Since World War II the main American airbase in the Pacific was on the island of Guam. This has turned Guam into a vulnerable target for long range Chinese ballistic missiles. Guam is still important, ...

The Ephemeral Habsburg Empire in Mexico. In 1869, artist Édouard Manet finished his painting of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, depicting the death, by firing squad, of Maxi ...

April 5, 2025: The United States has had military bases overseas since World War II ended in 1945. These included over 300 installations dispersed throughout 49 countries in Europe and Japan. There ...

April 5, 2025: Global defense spending reached $2.46 trillion in 2024. NATO members account for nearly half of global defense spending. Major Nation Defense Spending NATO spending is likely to ...

American political and military leaders agree that European NATO countries should spend more for their own defense. To encourage that the Americans plan to remove U.S. forces from Europe and tell the ...

Iraq has been at war since 2003, when troops from the U.S. and Britain invaded to oust dictator Saddam Hussein. The invasion succeeded in less than 40 days, but resistance from irregulars and Islamic ...

North Korean use of EMP against the south would incur retaliation from the United States, which has been an ally since 1946. Most major industrialized nations can, and some have, built EMP weapons.

The Israeli underground bunger program began over a decade ago when the main Air Force command bunker was built. It received advanced electronic systems as well as protection from chemical, biological ...