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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Gen 6 Glock 45 Ships With a Flat Trigger and an Optics-Ready Slide as Standard. Both Used to Be Aftermarket Work.

Glock introduced the crossover in 2018 to solve a problem duty shooters had stopped noticing they had: a short slide is easier to conceal...

Steve BalestrieriSeptember 21, 2026

Vladimir Putin In March 2018 Creative Commons Image

The Embassy

The Race to Succeed Putin Has Begun

Almost all of the names are in their late forties to mid-fifties, and that is the point. Putin's own generation — men like FSB...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 21, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Russia and Ukraine Are Now Fighting an Energy War

Two Rosneft refineries on the Volga have reportedly stopped processing, with repairs at Syzran expected to take at least a month. Moscow called an...

Shay BottomleySeptember 20, 2026

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in the final events of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026, July 28, 2026. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mark Bergado)

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5 Ways a 100,000 Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier Could Be Sunk In Battle

US Navy aircraft carriers are among the most powerful weapons on Earth and operate as a venerable floating airbase. But they can be defeated...

Christian D. OrrSeptember 20, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

‘We Learn a Lot from the Ukrainians’: One NATO Ally Is Learning a ‘Priceless’ Lesson On How War Is Changing and Even Destroyed Drones Over Clues About Russia

The Ukraine war doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. And that means those nations helping Kyiv push Russia back, like Sweden, continue...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 20, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Britain’s Challenger 3 Adds a NATO 120mm Gun — and a Fleet of Only 148 Tanks

The new gun matches the rest of NATO. The fleet is 148 tanks. Ukraine has shown what a number that small does in a...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 19, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Two of Taiwan’s Four Submarines Were Built During World War II. The Replacement Is at Sea on Trials, and Money for More Waits on the Result.

Taiwan operates four diesel-electric submarines, two of them American GUPPY boats originally built during the Second World War. The Hai Kun class, Taiwan's first...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 18, 2026

U.S. Air Force pilot Col. Michael 'Shot' Glass, 104th Fighter Wing Commander, flies an F-35A Lightning II over Barnes Air National Guard Base at exactly 1:04PM EST, officially marking the historic first arrival of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft to the Wing, June 11, 2026.

Aerospace & Defense

Germany Got Its First F-35A Fighter in Fort Worth from Lockheed Martin. It Bought 35 for €10 Billion Partly So Its Pilots Can Keep Carrying American Nuclear Bombs.

Germany has its first F-35A. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius attended the rollout of aircraft 35+01 at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant on September 18,...

Jack BuckbySeptember 18, 2026

An F-16 assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron flies into position over the Precision Impact Range Area on Edwards Air Force Base, California, Feb. 26. The successful drop test was in support of the Korea F-16 Update Program. The ROKAF currently operates 133 KF-16C/D Block 50/52 fighter aircraft, all of which will undergo extensive modernization and upgrades as part of the comprehensive improvement program. Lockheed Martin was awarded a $1.2 billion contract to retrofit the 133 KF-16s and upgrade them to the advanced F-16V configuration, which is the latest technologically and most advanced version of the fourth generation fighter jet. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Aerospace & Defense

The US Air Force Would Be Getting a ‘Super’ F-16 In the F-16G Fighter By Lockheed Martin

The US Air Force could soon make a purchase of the F-16G fighter by Lockheed Martin. In a world that sports massive upgrades of...

Reuben JohnsonSeptember 18, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

It Took 19 Torpedoes and 10 Bombs to Destroy a 70,000-Ton Yamato-Class Battleship That Was the Largest Ever Built During WWII

Japan's Yamato-class battleships were clearly not as powerful as the US Navy's Iowa-class for many reasons, they could pack a punch and were the...

Jack BuckbySeptember 18, 2026

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Gen 6 Glock 45 Ships With a Flat Trigger and an Optics-Ready Slide as Standard. Both Used to Be Aftermarket Work.

The Embassy

The Race to Succeed Putin Has Begun

Aerospace & Defense

Russia and Ukraine Are Now Fighting an Energy War

Aerospace & Defense

5 Ways a 100,000 Ton Nuclear US Navy Aircraft Carrier Could Be Sunk In Battle

Aerospace & Defense

‘We Learn a Lot from the Ukrainians’: One NATO Ally Is Learning a ‘Priceless’ Lesson On How War Is Changing and Even Destroyed Drones Over Clues About Russia

Aerospace & Defense

Britain’s Challenger 3 Adds a NATO 120mm Gun — and a Fleet of Only 148 Tanks

Aerospace & Defense

Two of Taiwan’s Four Submarines Were Built During World War II. The Replacement Is at Sea on Trials, and Money for More Waits on the Result.

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Germany Got Its First F-35A Fighter in Fort Worth from Lockheed Martin. It Bought 35 for €10 Billion Partly So Its Pilots Can Keep Carrying American Nuclear Bombs.

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The US Air Force Would Be Getting a ‘Super’ F-16 In the F-16G Fighter By Lockheed Martin

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It Took 19 Torpedoes and 10 Bombs to Destroy a 70,000-Ton Yamato-Class Battleship That Was the Largest Ever Built During WWII

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