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SIG Sauer P229. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Introduced the P229 in 1992, and the Cartridge It Is Famous For Did Not Exist Until 1994. The Secret Service Carried It in .357 SIG for Decades and Switched to 9mm in 2019.

The P228 had a stamped steel slide. The P229 got a CNC-milled stainless one, because .357 SIG and .40 S&W drive a slide harder...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 21, 2026

A Croatian Dassault Rafales taxis before the first-ever dual take-off with U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons during Exercise Fighting Wyvern 25-01 at Pleso Air Base, Croatia, March 12, 2025. Exercise Fighting Wyvern was executed to prepare U.S. forces and Allies to combat future threats to the European theater. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Brooke Wise)

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale Fighters Were Never Supposed to Have Been Created

Britain wanted a long-range interceptor to replace the Jaguar. West Germany was drawing a delta-canard. France wanted a lightweight multi-role aircraft that could also...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 16, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard.

The ECRS Mk2 folds radar, electronic warfare and jamming into one gallium-nitride array, which hands the Typhoon a Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses role...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 11, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Spent About $1,200,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark and Sold 0 Aircraft. The F-5 It Was Built to Replace Has Been Flying for More Than 60 Years.

The F-5E was never meant to be the best fighter available. It was built to be credible, affordable and easy to keep in the...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 11, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Forget the US Air Force F-22, F-35 or F-47 NGAD: The Eurofighter Typhoon Is Stacking Billions of Dollars in Fighter Orders

The Eurofighter Typhoon, developed by Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo, was designed during the Cold War and is now expected to serve into the...

Isaac SeitzAugust 3, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer gets hot pit refueled before its return to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17, 2025, concluding a bomber task force deployment. BTF operations employ U.S. strategic bombers globally, deter adversaries, assure allies and partners, strengthen interoperability and maintain readiness and global strike capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emma Anderson)

The Embassy

Why a Leaked Pentagon Memo Just Proposed Suspending Spain From NATO — and Why It Will Almost Certainly Not Happen

An internal Pentagon email circulated this week by Elbridge Colby, the U.S. Defense Department’s top policy adviser, examined options for punishing NATO allies that...

Jack BuckbyApril 24, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Spain Took 5,831 Days to Launch Its New S-80 Plus-Class Submarine — Its Navy Has Been Running on Two Boats Built in the 1980s Ever Since

Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Christian D. Orr examines Spain’s quiet resurgence in naval manufacturing amidst deepening geopolitical rifts with Washington. While tensions...

Christian D. OrrMarch 24, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

FCAS 6th Generation Fighter Collapse Looks Almost Certain Now

If the FCAS collapses, the result won't just be a canceled jet; it will mark a definitive shift in European defense toward a permanent...

Jack BuckbyMarch 3, 2026

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

FCAS Fighter: Dead or Alive?

Summary and Key Points: French President Emmanuel Macron is fighting to save Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) amid rumors of its imminent collapse....

Georgia GilholyFebruary 11, 2026

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F and F-35, both assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, fly over the Point Mugu Sea Range in Southern California with a U.S. Air Force F-15 during Gray Flag 2024 on Sept. 24, 2024. Gray Flag is an annual large-force test event that brings the joint force together to test and evaluate multi-domain systems in a maritime environment, ensuring our nation’s warfighters are equipped with effective, interoperable systems that will help them deter aggression, protect our nation’s prosperity and security, and return home safely to their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Kory Hughs)

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A NATO Fighter Wing Deployed for Front-Line Air Patrols with Drone Defenses for the Very First Time

Spain’s Air and Space Force has deployed Indra’s Crow counter-UAS system to Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania alongside its Baltic Air Policing fighter detachment—marking...

Jack BuckbyJanuary 26, 2026

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Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: SIG Sauer Introduced the P229 in 1992, and the Cartridge It Is Famous For Did Not Exist Until 1994. The Secret Service Carried It in .357 SIG for Decades and Switched to 9mm in 2019.

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon and the Dassault Rafale Fighters Were Never Supposed to Have Been Created

Aerospace & Defense

The Eurofighter Typhoon First Flew in 1994 and Can Never Be Made Into the F-22 or F-35. In January 2026 the UK Signed a £453,500,000 Contract for 40 ECRS Mk2 Radars — About £11,300,000 Each — That Track Targets and Jam Enemy Sensors at the Same Time Across a 200-Degree Field of Regard.

Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Spent About $1,200,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark and Sold 0 Aircraft. The F-5 It Was Built to Replace Has Been Flying for More Than 60 Years.

Aerospace & Defense

Forget the US Air Force F-22, F-35 or F-47 NGAD: The Eurofighter Typhoon Is Stacking Billions of Dollars in Fighter Orders

The Embassy

Why a Leaked Pentagon Memo Just Proposed Suspending Spain From NATO — and Why It Will Almost Certainly Not Happen

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Spain Took 5,831 Days to Launch Its New S-80 Plus-Class Submarine — Its Navy Has Been Running on Two Boats Built in the 1980s Ever Since

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

FCAS 6th Generation Fighter Collapse Looks Almost Certain Now

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

FCAS Fighter: Dead or Alive?

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A NATO Fighter Wing Deployed for Front-Line Air Patrols with Drone Defenses for the Very First Time

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