Don’t let anyone tell you support for Ukraine is on the decline in 2023
It may seem like one big joke to many in the United States and in American media, but the inability to reach a majority vote for Speaker of the House…
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander says Russia will ‘carpet bomb’ Ukraine
Retired Admiral James Stavridis has written books on leadership, decision-making and even sounded the alarm on China and cyber warfare in his book, “2034: A Novel of the Next World…
A border village in NATO-allied Poland was reportedly hit by Russian missiles
Poland’s highest-level defense officials scrambled to meet in Warsaw after receiving reports of sudden explosions in a village near the country’s border with Ukraine. The blasts came as Russia launched…
How the Soviet MiG-29 became a NATO fighter jet
During the Cold War, NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries were constantly trying to outdo each other. This arms race can be seen in their respective developments of a fighter…
Why a NATO general defied the Supreme Allied Commander in Kosovo
On June 12, 1999, British Army Capt. James Blunt (yes, the singer) received an order from NATO headquarters to capture the Pristina Airport in Kosovo. There was just one problem:…
The US plan to train nuclear suicide bomber paratroopers
It’s an idea as old as nuclear weapons themselves: If you could slip a nuke into a city and detonate it, the enemy would never know it was coming. No missiles detected, no early warning radar, just one day: BOOM. In Cold War lore, these man-portabl…
You have to see the tombstones in this Soviet military cemetery
Somewhere in an Estonian Forest, causal hikers will come across a sea of red star-adorned metallic strips jutting out of the ground. Like some giant shark jaw, the 9,000-foot area is next to a wooded area, covered with what are actually aircraft tai…
This was Russia’s plan to defeat NATO in the first week of World War III
During the Cold War, everyone on the planet was convinced a war between NATO and the Soviet Union would end in a nuclear holocaust, an exchange of intercontinental ballistic missiles…
Why Russia could not invade Sweden even if Sweden is not in NATO
Sweden might face some opposition to its NATO membership from Turkey, but Turkey would be smart to realize that Sweden has Russia’s number in almost any circumstance. It’s not just…
This Finnish brewery launched a NATO-themed beer to support NATO membership
You can tell a lot about a country by taking a look at its drink selection. In the case of Finland, the country’s latest brew is a clear indicator of…