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U.S. Air Force Capt. Samuel “RaZZ” Larson, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander, performs an aerial maneuver in preparation for the ongoing airshow season at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, July 9, 2024. Airshows play a crucial role in highlighting the importance of air power in modern warfare and help reinforce the deterrence capabilities of advanced fighter aircraft like the F-22 Raptor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mikaela Smith)

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Iran Is Far Weaker Than It Was When the First War Began. That May Be Exactly What Makes a Second One So Dangerous

Summary and Key Points: If Washington restarts its air war against Iran to force open the Strait of Hormuz and demand a nuclear surrender,...

Harry J. Kazianis1 day ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The War With Iran Quietly Drained Weapons America Can’t Replace for Years. A Second One Would Empty the Shelves

What A Second American Air War Against Iran Would Really Cost: The fragile truce between Washington and Tehran has hardened into a stalemate that...

Harry J. Kazianis1 day ago

The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, March 19, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)

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The U.S. Navy Spent 4 Weeks Trying to Sink One of Its Own Aircraft Carriers — and for Most of That Month, It Couldn’t

Summary and Key Points: In the spring of 2005, the United States Navy set out to sink one of its own aircraft carriers —...

Harry J. Kazianis1 day ago

Vladimir Putin Back in June 2022 Russian Federation Photo.

Ukraine War

As Putin Hosted His Grand Showcase Forum, Ukraine Lit His Own Hometown Ablaze

Ankara, Turkey – Ukraine’s military – and specifically its “drone army” – has proven that it can now hit any target anywhere in Russia...

Reuben Johnson2 days ago

German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1 fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) during Artemis Strike Nov. 7 in Chania, Greece. Artemis Strike is a German-led multinational air defense exercise. German soldiers Over 200 U.S. soldiers and approximately 650 German airmen will be participating in the realistic training within a combined construct, exercise the rigors associated with force projection and educate operators on their air missile defense systems. (Photo By Officer Candidate Sebastian Apel, Air Defence Missile Group 24)

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Iran Found a Way to Bleed the U.S. Military Dry — Using Drones That Cost Less Than a Used Car

New intelligence suggests that Iran has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile inventory—despite months of Epic Fury. Even more concerning: Iran has...

Harrison Kass3 days ago

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A U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ in an Iran War Game — Then the Pentagon Changed the Rules

Summary and Key Points: Millennium Challenge 2002 was supposed to prove the future of U.S. network-centric warfare. Instead, it became a warning about overconfidence....

Steve Balestrieri5 days ago

Dollars and Sense

Iran Tried to Choke the World’s Oil — and Now Its Own Economy Is in Freefall

Summary and Key Points: Iran has turned the world’s busiest oil route into a tollbooth — forcing ships through Hormuz to pay its government,...

Steve Balestrieri6 days ago

China Nuclear Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Satellites Just Caught China Building More Than 80 New Nuclear Launch Pads in the Desert

Summary and Key Points: From space, the project seems to have no end: more than 80 new nuclear launch pads spread across thousands of...

Reuben Johnson6 days ago

Putin Meeting With Russian Government in 2024

Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Drones Keep Reaching the Kremlin’s Doorstep — Here’s the One Target Kyiv Refuses to Hit

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in 2022, no one believed the war would reach Moscow, 500 kilometers away, behind dense air defenses. That...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Is Far Weaker Than It Was When the First War Began. That May Be Exactly What Makes a Second One So Dangerous

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The War With Iran Quietly Drained Weapons America Can’t Replace for Years. A Second One Would Empty the Shelves

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Spent 4 Weeks Trying to Sink One of Its Own Aircraft Carriers — and for Most of That Month, It Couldn’t

Ukraine War

As Putin Hosted His Grand Showcase Forum, Ukraine Lit His Own Hometown Ablaze

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Found a Way to Bleed the U.S. Military Dry — Using Drones That Cost Less Than a Used Car

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ in an Iran War Game — Then the Pentagon Changed the Rules

Dollars and Sense

Iran Tried to Choke the World’s Oil — and Now Its Own Economy Is in Freefall

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Satellites Just Caught China Building More Than 80 New Nuclear Launch Pads in the Desert

Ukraine War

Ukraine’s Drones Keep Reaching the Kremlin’s Doorstep — Here’s the One Target Kyiv Refuses to Hit

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