Harry Kazianis

Key Points and Summary – China's J-35 stealth fighter's recent launch from the catapult carrier Fujian marks a real shift: Beijing is moving from showpiece carriers to a true, roaming air force at sea.

The F-14 Tomcat had range, radar reach, and crewed composure no Super Hornet can match. Was it retired too soon—or just on time for the stealth era?

Sweden’s JAS 39E Gripen pairs road-base ops, cheap sustainment, Meteor missiles and AI trials to give smaller air forces a credible alternative to the F-35.

Key Points and Summary – Chinese media platform NetEase ran a Dec. 14 article urging Beijing to “prepare for the worst” if Russia fractures, arguing the Russian Far East’s 7 million square kilometers should not be “lost.” -The piece frames the region as a resource treasure for China and a burden for Moscow, then outlines […]

Key Points and Summary – Britain’s Astute-class and America’s Virginia-class are NATO’s premier nuclear attack submarines, shaping how the alliance hunts ships and subs. -This head-to-head weighs displacement, speed, depth, sensors, stealth, and payload. Astute prioritizes quieting, anechoic tiling, and a heavy load of Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk cruise missiles. -Virginia prioritizes fleet scale, high […]

Key Points and Summary – Gen. George S. Patton was more than a loud, profane battlefield legend—he was the embodiment of resilience.

Key Points and Summary – This quote of the day and biography profiles retired Marine Gen.

A 2005 war game showed how Sweden’s ultra-quiet Gotland penetrated an aircraft carrier strike group—an AIP warning that echoes in the Pacific.

Key Points and Summary – Tracing their lineage to the WWII-era Palmach, Israeli Special Forces are regarded as some of the most “elite and experienced” warriors in the world due to a constant operational tempo

In 1997, the United States quietly paid a former Soviet republic tens of millions of dollars to buy an entire fighter regiment — not to fly it, but to keep it