Category Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)

Crimes Against Humanity, Gaza Strip, Geopolitics, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), October 7th Attacks (Israel), Palestinian State, War Crimes

Gaza 2025: Siege, Surveillance, and Shifting Sands

Gaza 2025: Siege, Surveillance, and Shifting Sands 1. Introduction: The Siege is the Strategy Gaza is not merely a place. In 2025, it is a condition. A physical, psychological, and juridical anomaly—a 140-square mile trauma loop where time doesn’t pass…

Airpower, F-16, Foreign Aid, Foreign Military Assistance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), NATO, Russia-Ukraine War, The Trump Doctrine, Ukraine, United States of America

Terminal Altitude: Why Ukraine’s Fighter Fleet Will Collapse Without Immediate U.S. Reengagement

Terminal Altitude: Why Ukraine’s Fighter Fleet Will Collapse Without Immediate U.S. Reengagement1. Executive Summary On April 12, 2025, Captain Pavlo Ivanov, a 26-year-old Ukrainian Air Force pilot, was killed while flying a U.S.-donated F-16 on a combat mission. He was…

Kevin J.S. Duska Jr.
April 12, 2025

Airpower, American Relative Decline, Dead Code Walking, Hegemonic Transition, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Military Strategy, Op/Ed, United States of America

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time I. Prologue: The Empire That Watched Itself Die A drone orbits over a parched village outside Kismayo.The feed is clean.The horizon shimmers…