The U.S. Navy’s submarine-building program, which makes submarines for both the U.S. military and its allies in the UK and Australia, is facing serious problems that could impact future global conflicts, especially a possible war with China in the Pacific. Lately, the Navy has been struggling with some bad news,
A man named Ryan Wesley Routh is making headlines after he allegedly tried to target former President Donald Trump on Sunday. Federal officials are now looking into his mental health because of some strange things he’s posted online. Routh, 58, has a history that’s far from ordinary. He’s been in
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) has shared some exciting updates about a big project they’re working on—using satellites in space to improve military communications and missile tracking. These updates came from Dr. Derek Tournear, the SDA’s director, who spoke at a major Air and Space Forces conference near Washington,
In a shocking event that unfolded today, thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon were injured, and at least three people were killed when their pagers exploded at the same time. Hezbollah is a powerful militant group in the Middle East, and these explosions have sparked fears of a new kind
Recently, two Americans, Tyler Thompson and Marcel Malanga, were sentenced for their involvement in a failed coup attempt against the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This case has brought to light the troubling history of U.S. interference in Africa. The Failed Coup On May 19, 2024,
Mao Zedong, the leader of communist China, wasn’t an economist, but his famous quote, “Power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” can help us understand why the US dollar is so powerful—and why it will likely stay that way. Just like military power, currency power is connected to
Russia has started putting tires on top of its bombers and other aircraft, and now a U.S. military expert has confirmed the reason behind this strange tactic. The goal is to confuse high-tech missiles that use image-matching technology to find their targets. A satellite image taken on August 28, 2023,
Last week, Israel launched a daring and secret mission that targeted a hidden missile production facility in northwest Syria. What at first appeared to be a simple airstrike turned out to be much more: Israeli special forces were involved in a ground raid, flown in by helicopter to destroy the
Six years ago, a group of Chinese engineers took on a daring challenge: turning what others saw as useless waste into something valuable. Their target was the large amounts of low-grade nickel and cobalt ore found on remote Indonesian islands. These ores were previously considered too poor in quality to
