19FortyFive — Defense, National Security and Military Analysis

Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Russian Navy Watercolor

Aerospace & Defense

A ‘Floating Porcupine’: Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecrusier Admiral Nakhimov Is 28,000 Tons of Missiles But One Missile Could Send It To The Bottom

Russia's 'new' Admiral Nakhimov Kirov-class might not work as expected in the age of drones and missile swarms.

Brandon Weichert1 hour ago

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 14, 2011) The aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) pass as Enterprise returns to homeport after completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6t Fleet areas of responsibility. Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shonna L. Cunningham/Released)

Aerospace & Defense

USS Nimitz makes 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day and in September 2022 that water tasted like JP-5 jet fuel and sickened 11 sailors off Southern California after residue sat in an unused tank for about 18 months before the carrier sailed again on October 2

USS Nimitz flash-boils seawater in four distilling units and can make about 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day, roughly 80 gallons for each...

Shay Bottomley2 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

Decades Ago, US Army General George Patton’s Advice on Leadership Remains One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

In September 1918 a German machine gun shot George Patton through the thigh as he led the 304th Tank Brigade forward in the Meuse-Argonne....

Harrison Kass3 hours ago

U.S. Army Pvt. Noah Widenmann, an infantryman assigned to 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, provides suppressing fire with his M7 rifle during a company combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on Aug. 18, 2026. The CALFEX enhances brigade readiness by strengthening Soldiers ability to maneuver effectively while coordinating direct and indirect fires. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Peter Bannister)

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO and Carried a Rifle for a Living: The US Army Spent Billions on the M7 Rifle. Soldiers Made It Clear They Did Not Like Carrying It

SIG Sauer won the Next Generation Squad Weapon contract on April 19, 2022, and the XM7, a military MCX-Spear firing a hybrid-case 6.8x51mm round,...

Steve Balestrieri3 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The .950 JDJ Fires a Half-Pound Bullet With Three Times the Energy of a .50 BMG, and It’s Legal

A retired US Army Special Forces NCO on the .950 JDJ "Fat Mac," J.D. Jones' rifle built on a 20mm Vulcan case. It fires...

Steve Balestrieri4 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

‘Slow-Motion Defeat’: Iran Found the Weak Spot in U.S. Power, and It Wasn’t Aircraft Carriers or Fighter Jets. It Was the Bases.

Aerospace & Defense

The ‘Greatest’ Tank That Almost Was: The US Army’s M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams Would Have Been Helpless Against Drones and Only 7 Will Ever Be Built

Aerospace & Defense

Donald Trump Won the Iran War: The End State Comes Next

Aerospace & Defense

Australia Has No Official ‘Plan B’ If AUKUS Submarines Run Late. Some Want the B-21 Raider or Maybe Even the F-47 NGAD

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Why the Witkoff-Kushner Mission Failed: Washington Still Misreads the Stakes in Ukraine

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Germany Is Becoming Ukraine’s Most Important Ally in Europe — and Poland Is Paying the Price

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

NATO’s Answer to the Pentagon’s Europe Review Already Exists: The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Eastern Flank Comes First: Inside NATO’s Post-Ankara Turn Toward Forward Defense and Industrial Muscle

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

‘A More Capable and Lethal Carrier’: USS John F. Kennedy Will Be Built for the F-35C. Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Was Not.

Aerospace & Defense

USS Nimitz Was Supposed to Retire in May After 51 Years. Its Replacement, USS John F. Kennedy, Is Late, So It Serves Until March 2027.

Aerospace & Defense

The First US Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Needed ‘Chilled Fuel’ If Temps On Flight Day Were over 80°F: A Lockheed Martin Flightline Quality Assurance Manager Explained Why

Aerospace & Defense

An Investigation Uncovered All Propeller Shafts on 65,000-Ton HMS Prince of Wales Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Had Been Misaligned When the Aircraft Carrier Was Constructed

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‘Effectively Closed’: The Strait of Hormuz Oil and Gas Crisis Is Going from Bad to Even Worse

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21 Years Ago, Apple Founder Steve Jobs Advice on Time and ‘Living Someone Else’s Life’ Is the Truth Serum That Still Shapes Our World

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“Money Never Made a Man Happy Yet, Nor Will It. The More a Man Has, the More He Wants.” Benjamin Franklin Was the 8th of 17 Children, Got 2 Years of Schooling Because His Family Could Not Afford More, and His Face Is on the $100 Bill.

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Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

The Embassy

The Embassy

Putin’s Giant Gamble: Another Ukraine War Mobilization Is Filled with Unknown Risks and An Angry Russia Simmering

The Embassy

‘Pivotal Meeting’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump Will Meet Today. Here’s What’s on the Agenda to Try and End the Ukraine War

The Embassy

The Race to Succeed Putin Has Begun

The Embassy

Putin Is Using Russia’s Election to Recruit for the War in Ukraine

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

Donald Trump Needs to Bring Concessions if He Wants a Deal with North Korea

Hermit Kingdom

What the Iran War Proved About America’s Nuclear Weapons Threat to North Korea

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korea Deal Donald Trump Should Actually Want

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Fingerprints Are All Over Iran’s War Against America

Aerospace & Defense

A ‘Floating Porcupine’: Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecrusier Admiral Nakhimov Is 28,000 Tons of Missiles But One Missile Could Send It To The Bottom

Aerospace & Defense

USS Nimitz makes 400,000 gallons of fresh water a day and in September 2022 that water tasted like JP-5 jet fuel and sickened 11 sailors off Southern California after residue sat in an unused tank for about 18 months before the carrier sailed again on October 2

Aerospace & Defense

Decades Ago, US Army General George Patton’s Advice on Leadership Remains One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO and Carried a Rifle for a Living: The US Army Spent Billions on the M7 Rifle. Soldiers Made It Clear They Did Not Like Carrying It

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The .950 JDJ Fires a Half-Pound Bullet With Three Times the Energy of a .50 BMG, and It’s Legal

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Aerospace & Defense

‘She Broke Free’: The CIA Used a Cover Story to Recover a Chunk of a Russian Ballistic Submarine Armed with Nuclear Warheads But Part of the Sub Slid Back Below the Waves

Aerospace & Defense

Boeing Spent $67,000,000 of Its Own Money Building YF-118G Bird of Prey Stealth Aircraft. It Flew 38 Times on Landing Gear From a Beech King Air and an Ejection Seat From a Harrier.

Aerospace & Defense

China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To

Aerospace & Defense

$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 Engines Ran at Full Afterburner for Hours at a Time With Exhaust Temperatures Near 3,400 Degrees. At Mach 3.2 Cruise, Roughly 80 Percent of the Thrust Came From the Inlet, Not the Engine.