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Though technologically backwards for the most part—in the event of war—the North Koreans could inflict severe damage to South Korea and the U.S. forces stationed on the peninsula.

With regard to the decapitation strikes, the most important question not being asked is—what comes next?

In a military that operates Raptor stealth fighters, A-10 tank busters, B-52 bombers and Harrier jump jets, the U.S. Navy’s placid-looking E-6 Mercury, based on the 707 airliner, seems particularly inoffensive. But don’t be deceived by appearances.

While international sanctions and its own lack of resources have hindered the development of the hermit kingdom’s energy and resource sector, it can expect plenty of help from its friends should the barriers to extraction be removed.

A fun thought experiment.  Heres What You Need to Remember: A bigger navy could withstand combat losses in an anti-access setting and keep fighting. Better a surplus of assets than a deficit. Heres a thought experiment: would America build the U.S. Navy currently plying the seven seas if it were starting from scratch? Color me skeptical. If not, what kind of navy  would it build, and how can we approximate that ideal in light of budgetary constraints, a slew of legacy platforms that cant si...

Why Russia’s R-77 Missile Could Give the Air Force Some Real Trouble Technologically, the R-77 is an active-radar homing missile, meaning that the seeker itself has a small radar that sends out radar pulses to detect the target and then uses that information to home in on the target. Heres What You Need to Remember: The upcoming R-77M variant for use on the Su-57 is exciting, with the possible AESA seeker and return to a traditional fin layout. There also is the version that’s powered by a...

The USS  Michael Monsoor, second of the Zumwalt-class destroyers, recently embarked on trials and will be delivered to the U.S. Navy in the next year. While neither the  Monsoor nor its older sister  Zumwalt are likely to be ready to contribute to a war on the Korean Peninsula in the near future, the crisis shows no signs of abating. As tensions between the United States and North Korea grow, it’s worth asking what role the largest, most lethal destroyers in the U.S. arsenal might play i...

South Korean intelligence believes the North has mastered the technology to place a nuclear weapon on the Nodong medium-range ballistic missile, a weapon that can reach Japan. Although Japan has a two-layered ballistic-missile defense consisting of the Aegis combat system and Patriot missiles, it may find it necessary to add a third, controversial layer: eliminating nuclear-tipped missiles at the source. Here are five weapons systems, both defensive and offensive, that would help Japan de...

Is it enough to beat the United States in a land war? Heres What You Need To Remember: Russian infantry have some advantages over their American counterparts. Three vehicle platoons means the Russian Ground Forces, man for man and vehicle for vehicle, can field twenty five percent more platoons than the U.S. Army. Theoretically this gives a commander more tactical options on the battlefield. The United States and Russia field two of the most powerful armies in the world. Heavily mechanized and...

In a head to head matchup, which side would come out on top? Heres What You Need to Remember: The Russian motor rifle squad is nearly identical to the U.S. Army mechanized infantry squad except it does not have a medium range antitank guided missile launcher in the same category as the Javelin. Just like in American squads, single shot, disposable RPG-18 light antitank weapons are issued as needed. The United States and Russia field two of the most powerful armies in the world. Heavily mechani...