CIA Director Bill Burns said Chinese President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s army to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027 at the latest. But that doesn’t mean military conflict is inevitable.  “We do know, as has been made public, that President Xi has instructed the PLA, the Chinese military leadership, to be ready…

The Russian war machine needs more soldiers. Facing staggering losses on the battlefield and a fleeing domestic population, intelligence reports from Ukraine said Vladimir Putin is looking to implement another troop mobilization. Last fall, Russia began mobilizing 300,000 troops from the civilian population. Many of those soldiers reportedly received just a few weeks of training…

The private military company Wagner Group is gaining more notoriety in Russia and pro-Russian countries. The mercenary group is even inspiring the leader of Chechnya to one day form his group of soldiers for hire. Ramzan Kadyrov is the head of the Chechen Republic. He’s close allies with Vladimir Putin, and a strong supporter of…

If Ukraine’s national security chief has his way, the war will end with Ukrainian tanks parked on Red Square in Moscow. Over the weekend, Oleksiy Danilov told the British newspaper The Sun, “Our tanks will be on Red Square and that will be justice.” Danilov called Putin “Hitler’s twin,” and said the Russian leader is…

Russia is losing a lot of tanks in Ukraine. Western intelligence thinks Russia has lost somewhere between 40% and 50% of its pre-war fleet. Leopard 2s and Abrams tanks from the West will soon bolster Ukraine’s armored divisions, which means Russia may be forced to put its T-14 Armata into wider service. Russia has expressed…

It seems Russia’s much anticipated spring offensive in Ukraine is underway. The Kremlin has yet to fully acknowledge its start, but conditions on the battlefield indicate Russia is trying, in earnest, to gain ground. As expected, most of the fighting is in the industrialized eastern part of Ukraine, an area known as the Donbas. Intelligence…

Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops are being mobilized along five lines of attack in Ukraine. Now, it looks like Russia may launch its spring offensive before Ukraine can get Western tanks to the battlefield. Military officials from Kyiv and the West have been warning of a renewed Russian offensive for months. The latest intelligence…

President Joe Biden’s refusal to give Ukraine F-16 fighter jets is ruffling feathers. So much that a U.S. weapons manufacturer is now offering to sell Ukraine multi-million dollar drones for $1. Linden Blue is the CEO of General Atomics, which makes things like the Predator, Avenger and Reaper drones. In a statement on the company’s…

Over the weekend, Israel launched drone strikes on a defense compound in Iran. Iranian officials said the compound was an ammunition factory. According to Iranian media, at least one drone was taken down by air defenses, but two more struck the facility. Iranian media said there were no injuries, and the damage to the building…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is at a standstill. Russian troop losses are approaching 200,000. Dozens of Western tanks are on their way to the Ukrainians. So, naturally, the Russian general in charge of the Ukraine war wants to make sure his troops shave. General Valery Gerasimov is Russia’s top general. He was recently appointed…