In a move that many observers have likened to the opening scene of a techno-thriller or science fiction novel, China reportedly tested an advanced hypersonic missile in August. Technically known as a Gliding Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, or G-FOBS, the weapon is said to have missed its target by about …

As the Biden administration prepares to release its National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, observers are searching for clues on how those reviews will grapple with the framework of “great-power competition” that anchored the previous administration’s high-level policy documents. That framework has achieved substantial bipartisan traction in the intervening …

NATO allies have put their forces on standby and are bolstering their presence in Eastern Europe amid concerns over a Russian military buildup near Ukraine, in what Moscow called a provocation. Outlining a series of recent announcements by individual members of current or upcoming deployments, NATO said on January 24 …