Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is ready to sail again after a prolonged maintenance period. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1977 and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. Navy officials just provided the clearest look yet at the Trump-class battleship, how much it might cost, and how quickly the controversial program...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, currently nearing delivery after major delays. As of recently, the Kennedy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force’s upcoming sixth-generation F-47 fighter will not replace the F-22 Raptor when it enters service in the early 2030s. Instead, the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Ohio-Class Is Retiring: The Means Fewer Tomahawks: The military is a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms, and this is especially true of the wild,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s SSN (X) next-generation attack submarine program, which plans to combine the stealth of the Virginia-class with the firepower of the Seawolf-class,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47, developed by Boeing under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative to replace the F-22, is on track for...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – At dawn in Moscow, Russia, a car bomb killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – EU leaders have agreed to lend Ukraine €90bn over 2026–27 to avert a cash crunch and keep public services...
Ukraine War
Ukraine Can Be Summed Up in 1 Word: Misperception Key Points and Summary on Ukraine War Crisis – Europe treated NATO enlargement after 1991...
The Treaty
There is a number that should worry the White House more than any roll call this month. That number is one. As in: one...
The Treaty
Pete Hegseth Has A Problem: Trump Burned Through 4 Defense Secretaries in Term One. The Pattern Is Starting Again Pete Hegseth was something of...
The Treaty
The Iran Conflict Could Mean China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Heads to the Skies Faster The ongoing campaign against Iran has once again demonstrated how...
Dollars and Sense
The United States is facing a growing shipbuilding crisis that, if not fixed, could prevent the U.S. from expanding its fleet fast enough to...
Dollars and Sense
Could Trump Be Removed by the 25th Amendment to the Constitution? President Donald Trump has people on edge again; his news conference on April...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – America and China tell grand stories about external threats—carrier fleets, alliances, missiles—but the most decisive constraint on both powers...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s reliance on North Korea is one of the clearest side-stories of the Ukraine war—and it will matter as...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – China’s new disarmament and arms-control white paper pointedly omits any commitment to North Korean denuclearization, confirming what Beijing’s behavior...
North Korea Talk
Why A Trump-North Korea Summit Might Not Happen Despite intense speculation, a meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is highly...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The easiest way to misunderstand the Navy’s shipbuilding mess is to treat it as a shipyard story. That is how the issue is usually...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Cost overruns, production complications, changing requirements, and substantial design flaws are among the reasons the once-promising Constellation-class Frigate came to an abrupt end. This...