by Noah Shachtman | Sep 7, 2012 | Monitor
Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and a B-2 bomber fly in formation. Photo: USAF Should the U.S. actually take Benjamin Netanyahu’s advice and attack Iran, don’t expect a few sorties flown by a couple of fighter jocks. Setting back Iran’s...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 9, 2012 | Monitor
Physicists clear ice from the U.S.S. Annapolis nuclear attack submarine on March 22, 2009. Photo: Navy The exaggerated fears of a coming Arctic war with Russia have largely receded since a media freakout last year. But that isn’t stopping Russia from building...
by Sam LaGrone | Aug 6, 2012 | Monitor
The U.S.S. Barry fires its MK-45 5-inch 54mm cannon during an exercise. Photo: U.S. Navy In 2009, the Navy and the Air Force introduced a new concept for fighting called “Air-Sea Battle.” Three years later, even Pentagon insiders are still completely...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 26, 2012 | Monitor
ASPEN, Colorado — There have been assassinations, explosions, acts of sabotage, and cyberattack. But the increasingly violent shadow war between the U.S., Israel, Iran, and its allies haven’t hit targets on American soil — yet. That could change...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 24, 2012 | Monitor
Mitt Romney addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Reno, Nev. Photo: AP/Rich Pedroncelli) The foreign policy of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is still a work in progress. It’s clear that Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and businessman,...