The National Interest

The Secret Way U.S. Pilots Flew Russian Mig-29 Fighter Jets

Here’s What You Need to Know: Poland still operates around 30 MiG-29s alongside F-16s and old Su-22s. Russia’s MiG-29 first flew in 1977. Forty-…

Meet The Flying Wing Bomber Nazi Germany Planned to Use to Bomb New York

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The decentralized nature of German military research led to money being funneled into numerous competing proje…

The Sad Story of the Stuka Dive Bomber

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Perhaps no weapon was as closely associated with the Nazi German in early in World War II as the Stuka dive bo…

Battlecruisers: The Stupid Warship Idea That Deserved to Die

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just one hit, as we saw with HMS Sheffield and USS Stark, can sink or cripple a ship. Even if it doesn’t sink,…

A Finnish-Operated Hornet Fighter Land on a U.S. Aircraft Carrier—Why?

Here’s What You Need to Know: Zooming out, the carrier landing is a small event. But it is noteworthy given the larger context of Finland partne…

A Blimp vs. a Nazi Submarine: The Crazy World War II Battle History Forgot

In December 1941, following Pearl Harbor, the United States was unexpectedly and unpreparedly thrust into the Second World War against Nazi Germ…

Nuclear Lost and Found: The Time the U.S. Misplaced Hydrogen Bombs

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Soviets would surely hunt for the weapon, and the White House poured on the pressure. Pres. Lyndon Johnson…

Why Battlecruisers are A Really Stupid Warship Idea

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Just one hit, as we saw with HMS Sheffield and USS Stark, can sink or cripple a ship. Even if it doesn’t sink,…

With Russia Ramping Things Up in the Baltic, Sweden is Looking More to NATO

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Swedish Armed Forces regularly conduct qualified exercises together with partners to strengthen its defens…

The Air Force Needs to Rethink How It Would Fight an 'Army'

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The elements of air forces are interdependent just as capital ships, cruisers, and flotilla craft prowling the…

France’s Leclerc Tank Earned Its Reputation Through Fire and Blood

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The UAE sits astride a tense region. Iran is less than 100 miles away across the Persian Gulf, and the war in…

The Story of How American Jews and France Built Israel’s Nuclear Weapons

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If Ben-Gurion had not been sure that Feinberg could raise the millions needed for the project from world Jewry…

How World War II Revolutionized Aerial Warfare

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Allies had enough of an economic advantage that they could afford to pour remarkable amounts of men and materi…

COVID Outliers: Why are Swedish Towns Banning Masks?

Officials in Halmstad municipality, Sweden, recently forced a teacher to remove their mask and prohibited the use of masks and all forms of PPE…

Millions Dead: The Three Most Horrific Civil War Ever

During his inaugural address last month, President Joe Biden called for unity and to “end this uncivil war.” Whether he can actually heal a divi…

Will America’s Political Tribes Tear It Apart?

The baffled look on my father’s face was understandable, as I was explaining Oxford’s “Rhodes must fall” campaign to him a year before Brexit, s…

Glock 30 Hand Cannon: A Gun Too Small to Be So Powerful?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The combination of firepower and concealability makes the Glock 30 an excellent backup gun for law enforcement…

Fire! These 5 .45 Caliber Pistols are Second to None

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Today, advances in bullet technology means a 9mm round can deliver as much energy as the .45 ACP. Despite this…