List of Military articles
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China's first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier leaves port for sea trials from the northeast city of Dalian on May 13, 2018. China’s New Carrier Shows Beijing Is Done Playing Defense
A growing fleet means much bigger regional ambitions.
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U.S. Sen. Angus King speaks during a confirmation hearing for CIA director nominee Gina Haspel before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on May 9, 2018. ‘We May Be Moving Toward a Military Confrontation’
Sen. Angus King warns of the danger of the Trump administration’s latest actions against Iran and the continued threat from the Islamic State.
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Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks to reporters during a flight from El Paso, Texas, after visiting the southern U.S. border on Feb. 23. The Pentagon Is Finally Getting a New Defense Secretary
The long-awaited appointment of Patrick Shanahan allows Pentagon leaders to finally move forward on filling key positions.
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails with the Abraham Lincoln and John C. Stennis carrier strike groups as they conduct carrier strike force operations in the U.S. 6th fleet. U.S. Digs in Deeper in Middle East With New Hardware
As a warning to Iran, United States deployed additional military forces to the region on Friday, including the USS Arlington and a Patriot missile battery.
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Iranian troops in the Strait of Hormuz celebrate National Persian Gulf Day on April 30. Trump’s Iran Policy Is Becoming Dangerous
Growing evidence suggests the U.S. president is traveling a path toward war—whether he knows it or not.
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1-china-war-us-military-strategy-brian-stauffer-elbridge-colby How to Win America’s Next War
The United States faces great-power enemies. It needs a military focused on fighting them.
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1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment, deployed on Operation Nanook-Nunalivut Vanguards of the Thawing Arctic
After two decades of war in the desert, Canadian troops must relearn how to operate in the frozen north.
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Students salute their teacher after finishing rifle training at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force High Technical School in Yokosuka on Sept. 17, 2014. With Little Fanfare, Japan Just Changed the Way It Uses Its Military
In a first since 1945, the country is sending self-defense forces to a non-U.N. mission abroad.
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Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq War in Tehran on Sept. 22, 2018. Iran’s Changing of the Guards
The IRGC just selected a new leader. Here’s why—and what it means for Iranian strategy.
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The House Budget Committee displays copies of U.S. President Donald Trump's fiscal 2020 budget in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 11. U.S. Defense Department’s Top Budget Strategist to Step Down
The departure adds more uncertainty at the Pentagon, where Trump has yet to appoint a permanent secretary of defense.
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Former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga (2L) is received in Mopti on his visit to Mali's central region on October 14, 2018. (Photo by Michele Cattani/ AFP/Getty Images) Dumping One Government Won’t Fix Mali
March’s deadly massacre exposed the lack of progress since the country’s peace accords—and the many political and security reforms that are needed.
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U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan delivers remarks at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 9. (Department of Defense photo by Lisa Ferdinando) The Trials of Patrick Shanahan
After months of uncertainty, Trump’s acting defense secretary is making his presence felt inside the administration.
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U.S. soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on July 7, 2018. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images) Critics Should Stop Declaring Defeat in Afghanistan
The war is not yet over and its outcome is not yet certain.
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James Rebhorn bowls at the Second Stage Theatres 19th Annual All-Star Bowling at Leisure Time Bowling Lanes on February 6, 2006 in New York, New York. (Scott Wintrow/Getty Images) If You Bowl Alone, You Can’t Fight Together
National security depends on a vanishing sense of community.
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on April 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley) Will Congress Let Trump Build More Nuclear Weapons?
The administration and Capitol Hill are on a collision course over the future of U.S. nukes.
