Japan doesn’t seem likely to develop nuclear weapons in the short-term. However, the tensions that triggered this episode are not likely to end soon. This raises questions about the feasibility of a ...

Rushed into service during the final stages of the war, this experimental platform carried a weapon designed to shift the balance of power. A single interception ended the mission before it could ...

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During World War II, Japan developed a revolutionary secret weapon: underwater aircraft carriers. These massive I-400 class submarines were designed to launch bomber planes from beneath the waves, ...

In Japan and South Korea there is deepening concern over the reliability of long-time American security guarantees – whether the U.S. will come to their aid in the event of a war. This has been ...

In spite of the DEW weapons’ promise, they are still years away from completion—while China is prepared to make war in the Indo-Pacific almost immediately. After having successfully demonstrated that ...