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EPIC FURY - Testing the Limits of Air Power
The U.S. and Israel have shattered Iran’s military capability in just days. But history warns that destruction alone rarely delivers political victory
 • Phil Gentile
The Long War with Iran Enters a New Chapter
From the 1979 Revolution to Epic Fury, essential books on the U.S.–Iran conflict in context.
 • Phil Gentile
A Clearer Warning: The Pentagon’s 2025 China Report
From Taiwan to Total War to Nuclear growth, what the Pentagon’s latest assessment reveals about Beijing’s plans for conflict.
 • Phil Gentile
The National Defense Strategy Is Coming—But Much Is Already Out
How the NSS and the defense budget frame what the Pentagon’s NDS will actually say
 • Phil Gentile
The Pentagon's Quest for Drone Supremacy
Ground-Centric Drones alone Won’t Win: Future Wars, especially with China, demand Joint, All-domain Unmanned Strategies.
 • Phil Gentile
Strategic Terrain Still Matters: Geography and the Next Defense Strategy
The American Enterprise Institute’s guidance to the Pentagon: Strategic terrain still matters—just as Mahan, Mackinder, and others long argued
 • Phil Gentile
The U.S. Army at 250: Defense and Democracy
Defending the Nation and Upholding Civil-Military Relations Since 1775
 • Phil Gentile
Happy 83rd Birthday, Seabees
We Build, We Fight
 • David Gran
China’s Military Ambitions Unveiled: Key Takeaways from the Latest Pentagon Report
From Nuclear Expansion to Global Reach: Breaking Down the CMPR’s Highlights
 • Phil Gentile
Happy Birthday Guardians!
Marking the 5th Anniversary of the America’s Space Force
 • Phil Gentile
Happy Birthday, Marines!
The 249th Marine Corps Birthday
 • David Gran and Phil Gentile
The Commission on The National Defense Strategy: A Call to Action
Military Happenings
 • Phil Gentile
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