Category: defense

The Famous Defense by Oklahoma Territory’s Silver-Tongued Attorney Temple Houston

Oklahoma and Indian Territories were among the last frontiers of the wild and woolly American West. Hordes of legal fugitives and an assortment of unsavory characters flocked to the region when it was thrown open for settlement during a series of land runs. Col. D.F. MacMartin describes it best in his book “Thirty Years in…


US and Japan Sign Historic Defense Agreements, Extend Mutual Aid to Space

The leaders of Japan and the United States are expanding the nations’ alliance with a series of new commitments regarding defense spending, military modernization, and a new agreement that will extend their mutual defense treaty to space. U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the White House on Jan. 13, where…


LIVE at 11AM ET: Does the Biden Administration Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-Defense?

President Joe Biden has a long history of advocating gun control laws that only make Americans less safe. Should you be worried? With crime rates skyrocketing across the country, citizens need to know their rights—and how to keep their families and communities safe. In this important new episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith…


LIVE NOW: Does the Biden Administration Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-Defense?

President Joe Biden has a long history of advocating gun control laws that only make Americans less safe. Should you be worried? With crime rates skyrocketing across the country, citizens need to know their rights—and how to keep their families and communities safe. In this important new episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith…


Does the Biden Administration Want to Take Away Your Right to Self-Defense?

President Joe Biden has a long history of advocating gun control laws that only make Americans less safe. Should you be worried? With crime rates skyrocketing across the country, citizens need to know their rights—and how to keep their families and communities safe. In this important new episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith…


The US National Defense Authorization Act Is Crucial to Taiwan

Commentary Tensions between the United States and China have been high since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei in August. The Chinese regime’s response was to conduct several days of live fire drills off of the island’s shores. The signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has evoked a similarly threatening response from…


German Lawmakers OK Defense Purchases That Include F-35 Jets

BERLIN—German lawmakers on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for a series of defense procurement projects, including the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, as Berlin begins to spend a huge fund to strengthen the country’s military. Germany in mid-March announced plans to replace aging Tornado bomber jets with 35 F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of…


LIVE NOW: Defense Leaders Speak at the Annual Reagan National Defense Forum

Defense leaders speak at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum on Dec. 3. SCHEDULE: 1700GMT – Gen. Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command 1800GMT – Gen. B. Chance “Salty” Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force Hon. Christine Wormuth, Secretary, U.S. Army 1900GMT – Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin 2010GMT – Avril Haines,…


Defense Leaders Speak at the Annual Reagan National Defense Forum

Defense leaders speak at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum on Dec. 3. SCHEDULE: 1700GMT – Gen. Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command 1800GMT – Gen. B. Chance “Salty” Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force Hon. Christine Wormuth, Secretary, U.S. Army 1900GMT – Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin 2010GMT – Avril Haines,…


Japan’s Defense Goes ‘Joint’—Kind Of

Commentary When considering Japan’s defense policy, particularly the speed at which it changes, it’s good to keep your wits about you. The following apocryphal exchange between a skeptical U.S. observer and a Japanese government official following some newly announced defense initiative is instructive: U.S. observer: “I suppose you’re going to get it done, ‘mañana’?” Japanese…