Vietnam
Evaluating the TP-150 “Flying Legend,” Vietnam’s Indigenous Trainer Aircraft
If the TP-150 gains popularity with Western air forces, it would be a tangible symbol of the Vietnamese People’s Air Force (VPAF) keeping pace with the West.
How to Win the Global South’s Energy Race
The United States has a comparative advantage over China as an energy provider; it should make the most of it. China is the world’s largest trading partner. Across Southeast Asia,...
Vietnam Could Be America’s Next Great Trade Partner
The twenty-first century has been defined by deepening global economic interdependence, where the prosperity of nations increasingly depends on trade, investment, and secure supply chains that stretch across borders. This...
Inside the Story of How Vietcong Commandos ‘Sank’ an ‘Aircraft Carrier’
Summary and All You Need to Know: In 1964, the USNS Card, a World War II escort carrier repurposed for supply duties, was sunk in Saigon Port by a daring Viet...
National Character and Wartime Abuses
With the record of newly minted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being freshly scrutinized, one recently recalled item is her reaction to revelations several years ago of the torture of...
The A-12 Oxcart: The CIA’s Mach 3 Spy Plane That Used ‘Plasma Stealth’
Summary and Key Points: The A-12 Oxcart, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works for the CIA, preceded the renowned SR-71 Blackbird. Entering service in 1967, the A-12...
1,737 Warplanes Destroyed: The Real Reason America Lost the Vietnam War
Summary and Key Points: Logan Nye’s article revisits the restrictive rules of engagement (ROE) imposed on U.S. combat aviators by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the Vietnam War, which severely...
Will War Consume the South China Sea in 2024?
The state visit to Beijing by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in January 2023 did not yield the momentum for bilateral ties that his predecessor’s trip in 2017 did. Barely one month...
Vietnam: The War America Could Have Won?
Could America Have Won the Vietnam War?: On August 30, 2021, the last United States military personnel “officially” departed from Afghanistan – essentially ending America’s longest war. The Taliban quickly...
Xi’s Visit to Hanoi Reflects Vietnam’s Greatest Foreign Policy Challenge
During Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam on December 12-13, China and Vietnam agreed to “build a community with a shared future that carries a strategic significance.” Before the...
Operation Bolo: The F-4 Phantom Gets Revenge in Vietnam
The F-4 Phantom: The plane went to war in Vietnam and made some serious history, as we explain below. In 1966, the U.S. Air Force was frustrated in Vietnam. Pilots...
F-105 Thunderchief: This Warplane Flew 2,000 Missions During the Vietnam War
I’ve got my rock band’s name picked out; now, I just need the band. My as-yet-unformed band will be named for what, in my opinion, is the most satisfyingly designated...