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Key Points and Summary – Ottawa is reviewing its $19B CAD F-35 purchase amid trade tensions and supply concerns, prompting speculation about swapping remaining...
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Key Points and Summary – Ottawa is reviewing its $19B CAD F-35 purchase amid trade tensions and supply concerns, prompting speculation about swapping remaining...
Key Points – HMAS Melbourne, Australia’s last conventional aircraft carrier (serving 1955-1982), had a notably troubled operational history, marked by never firing a shot...
Key Points – Canada can proceed with its F-35 fighter jet acquisition, but only if Prime Minister Mark Carney secures crucial terms from the...
One of many vivid Chinese aphorisms is “chóng dǎo fù zhé,” which describes a cart following in the same tracks as an overturned cart...
In Trump’s Truth Social post following his phone call with Putin last Monday, the U.S. President wrote the “tone and spirit of the conversation...
F-16 In Ukraine: “Some of the Most Intense Combat Ever” – On May 16, at approximately 0330 Kyiv time, the Ukrainian Air Force (PSU)...
Key Points – The US Navy’s shipbuilding capacity critically lags behind China’s, necessitating urgent reforms beyond current approaches. -Following Navy Secretary John Phelan’s recent...
Key Points – The conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), which served in numerous conflicts including the Gulf War and is now...
The May 16, 2025, India-Pakistan ceasefire in Kashmir is viewed as another temporary pause, not a step towards genuine peace, because the conflict stems...
For Europe’s Right, Ukraine Has Become the Defining Test: The war in Ukraine exposed the faultlines that divide Europe’s right-wing populist parties, primarily over...
Canada Used to Have Aircraft Carriers! What Happened? It still surprises many Canadians to learn that their country once operated aircraft carriers – not...