China needed the food, but Russia already had markets in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The situation changed in 2014 and 2022 when Russian aggression resulted in economic sanctions that included ...

The M777 is, at four tons, the lightest 155mm towed howitzer ever fielded. A crew of five fires regular rounds to 24 kilometers and RAP rocket assisted projectiles to 40 kilometers. M777 fire control ...

During the twenty five years the camps existed, several hundred thousand North Koreans spent some time in those camps and thousands died while there. This might seem unbelievable, but enough North ...

As Egypt expands its influence in North Africa, it continues to bump into rebellious Tuaregs, who are not alone in opposing Egyptian influence, While Egypt has the largest economy in North Africa, the ...

Russia continues to use manpower to do the work of the machines every other armed force uses. Clinging to archaic logistical practices means that supplies reach Russian troops more slowly, and often ...

A US Navy nuclear submarine under construction, the Guitarro (SSN-665), sank in a similar accident in 1969. A failure of communication between two teams at opposite ends of the sub led each to ...

November 6, 2024: Ukraine wants peace and NATO membership to discourage future Russian aggression. Russia wants to absorb Ukraine into a revived Russian empire. When the Soviet Union collapsed and ...

November 9, 2024: Russian forces in Ukraine have, over the last few months, been suffering ammunition shortages and increasingly unreliable railroad deliveries. Part of the reason for this was the ...

Russian attacks on grain ships and port facilities in Odessa have not seriously disrupted grain exports. It’s costly to repair the damage on land and Russia does not want to seriously damage foreign ...

This is despite the fact that the United States made peace with China in 1979 and established diplomatic and trade relations. While China believed that the Americans recognized Chinese ownership of ...

When tested in combat, some of the U.S. drones fail to deliver. When the Ukraine war ends, there will be no way to adequately test American drones. There may be other wars where American troops are ...