Tourists stroll the beach during D-Day anniversary festivities at Omaha Beach Normandy, France., June 2, 2024. The U.S. Army and members from European allied nations are participating in the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, supporting local events across Normandy, from June 1- 10, 2024 to commemorate the selfless actions by all the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 80 years later. (Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh/U.S. Army).
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Simone Ledeen, Real Clear Defense
When American diplomats in Havana started experiencing strange and debilitating symptoms in 2016, whispers of a covert attack began to circulate.
The EU is projected to elect its most right-wing European Parliament in history.
Anne-Marie Brady, The Diplomat
The China Coast Guard is expanding its reach in the Pacific, part of a broader campaign to increase Beijing’s security role in the region.
RCD
France has been an ally of the United States since our formation as a country, when they sent weapons, uniforms, troops, and warships to help George Washington’s Continental Army win the…
Grant, BrDefense
When the Army announced the winner of its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, the service stated it needs “tactical maneuver at operational and strategic distances.
Chris Stewart, RealClearDefense
Memorial Day, a solemn day of remembrance, has just passed.
SWJ
I spent the penultimate week of May in Connecticut, celebrating my nephew’s graduation from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Only ‘Western industry’ will be allowed to bid for UK-led Ukraine drone programme, despite Kyiv buying thousands of China-origin DJI drones.
Last month, China launched one of the largest military exercises in recent memory, nearly completely encircling Taiwan with dozens of warships and fighter jets. This exercise, Joint Sword 2024A, was in response to the inauguration of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te. Its name suggests it could be merely the first of many such threatening exercises this year, prompting renewed concerns about the threat of a Chinese blockade to Taiwan’s de facto sovereignty.