I Was Curious”: A Chemist, a Mussel, and the Navy’s Next Repair Problem
The Michelson Memorial Lecture Series at the U.S. Naval Academy is an annual scientific lecture series…
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In November of 1943, the Liberty Ship SS John P. Gaines broke in two and sank,…
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Robbin Laird’s account of how Ukraine and Asia’s engagement are rewiring European defense industry identifies something…
Read More »Undersea Power, Not Submarine Politics: What John Blaxland Gets Right About Australia’s Deepest Strategic Problem
Five years into AUKUS, the Australian debate remains stubbornly fixated on a single question: will the…
Read More »Nacelle Modernization is the Key to CMV-22B Readiness
Naval power is often judged by the capabilities of the platforms at the tip of the…
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Hugo Chávez, a populist, won Venezuela’s presidency in a 1998 democratic election with about 57 percent…
Read More »The Drone Wars and the Impact Force: What Michael O’Hanlon’s Ukraine-Iran Lessons Mean for Force Design
A recent Defense & Aerospace Report Land Warfare podcast, in which Vago Muradian sat down with…
Read More »Two Wars, One Industrial Base: How Ukraine and Asia’s Engagement Are Rewiring European Defense
Europe’s defense industry is being remade by a war that is no longer purely European. What…
Read More »The Narrow Sea: Why a Taiwan Invasion Fleet’s Real Vulnerability Is Logistics, Not the Landing
Every discussion of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) assault on Taiwan eventually arrives at the beach,…
Read More »Realism in an Age of Uncertainty: Power, Adaptation, and Strategic Freedom of Action
Realism has returned to the center of strategic debate. The war in Ukraine, U.S.-China competition, the…
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