Successful empires have always depended on maritime power. Now there are signs that this power is shifting eastwards.
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Part of the rationale for acquiring nuclear-powered subs is to counter China’s growing military influence. But the US navy still remains much more powerful than China’s.
While UFO videos might seem compelling, they’re rarely backed up with evidence. A sociologist explains why claims of alien life gain traction through both social and mass media every few years.
The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.
About 10% of the Oath Keepers are active-duty military, and around two-thirds are retired military or law enforcement.
It’s difficult to tell a shipwreck from a natural feature on the ocean floor in a scan taken from a plane or ship. This project used deep learning to get it right 92% of the time.
Before pilot Charles Taylor and company mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945, Taylor had to be rescued from the Pacific Ocean twice.
As tensions in the disputed waters mount, it’s important to understand how this conflict began and what international law says about freedom of navigation and competing maritime claims.
US military leaders have to plan for operations all over the world, so they can’t afford to ignore climate change or debate its causes.
A new look at detailed data about Civil War skirmishes along the Mississippi River reveals another key to the Union’s victory.
A massive scandal implicating senior US Navy officers highlights what bribery is and how it happens. A law and ethics scholar at the US Naval Academy can’t say much more than that, though.
During a military mission, whether in peace or in war, the inability to identify an object within an area of operation represents a significant problem.
Many healthy young men and women, including military personnel, died in the 1918 flu pandemic. It’s a reminder of how dangerous influenza can be.
Self-driving cars and drones have some lessons to learn from the experience of ships and planes in switching to autopilot.
The great dream of cars running on sustainable petrol has not bitten the dust. Here’s why.
The most expensive defense program in world history has yielded a multi-role fighter plane that is an inelegant jack-of-all-trades, but master of none.
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
America’s longstanding tradition of isolationism meant that in 1917 U.S. forces needed a lot of support from overseas allies to fight effectively.
Does the president’s specified goal of 350 ships meet the needs of the nation in the 21st century? The answer is not yet clear.
Megyn Kelly’s account of Fox News Chief Roger Ailes’ sexually predatory behavior has put harassment back in headlines. Can public debate on this issue make a difference?
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