South Korea is, on a per-capita basis, twenty times more prosperous than North Koreans and that’s because the south has a free market economy and a democracy. Socialist North Korea is run by a ...

September 23, 2024: In July of this year the U.S. Navy disposed of two retired amphibious ships by having ships and warplanes fire on them. The two ships were equipped with electronic sensors to ...

September 22, 2024: In the African country of Mali, Russian Wagner Group mercenaries went looking for some low-risk, high-paying work during July 2024. What they got was a massacre that left all the ...

China and Russia are another matter. Despite the payment problems, China still supports Russia, at least diplomatically and in terms of joint military exercises. China expects Russia to remember that ...

September 21, 2024: After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Russia was subject to international economic sanctions. This had some unfortunate side effects for other nations, like India, which has long ...

Inside Afghanistan the Taliban promised not to harm the 800 kilometer long Afghan portion of the pipeline. This assurance turned out to be the opening round of negotiations about how much the Taliban ...

Hezbollah has had a shorter and more violence history as the guardians of southern Lebanon against Jewish aggression. Israel never attacked Hezbollah unless attacked first. The current violence with ...

September 20, 2024: When Russia invaded in 2022, Ukraine had no warships at all. In contrast the Russian Black Sea fleet consisted of one cruiser, one destroyer, three frigates, three corvettes, three ...

The U.S. was facing a Chinese naval threat in the Pacific and Chinese naval forces were increasingly showing up throughout the Indian Ocean region. China was also selling warships, especially ...

For over a decade the United States has observed China putting more Remote Sensing satellites into orbit. Currently there are over 300 of them up there. A few dozen of these satellites would be ...

In July 2024 Ukraine carried out a surprise electronic attack on Russian internet access. This was accomplished by using the largest DDOS distributed denial of service attack ever. The attack ...