Key Developments

The Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Program: The Challenge of Overcoming Persistent Structural Challenges

12/16/2025
By Robbin Laird

The Government Accountability Office’s latest report on the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter program reads like…

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Steel Knight 2025: An Overview

12/11/2025
By Robbin Laird

I have been in Southern California for the past few days talking with Marines involved in…

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Coast Guard Aviation at a Crossroads: New CBO Report Reveals Declining Readiness Amid Historic Investment

12/09/2025
By Robbin Laird

The U.S. Coast Guard’s aviation capability faces a critical juncture as new Congressional Budget Office findings…

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The Second Nuclear Age Arrives: How Bracken’s Framework Explains America’s New Strategic Reality

12/07/2025
By Robbin Laird

The recent Wall Street Journal article on the emerging nuclear arms race between the United States,…

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Language, Power and Digital Identity

12/04/2025
By Pasquale Preziosa

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to rewrite the processes of civilization: which processes and for whom,…

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The F-35’s Defining Role in Israel’s Historic Campaign Against Iran

11/30/2025
By Robbin Laird

In June 2025, Israel executed the most ambitious air campaign in its history, Operation Rising Lion,…

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Special Reports
10/09/2025
The report from the Sir Richard Williams Foundation seminar held on September 18, 2025 in Canberra, Australia reveals...
Book Review
12/04/2025
Military aviation stands at a decisive inflection point. For most of the modern era, airpower assumed a world of crisis management: identifiable flashpoints, linear escalation, clear command chains, predictable timelines. That world is over. We now operate in what Robbin...
Featured Defense System
11/08/2025
By C2 Robotics

C2 Robotics is very pleased to announce the first export sales of its Speartooth Large Uncrewed Underwater Vessel (LUUV). Speartooth is designed to generate force-mass in the maritime domain as affordably as possible. Its purpose is to deliver military payloads over strategically relevant ranges at scale and with a high degree of stealth, reliability and autonomy. Speartooth has also been designed to be payload agnostic so that it can rapidly integrate whatever systems its operators require. After extensive real-world testing and successful participation in domestic and international exercises, Speartooth is now making its mark on the global stage with C2 Robotics achieving its first international sales of its LUUV. The company can’t reveal its customers, however C2 Robotics’ Chief Technology Officer Dr Tom Loveard stated that, ‘Our latest...

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