Japan’s modified Izumo-class destroyers JS Kaga and JS Izumo are now operating as light aircraft carriers for the U.S.-built F-35B Lightning II — Tokyo’s first carriers since World War II. The 27,000-ton ships carry up to 12 stealth fighters each from an 814-foot flight deck. The Kaga’s namesake was sunk by American dive bombers at Midway in 1942. Eighty-four years later, the new Kaga gives Japan stealth-air power projection across the Pacific to counter rising Chinese pressure.
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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranThere has been increasing chatter that Washington and Tehran are nearing an agreement that might wind down the war launched by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28. The truce that took effect seven weeks ago has been a prickly affair, with occasional fire at Gulf states and tit-for-tats at sea — including in recent days, which have seen U.S.
Russia has lost more than 4,000 main battle tanks in Ukraine — including its entire T-80 fleet of roughly 1,200 vehicles — surpassing the total main battle tank holdings of all NATO members. With sanctions choking modern production, Moscow has been forced to pull 1950s-era T-55s and 1960s-era T-62s from deep storage. A ‘jack-in-the-box’ design flaw causes their turrets to blow off on direct hits, and cheap FPV drones now routinely disable them.
The Ukraine War Is a Tank Destroyer for Russia
T-14 Armata Tank from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
T-14 Armata Tank.
Vice President JD Vance delivers the 2026 commencement address at the United States Air Force Academy, commissioning more than 900 cadets into the Air Force and Space Force.
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Summary and Key Points: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a U.S. base in Kuwait on May 28, after American forces hit Iranian military infrastructure in Bandar Abbas. The Iran War ‘ceasefire’ is collapsing into a sustained tit-for-tat exchange. Negotiators remain deadlocked over Iran’s nuclear program and control of the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump campaigned on avoiding ‘forever-war traps’ in the Middle East, but the conflict shows no sign of ending — and could be entering its next phase.
Summary and Key Points: An F-15C pilot from California’s 144th Fighter Wing lost his cockpit canopy in mid-flight last weekend after a Clovis Rodeo flyover. -He safely landed at Fresno Yosemite International Airport with no injuries reported. Retired Air Force Colonel Rob Swertfager likened the experience to ‘driving a sports car convertible at 300 to
Amid the Defense Department’s wide-reaching reforms of how it buys capabilities, lawmakers are proposing to get rid of two Space Force organizations that currently hold semi-autonomous acquisition authorities.
The House Armed Services Committee published the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday that includes language to eliminate the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.
ABERDEEN, Md. — The Army Data Operations Center — a new, centralized hub to help the service manage data flows — will employ minimal human staffing and require automation to keep up with growing force-wide demands, officials anticipate, key factors that may determine the organization’s future.
The service launched the ADOC in April in response to changes on the modern battlefield and frustrations from data teams across the Army that were struggling to connect disparate military systems.
Four years into the war in Ukraine, the Russian economy has not yet collapsed. Rather, GDP numbers and wartime industrial output have often exceeded Western expectations. But despite Russia’s macroeconomic stability, problems lurk; ordinary Russian citizens are encountering rising food prices, higher fuel costs, growing tax burdens, and labor shortages.
So while the Kremlin has so far prevented the complete implosion of the Russian economy, the cost has been shifted onto Russian consumers, who are now paying higher prices for everyday goods.
Putin in 2021.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for more than four years, and things are going very badly for Moscow.
Russian forces lost a net total of 69 square miles of territory in Ukraine between late April and May 19, 2026, marking Moscow’s most significant sustained territorial setbacks since January 2024.
Russian Setbacks on Land And With Heavy Casualties in Ukraine
T-84 Tank from Ukraine War. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Casualties remain extremely high. In April, Russian forces were losing an average of 1,000 to 1,420 troops per day.