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Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s rejection of the Boeing X-32 in favor of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was not merely a choice between...
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Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon’s rejection of the Boeing X-32 in favor of the Lockheed Martin F-35 was not merely a choice between...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy has begun a critical modernization of its Zumwalt-class destroyers, replacing the ships’ failed Advanced Gun Systems with...
Can Iran’s “Black Hole” Subs Sink a US Supercarrier? Now that the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group has entered U.S. Central Command waters,...
Summary and Key Points: On April 7, 1989, the Soviet Union’s advanced titanium-hulled attack submarine K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class) sank in the Norwegian Sea after...
The most immediate threat to U.S. undersea dominance is not foreign adversaries, but a domestic industrial crisis. A significant portion of the attack submarine...
Summary and Key Points: China’s military leadership is in upheaval after reports that General Zhang Youxia was removed from the Central Military Commission and...
Summary and Key Points: Despite persistent online commentary suggesting China may annex parts of Siberia to reclaim historical territories, experts argue that military conquest...
Washington is signaling that Canada’s fighter decision could trigger real consequences for NORAD. U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned that if Prime Minister Mark Carney...
The Marine Corps’ FY2027 retention bonus program is offering major incentives—sometimes exceeding $60,000—for enlisted Marines who reenlist and retrain into high-demand, low-density specialties such...
On the opening night of Operation Desert Storm, an Iraqi Air Force MiG-25 Foxbat scrambled on alert and engaged a U.S. Navy F/A-18C conducting...