Daily Archives: Mar 17, 2026

James Thompson

Russia’s S-500: The Cutting-Edge Air Defense Shield Now Stationed in Crimea

The path to today's air defense stance in Crimea started not with a turn of a single decision, but with a series of strategic steps by Moscow to strengthen one of its most strategically vulnerable areas. Over the last few months, the peninsula has become the area for operational...
Charles Mitchell

10 Strategic Insights on China’s Sixth-Gen Fighter Surge vs U.S. NGAD

"They could beat us to the punch." That warning from the former chief of U.S. Air Force acquisition, Andrew Hunter, captures a growing sense of urgency now gripping Western airpower planners: China's prototypes of sixth-generation fighters have moved from secrecy in the factory to open test range activity, with...
Charles Mitchell

7 Tactical Firearms Freedoms If the NFA Vanished Tomorrow

What if one of America's most highly contentious firearm laws vanished overnight? For close to a century, the National Firearms Act of 1934 has shaped the civilian gun market, highly restricting access to machine guns, suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and other hardware deemed too dangerous for public hands. Without it,...