United Russia under fire;

Earlier today, President Obama unveiled a revamped national military strategy in a major address at the Pentagon. While the full details of the strategy—dubbed “Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense”—have yet to be disclosed, early reports offer some important insights into the Administration’s evolving national security and defense priorities.

 Equipment quality, personnel problems plague Russia's military;

Is electromagnetic pulse a real threat to American security? On the heels of recent Republican primary debates, the danger to U.S. electronics and infrastructure posed by a high-altitude nuclear blast suddenly has emerged as a campaign issue. So has concerted opposition to it, with both liberal and conservative skeptics ridiculing the idea as an overblown, even fabricated, distraction. Yet there is ample evidence that the danger is both clear and present.

As the past three years have shown, President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, don't often see eye-to-eye on foreign policy. On at least one issue, however, the two appear to be in full agreement. Both have stated clearly and repeatedly that the radical, revolutionary regime that rules Iran must not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons. And yet, neither the current president nor the previous one made serious headway on this most serious of national security challenges.

 Backing Viktor Bout;

China's BMD efforts advance; India, NATO align on missile defense; South Korea adds missile deterrent; Reassuring Russia over European defense; Turkey shuts Israel out of early warning; New Russian ICBM stumbles out of the gate

 Prokhorov pulls back the curtain on "Just Cause";

Cat-and-mouse over Gaza rockets; Taiwan scrambles for missile deterrent; Debating missile defense in Europe; Taking Russia to court over missile defense; India's missile defense grid takes shape

 Progress in Politkovskaya Case;