Military Budget

The Trump administration is set to raise the Pentagon’s budget despite promises to cut government spending drastically. The question now is: where will this money come from and will it...

Missiles and drones that can sink aircraft carriers are quite cheap compared to the billions required to design, build, equip, and operate the carriers themselves. Are they still worth the...

Can the United States achieve sufficient deterrence with fewer resources invested into nuclear weapons? Probably not.

Sixth-generation planes are only a marginal enhancement over fifth-generation ones—and China has yet to fully build out their fifth generation. Why would Beijing still be investing in those systems if...

If killing the A-10 program is the Air Force’s solution for paying for the F-47, then the Air Force is truly lost. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to award Boeing...

For a fraction of the cost of the F-47, swarms of drones can be built and integrated with existing airframes like the F-22 and F-35, all of which can enhance...

Russia has plans for two new aircraft carriers. It can’t afford to build the first, and it would be foolish to build the second.

Because of both its low upfront and ongoing costs, the F-16 has proven massively popular on the export market.

It would be refreshing to hear the Pentagon explain precisely why the nation should be investing so heavily in the next-generation fighter.

Canada’s experience with the CF-5 is a warning to the United States about what happens when pinching pennies in the defense budget takes precedence over strategic sense.

Last year, the UK spent approximately $72 billion on its armed forces—giving it one of the largest defense budgets in NATO.  

The greatest existential national security threat facing the United States is neither China nor Russia. It is, in fact, the nation’s endlessly ballooning national debt.