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Weaponising the Supply Chain: Yemen's Blockade and the Contradictions of Maritime Logistics Capital

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract This paper examines the 2023–2025 naval blockade imposed by Yemen in the Red Sea. It argues that the blockade's success in disrupting global trade stemmed from the potent confluence of asymmetric military tactics and the structural vulnerabilities inherent within global maritime logistics capitalism.
Ashok Kumar
wiley   +1 more source

Irregular and Infectious? COVID‐19, Ebola and the Securitization of Migration to Southern Europe

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 312-340, January 2026.
Abstract Securitization scholarship concentrates on the discursive association between undocumented migration, terrorism and crime. Our textual and visual analysis of Italian, Spanish and Maltese newspapers between 2013 and 2020 demonstrates that the discourses securitizing irregular mobility as a health risk became more salient than those linking ...
Eugenio Cusumano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Composite Materials Throughout the Military Sector: A Review

open access: yesAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Composite materials have attracted considerable attention in the defense industry owing to their distinctive properties and wide‐ranging applications. This systematic review examines the current research landscape and recent advancements in the application of composite materials for defense purposes.
Mikru Birhan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Race to the Stars and Beyond: How the Soviet Union’s Success in the Space Race Helped Serve as a Projection of Communist Power

open access: yes, 2019
In the modern era, the notion of space travel is generally one of greater acceptance and ease than in times previously. Moreover, a greater number of nations (and now even private entities) have the technological capabilities to launch manned and ...
Lashendock, Jack H.
core  

Analysis of the Ballistic Performance of a Balanced Gun With a New Type of Main and Auxiliary Chambers

open access: yesJournal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Increasing the initial velocity of large‐caliber, high‐mass projectiles remains a persistent challenge in military weapon design. To address this, we developed a novel main–auxiliary chamber configuration based on the balanced gun concept. An internal ballistic model incorporating this dual‐chamber structure was established to evaluate its ballistic ...
Zijie Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Register of specialized sources for information on selected fuels and oxidizers [PDF]

open access: yes
Thirty-eight (38) organizations are listed and described that catalog and file information in their data systems on fuel and oxidizers. The fuels include hydrogen, methane and hydrazine-type fuels; the oxidizers include oxygen, fluorine, flox, nitrogen ...
Ludtke, P. R.
core   +1 more source

The Fighter-Bomber in the Normandy Campaign: The Role of 83 Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The dichotomy between popular and academic history is, for most historians, and readers, an uncomfortable one. A book that appeals to a mass audience risks the scorn of academia, whereas a scholarly work may never reach beyond the confines of the ...
Evans, Christopher
core   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence, International Competition, and the Balance of Power (May 2018) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
World leaders, CEOs, and academics have suggested that a revolution in artificial intelligence is upon us. Are they right, and what will advances in artificial intelligence mean for international competition and the balance of power?
Horowitz, Michael C.
core   +1 more source

Bank-to-turn control technology survey for homing missiles [PDF]

open access: yes
The potential advantages of bank-to-turn control are summarized. Recent and current programs actively investigating bank-to-turn steering are reviewed and critical technology areas concerned with bank-to-turn control are ...
Riedel, F. W.
core   +1 more source

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