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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

Missiles fly across the range into the designated target during demonstration of the combined live fire exercise on August 17, 2015, at Seungjin Range, South Korea. (Jaewoo Oh via DVIDS)

Commentary

Why Banning Nuclear Weapons Could be Dangerous

Iranian troops take part in a military parade during a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in the capital Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

And They’re Off: The US Is Driving a Middle East Nuclear Arms Race

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Apr 25, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Standard Missile-3 is launched from Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser in Kauai, Hawaii, on November 6, 2007. (US Navy via DVIDS)

Commentary

Missile Defense Site at Fort Drum Is Integral to the Homeland Defense Mission

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 24, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Civil Engineering Squadron launches a drone to perform a roof inspection outside of Osan Air Base’s Turumi Lodge on November 2, 2020. (Daniel de La Fé via DVIDS)

Commentary

Can AI Plan Military Operations?

Koichiro Takagi

Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)

Koichiro Takagi

Apr 21, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

The People's Liberation Army and the PLA Navy conduct a live-fire drill in Zhangzhou, China, on August 24, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Reports

Empowering Ukraine Prepares Us for China

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 20, 2023

Reports

11 Min Read

An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (Chris Okula via DVIDS)

Commentary

Why We Need ICBMs: Weapons of Mass Destruction That Keep the Peace

A damaged tank is seen while the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Road Slavyansk, Izyum, Ukraine on April 4, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | April 19

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Apr 19, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

(Screenshot via Real America's Voice)

In the Media

What it Takes to Maintain Nuclear Deterrence

(Screenshot via VOA Korea)

Commentary

The Impact of Leaked Intelligence Documents on US-Korea Relations

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Apr 15, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

An aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by Brittany A. Chase)

Podcast

Pentagon Leaks and Russia-China Relations

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Apr 14, 2023

Podcast

Sailors direct an F/A-18E Super Hornet across the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier on March 26, 2023. (Leon Vonguyen via Getty Images)

In the Media

Navy Starting to Investigate High Suicide Rates

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Apr 13, 2023

In the Media

TOS-1 multiple rocket launchers move during the seventy-sixth anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2021. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | April 12