For nearly half a century, the 16-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stood ready to confront a massive air and …

This is necessarily a highly selective tour of world naval developments, covering only a few navies. At least for Western …

In 1976, military analyst Edward Luttwak published The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: from the First Century AD to …

United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has just released its “Joint Operating Environment” (JOE) for 2010, containing a number of …

Lockheed Martin has released a video of F-35B BF-1’s first “free air” hover on March 17, 2010. An accompanying press …

Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Kym Osley, AM, CSC, is the head of Australian Defence Staff (Washington), and is located at the …

Piracy has been a fact of life at sea since the first merchant ship set sail millennia ago, although, until …

For the past six years, the Department of Defense has conducted a series of annual events, Empire Challenge, designed to …

U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers equipped with Aegis Combat Systems provide the mainstay for the nation’s sea-based missile defense. Following …

The U.S. Navy has the biggest aircraft carriers and the largest fleet of flattops afloat. Since it recently commissioned its …