Steve Balestrieri is a National Security Columnist. He served as a US Army Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer. In addition to writing on defense, he covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA). His work was regularly featured in many military publications.
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Key Points – Israel’s F-35I Adir, a specially modified variant of Lockheed Martin’s stealthy F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, gives the Israeli Air Force (IAF)...
The Russian Kirov-class Battlecruisers were the largest and heaviest surface vessels, not aircraft carriers, on the sea during the Cold War. Russia initially planned...
Key Points: Clearer photos of China’s Shenyang J-50 sixth-generation fighter concept, first seen in December 2024, show a tailless, twin-engine, lambda-wing design with features...
Key Points – The US Navy’s decade-long effort to develop a ship-based electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), costing $500 million, was ultimately unsuccessful, leading to the...
Key Points: The US Army’s M10 Booker armored vehicle program is criticized as a prime example of a flawed requirements process. -Initially intended as...