Robert FarleyTanks, Middle EastIsrael remains in a strategically perilous position.Here's What You Need to Remember: The inability of Israel to develop long-term, stable, positive relationships with its immediate neighbors, regional powers, and the subject populations of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip means that Jerusalem continues to feel insecure, its dominance on land, air, and sea notwithstanding.

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Surrounded by Enemies, Israel had to Become a Military Superpower

Trevor FilsethSocial Security, AmericasWomen tend to spend more time with their children than men do, helping to create a “motherhood earnings penalty” for mothers who reduced or stopped work for childcare.Here's What You Need to Know: Women with children earn fewer benefits than childless women.Social Security is intended to cover roughly forty percent of a person’s pre-retirement income.

Social Security Penalizes Mothers - And That’s a Big Problem

Michael PeckArtillery, EurasiaWhile Russia’s military is smaller than during the Cold War, it still fields a powerful force of howitzers, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.Here's What You Need to Know: Washington has more to worry about from Moscow.The U.S. Army’s big guns have problems.The Army’s field artillery is outgunned by Russian weapons.

Do Russia’s Big Guns Outmatch U.S. Army Artillery?

Robert FarleySubmarines, soviet unionSeveral Soviet and Russian submarines have been lost to accident. But K-429 sank twice.
Here's What You Need to Know: K-429 sank again in 1985 after being refloated following an accident in 1983. She served out the rest of her life as a training hulk.The Cold War saw numerous submarine accidents, especially on the Soviet side.

This Unlucky Soviet Submarine Sank Twice

Kyle MizokamiRussia, EurasiaShould a Sino-Russian conflict break out, these pieces of military tech would seriously help Russia's military.

Five Russian Weapons that China Should Be Worried About

Michael PeckU.S. Air Force, AmericasThe North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II.Here's What You Need to Know: The U.S. Air Force did eventually buy a propeller-driven counterinsurgency plane.(This article first appeared in 2016.)The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II.

Did the U.S. Air Force Almost Revive the P-51 Mustang?

Alex HollingsStealth Fighters, AmericasThese pilots have the gear — and now they’re getting the training.Here's What You Need To Remember: The truth is, stealth is an overlapping series of technologies, production methodologies, and combat tactics that are all intended to delay detection and inhibit air defense systems from getting what’s called a “weapons-grade lock” — or a sufficient lock to really shoot an aircraft down.

F-15 Pilots Are Now Training With F-117 Nighthawks Retirees

Michael PeckF-35, Middle EastThat's what pro-Russian media claimed.Here's What You Need to Know: More than circumstantial evidence is needed to give the claims any credence.Did a Russian anti-aircraft missile hit one of Israel’s new F-35 stealth fighters?Pro-Russian media claimed that an Israeli F-35I was hit and damaged by a Russian-made S-200 surface-to-air missile during an Israeli air strike in Syria back in 2017.

Did a Russian-Made Missile Hit an Israeli F-35 Stealth Fighter in 2017?

The New York Times has stealthily deleted its baseless claim that a New York Post report about Hunter Biden’s laptop was “unsubstantiated.”

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The campaign for California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder on Monday began propagating allegations of election fraud, one day prior to the recall election and before election results have even been released.



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