Stephen Bryen
Asia Times
Washington, DC, United States
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The coming spring offensives in Ukraine
As it looks now, there are two potential spring offensives in Ukraine. Either of these offensives would be laden with significant risks for both sides. Predicting the outcome is difficult because o… → Read More
Risk of a wider war with Crimea in US sights
Ukrainian forces are pulling out of Bakhmut and the battle for the small Donetsk city is nearly finished. So what happens next? There appear to be two stages to the Bakhmut pullout. The first start… → Read More
Ukrainian fighters at Bakhmut reported encircled
Some 10,000 to 20,000 troops comprising the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut are now trapped. Reports say that the city is operationally encircled with diminishing chance of a breakout. To the west of Ba… → Read More
Ukraine war: a question of territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Ukraine will not surrender one meter of land to Russia. It would seem that his demand makes any diplomatic solution to the war impossible. Russia, a… → Read More
Israel’s newest tank streets ahead of all competitors
While American and European main battle tanks rest on 1970s designs, Israel has again forged ahead by introducing its latest tank, the Merkava V. The new tank differs from its predecessors because… → Read More
The hidden truth behind China’s spy balloons
Washington is in a state of confusion about balloons and other unidentified flying objects, four of which have already been shot down. What is their purpose? Will there be more to deal with? Where … → Read More
If a Chinese spy balloon flew over Israel
Consider this: if China sent one of its high-tech surveillance balloons over Israel, what would happen? The answer: Israel would have sounded air raid sirens telling its citizens to go into shelter… → Read More
A Chinese balloon exposes a massive vulnerability
On February 2, a high-altitude Chinese balloon assumed to be loaded with sensitive surveillance gear traveled over Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. It turns out to have been one… → Read More
All is not well for Ukraine
The delivery of tanks, advanced air defense systems and potentially long-range ground-launched bombs may be a response to Ukraine’s dire requests, but it also brings with it a new load of pro… → Read More
A drone cure for Russia’s artillery-killing ‘Penicillin’
Military drones have evolved mightily from the cameras hung on model airplanes that were introduced in the early 1980s. They are now used for battlefield intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveilla… → Read More
North Korea may be using Iranian drones
On December 26, five North Korean drones penetrated South Korean airspace, with one or more flying around the northern part of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Despite the fact that the South Korea… → Read More
Israel sends a message to Moscow from Washington
Israel’s new foreign minister, Eli Cohen, has barely had time to get the keys to the men’s room in his new office and he is already engaged in high-level diplomatic talks. He took a cal… → Read More
Stopping Iran’s drones
The Biden administration belatedly wants to stop Iran’s drones. Focusing primarily on the US integrated circuits found in Iran’s drones, the administration has put together an “al… → Read More
South Korea’s tech no match for intruding NK drones
Radar and jamming technologies are the keys to figuring out why South Korea was unable to down even a single one of the five North Korean drones that intruded into the South’s airspace Decemb… → Read More
Is Vladimir Putin seriously sick?
Whatever health problems Russian president Vladimir Putin has been suffering, they may have recently grown considerably worse. Putin has canceled three important events in the past week, fueling ne… → Read More
Windfalls await investors in ammunition
In the now classic 1967 film The Graduate, protagonist Benjamin Braddock, being feted with a graduation party, is pulled aside by a friend of his parents. Mr Maguire says he has only one word for B… → Read More
Ukrainian military casualties are big trouble for Biden
In a shocking statement that has now been withdrawn, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote that Ukraine has lost 100,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians in the … → Read More
Iran’s suicide drones a grave new threat at sea
An oil tanker owned by an Israeli billionaire was hit by a suicide drone off the coast of Oman on November 15. Israeli government experts believe the drone that struck the tanker was an Iranian Sh… → Read More
US tech powers Iran’s killer drones in Ukraine
Iran’s drones are devastating the critical infrastructure of Ukraine. What is surprising is that, beyond the physical drone airframe and the explosive payload, Ukraine is being savaged by equ… → Read More
US turns blind eye to Iran’s drone exports to Russia
Beyond rushing deliveries of very costly and unproven air defense systems to Ukraine, Washington is doing next to nothing about Iran’s delivery of 3,500 drones to Russia for the war… → Read More