19FortyFive — Defense, National Security and Military Analysis

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 67th Fighter Generation Squadron prepare to load munitions onto a U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 8, 2026. Airmen from the 67th Fighter Generation Squadron trained alongside the 85th TES gaining hands-on experience loading munitions on the F-15EX Eagle II and F-15E Strike Eagle while supporting test and evaluation operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gracelyn Hess)

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.

Iran mostly didn't go after U.S. aircraft carriers or fighter jets. It went after the bases. Iranian missiles and drones broke through U.S. air...

Robert E. KellySeptember 23, 2026

B-2 Spirit Bomber Destroyed Creative Commons Photo

Aerospace & Defense

Water in three sensors wrecked the B-2 Spirit of Kansas, tail 89-0127, and the US Air Force priced that Guam crash at $1,407,006,920, calling it the most expensive aircraft crash on record, after the bomber rotated too slow at Andersen on February 23, 2008

The B-2 Spirit of Kansas, 89-0127, crashed at Andersen on February 23, 2008, after three wet sensors skewed air data. It rotated near 132...

Georgia GilholySeptember 23, 2026

PUERTO PRINCESSA, Philippines - (Dec. 9, 2018) - The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Greenville (SSN 772) prepares to moor alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39), Dec. 9. Emory S. Land is a forward-deployed expeditionary submarine tender on an extended deployment conducting coordinated tended moorings and afloat maintenance in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Willoughby/RELEASED)

Aerospace & Defense

A Civilian Sandblaster Set Fire to a Bag of Rags Aboard the Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Miami on May 23, 2012 Because He Wanted to Leave Work Early. It Burned for 10 Hours. Repairs Came to $700,000,000, the US Navy Scrapped the Submarine, and He Got 17 Years.

Miami had arrived at Portsmouth on March 1, 2012 for a routine 20-month overhaul. The fire took the crew quarters, command and control, and...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 23, 2026

USS Nevada Battleship Creative Commons Photo

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Beached the 27,500-Ton Battleship USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor After 6 Bomb Hits and 1 Torpedo. She Was Repaired, Shelled Normandy on D-Day, Survived 2 Atomic Bombs at Bikini, Then Took 5 Days of Naval Gunfire Before 1 Aerial Torpedo Finally Sank Her on July 31, 1948.

USS Nevada: She was the only American battleship to get underway on December 7 — a deck officer had ordered a second boiler lit...

Christian D. OrrSeptember 23, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

A US Air Force F-106 Delta Dart Went Into a Flat Spin at 35,000 Feet Over Montana on February 2, 1970. The Pilot Ejected at 15,000 Feet. The Aircraft Recovered on Its Own, Landed in a Snow-Covered Field, and Flew for 16 More Years.

The ejection is what saved the F-106 aircraft. With Gary Foust gone from the cockpit, the balance changed, the spin stopped, and the jet...

Jack BuckbySeptember 23, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Iran Bet on Waiting Out the Midterms. It Misread the Calendar and Donald Trump

Aerospace & Defense

Occupying Iran Would Take 500,000 Troops. The Entire Active US Army Is Smaller

Aerospace & Defense

A 25% Chance: NASA’s Former SR-71 Blackbird Engineer on Whether Tail 844 Flies Again

Aerospace & Defense

100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Has a ‘Math Problem’ That Can’t Seem to Be Solved

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Putin’s Next Target May Be NATO Itself

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

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

A Los Angeles-Class Sub Tied to the Pier Was Louder Than a Seawolf at 20 Knots. 70 Times Quieter, It Dove Past 2,000 Feet to Hunt Typhoons Under Arctic Ice

Aerospace & Defense

Forget the F-35 Debate: Canada’s Old Diesel Victoria-Class Submarines Need to Somehow Limp Along Until 2034

Aerospace & Defense

Forget the F-35 or China’s J-20: Japan Is Turning 98 F-15J Eagles Into ‘Super Interceptors’ Carrying JASSM-ER

Aerospace & Defense

Russia’s New ‘Diesel’ Lada-Class Submarines Summed Up in 4 Words

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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

The Case for Economic Pressure Over Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran

The Embassy

9/11’s Forgotten Lesson

The Embassy

Russia and NATO’s Gray Zone Actions Could Spark a War No One Wants

The Embassy

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

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

‘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

Water in three sensors wrecked the B-2 Spirit of Kansas, tail 89-0127, and the US Air Force priced that Guam crash at $1,407,006,920, calling it the most expensive aircraft crash on record, after the bomber rotated too slow at Andersen on February 23, 2008

Aerospace & Defense

A Civilian Sandblaster Set Fire to a Bag of Rags Aboard the Nuclear Attack Submarine USS Miami on May 23, 2012 Because He Wanted to Leave Work Early. It Burned for 10 Hours. Repairs Came to $700,000,000, the US Navy Scrapped the Submarine, and He Got 17 Years.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Beached the 27,500-Ton Battleship USS Nevada at Pearl Harbor After 6 Bomb Hits and 1 Torpedo. She Was Repaired, Shelled Normandy on D-Day, Survived 2 Atomic Bombs at Bikini, Then Took 5 Days of Naval Gunfire Before 1 Aerial Torpedo Finally Sank Her on July 31, 1948.

Aerospace & Defense

A US Air Force F-106 Delta Dart Went Into a Flat Spin at 35,000 Feet Over Montana on February 2, 1970. The Pilot Ejected at 15,000 Feet. The Aircraft Recovered on Its Own, Landed in a Snow-Covered Field, and Flew for 16 More Years.

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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

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.

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

A Canadian Oberon-Class Diesel Submarine Built in the 1960s Worth About $80,000,000 Slipped Past an Entire US Navy Carrier Group. The Umpire Declared the $5,500,000,000 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Sunk.