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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Apr. 26, 2003) -- Spectators welcome the aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to Pearl Harbor. Lincoln is on its way home from a deployment spanning more than nine months. Abraham Lincoln is among the first ships to return home from Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 2nd Class Joshua L. Pritekel. (RELEASED)

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and 2 Nuclear Attack Submarines by Evading a Fleet of Warships and ‘Penetrating the Screen’

A nuclear submarine cannot switch off its reactor, which means coolant pumps, a steam plant and reduction gears are always turning. A diesel-electric boat...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 13, 2026

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France and Germany Launched FCAS in 2017 to Field a €100,000,000,000 Sixth-Generation Fighter Like the F-47 NGAD by 2040. They Killed the Aircraft in June 2026 Because Dassault and Airbus Could Never Agree on Who Was in Charge.

By March 2026 Dassault chief executive Eric Trappier had stopped being diplomatic on FCAS: "Airbus doesn't want to work with Dassault, full stop. I...

Jack BuckbySeptember 12, 2026

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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

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GCAP Could Get a 4th Partner. Airbus Says It Is Exploring German Participation in the British-Italian-Japanese Fighter Program, Which Aims to Field an Aircraft Around 2035, After France and Germany Killed the FCAS Fighter on June 9, 2026.

GCAP is the only European next-generation fighter program still standing. FCAS was supposed to replace the Rafale and the Eurofighter from around 2040, and...

Jack BuckbySeptember 11, 2026

The Challenger 3 Main Battle tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Britain Is Spending Close to £2,000,000,000 to Field 148 Challenger 3 Tanks by 2030. An Investigation Found the Program May Slip 2 Years Because the Turret Power Traverse Gearbox — a Part Carried Over From the Challenger 2 — Is Not Strong Enough to Turn the Heavier New Turret.

The Ministry of Defence awarded RBSL £800 million in May 2021 for 148 Challenger 3 vehicles, near £2 billion across the whole of life....

Brandon WeichertSeptember 11, 2026

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Britain’s £1,000,000,000 Type 45 Destroyers Lose All Electrical Power When the Sea Is Warmer Than About 28 Degrees Celsius. The Persian Gulf Is Warmer Than That.

Britain planned 12 of these destroyers for around £7,000,000,000. It built 6 for about £6,460,000,000 — over £1,000,000,000 a ship, nearly the price of...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 11, 2026

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A UK Ministry of Defence Official Says GCAP Fighter Will Carry Twice the Internal Weapons Payload of an F-35 and Control Uncrewed Aircraft Alongside It. Almost Nothing Else About the Aircraft Is Public.

The Global Combat Air Programme is meant to give Britain, Japan and Italy a sixth-generation stealth fighter by 2035. Japan allocated $1,270,000,000 to it...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 10, 2026

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An Investigation Found That the Turret Gearbox on the British Army’s New £1,900,000,000 Challenger 3 Tank Is Not Strong Enough and Could Cause a 2 Year Delay

The gearbox that rotates the Challenger 3's turret is reportedly not strong enough to cope with the up-armoured turret it has to turn. According...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 5, 2026

Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier Creative Commons Image

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The Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord Said Britain Needed 6 Destroyers and 11 Frigates. The Royal Navy Now Has 5 Frigates and Scrapped HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll Because It Could Not Crew Them

HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll went into port for refits in 2022 and never came out. Britain could not crew them and its aircraft...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 3, 2026

HMS Daring Type 45 Destroyer Royal Navy.

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The Royal Navy Spent 8 Years Repairing Destroyer HMS Daring. When the Work Was Done She Still Could Not Sail, Because the Navy Didn’t Have Trained Sailors

The Type 45 destroyer is one of the most capable air defense warships ever built, and it does not like warm water. The WR-21's...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 1, 2026

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$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ a $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier and 2 Nuclear Attack Submarines by Evading a Fleet of Warships and ‘Penetrating the Screen’

Aerospace & Defense

France and Germany Launched FCAS in 2017 to Field a €100,000,000,000 Sixth-Generation Fighter Like the F-47 NGAD by 2040. They Killed the Aircraft in June 2026 Because Dassault and Airbus Could Never Agree on Who Was in Charge.

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

GCAP Could Get a 4th Partner. Airbus Says It Is Exploring German Participation in the British-Italian-Japanese Fighter Program, Which Aims to Field an Aircraft Around 2035, After France and Germany Killed the FCAS Fighter on June 9, 2026.

Aerospace & Defense

Britain Is Spending Close to £2,000,000,000 to Field 148 Challenger 3 Tanks by 2030. An Investigation Found the Program May Slip 2 Years Because the Turret Power Traverse Gearbox — a Part Carried Over From the Challenger 2 — Is Not Strong Enough to Turn the Heavier New Turret.

Aerospace & Defense

Britain’s £1,000,000,000 Type 45 Destroyers Lose All Electrical Power When the Sea Is Warmer Than About 28 Degrees Celsius. The Persian Gulf Is Warmer Than That.

Aerospace & Defense

A UK Ministry of Defence Official Says GCAP Fighter Will Carry Twice the Internal Weapons Payload of an F-35 and Control Uncrewed Aircraft Alongside It. Almost Nothing Else About the Aircraft Is Public.

Aerospace & Defense

An Investigation Found That the Turret Gearbox on the British Army’s New £1,900,000,000 Challenger 3 Tank Is Not Strong Enough and Could Cause a 2 Year Delay

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The Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord Said Britain Needed 6 Destroyers and 11 Frigates. The Royal Navy Now Has 5 Frigates and Scrapped HMS Westminster and HMS Argyll Because It Could Not Crew Them

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The Royal Navy Spent 8 Years Repairing Destroyer HMS Daring. When the Work Was Done She Still Could Not Sail, Because the Navy Didn’t Have Trained Sailors

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