History shows that a high-end weapon system, alone on the battlefield, can be outmatched and overtaken by lesser systems.

Syria—with five million refugees, 500,000 dead, the Pandora’s box of chemical warfare reopened, a cesspool of terror groups, and Russians and Americans, Israelis and Iranians shooting at each other—is the very definition of chaos.

What does NATO need to do going forward? The short answer: more and less.

Here is what you should know about the F-35 program, the most expensive military weapons system in history.