Gabriel Honrada

China's mystery weapon aboard its experimental stealth corvette points to a wider naval race to harness directed energy for everything from deniable gray-zone coercion to defeating the drone swarms that threaten to overwhelm conventional ship defenses.

Vietnam's first domestically designed anti-submarine frigate marks an ambitious attempt to leverage limited naval resources to achieve asymmetric

US Space Command is putting offensive satellite-killing weapons at the top of its future requirements as China and Russia expand their ability to threaten

The US is betting that a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles can restore a decisive edge in long-range strike, but turning that ambition into a practical wartime capability will require overcoming challenges that extend well beyond speed and range alone.

China's Type 054B frigate upgrade is more than a bigger missile load—it is a warning that the next naval arms race may be won by the fleet that can

Russia's Khabarovsk submarine may represent the cutting edge of undersea nuclear warfare, but its arrival also raises a more fundamental question: whether

The MQ-9 Reaper defined US drone wars for two decades, but the next era may be shaped by a very different premise: not building unmanned aircraft to

The US Navy's new AIM-424 “Malice” missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling China's long-range strikes may matter more than intercepting the missiles themselves.

India's interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program reflects a convergence of strategic necessity, where India needs a

Japan's rush to field interceptor drones marks a sharp break with its traditionally slow-moving defense procurement system as it prepares for a