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Richard J. Meadows - Wikipedia

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The Missing Navies: The Hormuz Crisis and the Limits of America’s Indo-Pacific Partnerships

On May 4, 2026, a South Korean vessel came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, leading President Donald Trump to urge the government in Seoul to join the

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While the War Continues in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s Real Battlefield is at Home

On April 1, 2026, Russian officials announced the liberation of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic — for the third time. The first announcement came

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Cyber Operations Aren’t Slow — Our Thinking Is

The phone rang at 3:45 pm on a Friday afternoon. We were winding down for the weekend when the caller ID lit up — it was the counterterrorism analyst in

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Warification and the Illusion of Precision: AI, Targeting, and Increasing Civilian Harm - Lieber Institute West Point

Warification highlights the process of interpreting law under pressure from armed conflict parties, distorting its original intent or spirit.

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574. When Cities Remember: Data Retention as a Security Risk – Mad Scientist Laboratory

 

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Hellscape Defense in Taiwan: Would It Work? - Modern War Institute

Discussions regarding the defense of Taiwan increasingly feature the idea that low-cost emerging technologies are an answer to China’s geopolitical position and overwhelming military might. China lies 180 kilometers across the strait from Taiwan, making an invasion scenario difficult to block by...

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Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget and KMT Trip to Beijing, Part 1​

In part one of this two part episode, COL Kyle Marcrum and Dr Jessica Liao discuss Taiwan President Lai’s special defense budget and why it is stalled in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan.

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Restrain and Hedge: A New U.S. Nuclear Strategy for a Two-Peer World

What if fielding more nuclear weapons makes the United States less secure, not more? That question is now at the center of a growing debate as the United

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The Cold War

How the End of The Draft Changed the US Forever​

May 17, 2026 #ColdWar #ColdWarHistory #History
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a look at the end of the military draft in the United States including how it didn't really end thanks to the continuation of the Select Service system. We also look at the debate that erupted over the inequalities of Select Service and what it says about American societal norms.
Sources are listed below the vid on youtube.

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Battalion of the Damned - Waffen-SS Unit Vietnam War​

May 17, 2026
Rumours persist that during the First Vietnam War in the 1940s-50s, the French used thousands of former Waffen-SS soldiers to fight the Viet Minh. It is partly true, but I have discovered that there was in fact one entire unit in Vietnam that was completely composed of former French SS of the infamous Charlemagne Division, plus former Vichy French security forces and other collaborators. This is the largely unknown story of BILOM, the SS unit that actually fought in Vietnam!
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• BILOM : Les Volontaires de l'Indochine: https://www.scribd.com/document/37564...
• The Forgotten German Veterans of Việt Nam by Jacopo Romanelli, https://thevietnamese.org/2026/01/the...
• Le bataillon des condamnes, le bilom [bataillon d'infanterie legere d'outre-mer] / Indochine 1949-19 by Raymond Muelle, (1989)

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Rudy Boesch - Wikipedia

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Regulatory Friendly Fire: How ITAR Undermines the Alliance It Was Built to Protect

For nearly a century, America’s defense industrial strength yielded a subtle benefit: influence as the world's security guarantor of choice. But the

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The Combat Field Test Raised the Army’s Fitness Ceiling. Now It’s Time to Raise the Floor. - Modern War Institute

Army Directive 2026-07 has officially introduced the Combat Field Test (CFT), a physical battery designed to better assess the capabilities for soldiers in combat arms specialties. Paired with the Army Fitness Test (AFT), these assessment mechanisms and scoring standards now reflect a balance...

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Corruption and PLA Generals​

CLSC Quick Takes offer expert analysis of select sources and provide timely insight in a succinct format rather than as formally cited academic products.

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On May 7, 2026, Xinhua News Agency announced that former Ministers of National Defense and Central Military Commission (CMC) members General Wei Fenghe (魏凤和) and General Li Shangfu (李尚福) were found guilty of accepting bribes (受贿). General Li was also identified as offering bribes (行贿). Both the verdict’s public announcement and the specificity about bribery are significant.

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The Dönitz Testament - Was Hitler's Successor President of Germany Until 1980?​

May 21, 2026
In 1981, the West German government was handed a bizarre document. It was called the 'Dönitz Testament' and had been written by Hitler's successor and the last leader of Nazi Germany, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, in 1975. Its contents were suppressed by the German state until 2015. What were the explosive claims made by Dönitz in this document, and why was the German government unsettled by it? Find out here...
If you would like to see the Dönitz baton, please visit The Soldiers of Shropshire Museum at Shrewsbury: https://www.soldiersofshropshire.co.u...
Dönitz' car pennants from the day of his arrest in 1945 can be viewed at The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum: https://herefordshirelightinfantrymus...


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