fails

The Russians have had one for years...without a trillion-dollar defense/pork sector

Joseph Trevithick 1 Aug 21 1095 22

Afghan Air Force Readiness Already Plunging, Questionable It Can Remain Airworthy Without Americans

Zoom assistance and repair shops outside Afghanistan may not cut it

Stephen Losey 30 Jul 21 345 9

War in Syria

Supposedly Russia Is Moving to Limit Israeli Strikes on Syria

But we've heard this story before

The Times of Israel 26 Jul 21 792 11

Russia Unveils New Fighter at Moscow Airshow — Su-75 ‘Checkmate’

Andrei Martyanov 21 Jul 21 994 16

Empire Woes

Gradually and Then Suddenly: Explaining the Navy’s Strategic Bankruptcy

"How did this happen to a force that, as recently as two decades ago, dominated the world’s oceans to a degree perhaps unequalled in human history?"

Christopher Dougherty 13 Jul 21 1914 18

Britain’s 6 Destroyers Are Getting a 50% Firepower Upgrade That Will Still Leave Them Badly Outgunned

London has 6 destroyers in total and the belief it can tango with Russia

Military Watch 10 Jul 21 676 9

In Next War the US Wants to Hit China With Nuclear-Capable Bombers. How Is China Supposed to Know the Incoming Fire Isn’t Atomic?

With only 130 inter-continental warheads Beijing can't be certain of 2nd strike capability after it has absorbed the 1st

Loren Thompson 24 Jun 21 1218 14

355-Ship Navy? Actually the Imperial Fleet Is on Course for a 140-Ship Navy

PowerPoint presentations are one thing, build rates another

Navy Matters 11 Jun 21 906 9

51st State Adventures

Hamas Has Establishing Itself as a Player That Cannot Be Ignored

"The new military capabilities of Hamas - long-range and more accurate rockets, drones and an unmanned submarine - have taken the Israeli military by surprise"

Shir Hever 1 Jun 21 998 2

Budget WarsOur Benevolent Empire

Marines Take Fight to the Sea, Targeting China Dollars

Less about seizing islands on the other side of the globe, more about keeping territory in the Pentagon bureaucracy

Jeff Groom 30 May 21 760 8

Our Benevolent Empire

Navy Seals Are Refocusing to Fight Russia and China

"Great power competition and a conflict with a nation-state like China or Russia or even North Korea and Iran suits the SEAL Teams’ DNA better"

Sofrep 22 May 21 811 22

War in Syria

Pentagon Charges Sergeant for Attack on Syrian Army Checkpoint That Killed Syrian Soldier

Shouldn't have been there to begin with and provoked a fight by issuing threats to soldiers in their own country

Kyle Rempfer 2 May 21 892 5

Empire Woes

After 20 Years of the US Military Machine Fighting Them, the Taliban Hold 52% of Afghanistan’s Land

Home to 41% of the population. Empire to lose another war

Jason Ditz 15 Feb 21 231 3

Strengths and Weaknesses of Russia’s Maritime ‘A2/AD’

Michael Kofman 12 Feb 21 1264 5

War in Syria

An Unintended Syria Air Clash Could Pull Biden Into Conflict Involving Russia, Israel

Tom O’Connor 11 Feb 21 1532 16

War in Syria

A Bust of Roman Filipov, the Russian Pilot Who Pulled a Grenade Pin Rather Than Be Captured by al-Qaeda, Unveiled

At Russian-Syrian Khmeimim airbase

South Front 8 Feb 21 922 8

The US Is Sending Bomber Crews and Destroyer Captains North to Learn How to Fight in the Arctic

Who could that be about?

Christopher Woody 8 Feb 21 1024 3

Empire Woes

F-35 Pilot Reveals the Disappointing Truth About the Fighter’s Cockpit

Touchscreens, magic helmets, voice input... — the pilots don't want any of it

Kyle Mizokami 7 Feb 21 4254 6

Those Pesky Russians

Russia’s Zircon Missile Relegates Carriers to Bombing Small Poor Countries

Pesky Russians went and built a Mach 8 anti-ship missile. "There is no technological solution for stopping this type of weapon in the US currently — the ramifications are colossal"

Andrei Martyanov 4 Feb 21 3908 26

How the Gulf War Sparked China’s Military Revolution

"We realised it was all decades behind the Americans"

Liu Zhen 3 Feb 21 1624 4

Those Pesky Chinese

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Killer Is World’s Largest Air-Launched Missile

Large rocket for a large boat

H.I. Sutton 2 Feb 21 2985 8

Empire WoesMIC Joys

Burned by Failed Futuristic Designs US Navy Now Building a Frigate That Will Be Obsolete From the Start

Overcorrection

Navy Matters 20 Jan 21 1202 1

Our Benevolent Empire

Trump Pardons 4 Blackwater War Criminals Who Slew 14 Iraqi Civilians in a ‘360 Rotational Fire’ Massacre

Shot up traffic in a 360 degree arc around them, as was routine for US forces — thousands should have been prosecuted

Leo Shane III 23 Dec 20 464 2

Our Benevolent Empire

CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan

"These raids all involve Afghan paramilitaries who are outside the control of the Afghan government"

Jeet Heer 22 Dec 20 1007 2

Empire WoesMIC Joys

America’s New Ford Carrier Class Is Flawed Junk That Will Be Impossible to Rely On

"The design is fundamentally and irrevocably flawed from a maintenance perspective. The entire carrier must be powered down to work on any single component"

Navy Matters 22 Dec 20 2952 33

War in Syria

Turkey Has Evacuated Every Last Military Outpost Encircled by the Syrian Army

Had served as little more than hostages for Syria

Marko Marjanović 20 Dec 20 1006 5

Those Pesky Chinese

US Navy Submarine Fleet To Be Overtaken by China Before 2030

HI Sutton 16 Dec 20 760 3

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