The Alawites feared retribution, and for good reason. The Alawites used terror to maintain power for decades. Most Syrians have good reason to hate the Alawites, as well as all those who have ...

December 24, 2024: Russian efforts to create a national intranet failed. If it worked, it would mean that the Russian internet would only be used by people in Russia and unavailable to those outside ...

The U.S. Navy is having problems deciding what types of weapons their Virginia class SSN attack submarines should carry. The most favored weapons are launched from torpedo tubes. It’s not just ...

December 23, 2024: Ukrainian special operations detachments have operated in places like Africa and the Middle East to injure the Russians and find out what they are up to. These Ukrainian forces ...

December 22, 2024: If there were a war with China, one of the main goals would be to disrupt Chinese shipping. Submarines, especially the quiet and heavily armed Virginia nuclear powered submarines ...

December 22, 2024: Military leaders, when faced with peacetime decisions on how to fight the next war. It’s common to seek answers in the last war they or others fought. For many nations, that is the ...

December 21, 2024: On October 1st Israel once again invaded Lebanon, for the 5th time in the last 46 years. Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on November 26th but not everyone in the area went ...

December 21, 2024: Hezbollah has had a bad year. Israel destroyed most of its leadership with a brilliant special operations plan. Hezbollah’s missile and rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon finally ...