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China Holds Major Naval Exercise With a Carrier Near Taiwan
The exercise was “to test the joint combat readiness” of the Command‘s forces and be a “stern warning” against Taiwanese ...
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The F/A-18 Hornet: Inside the Navy Plane that Almost Never Flew
The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately ...
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How the AV-8B Harrier “Jump Jet” Paved the Way for the F-35
The AV-8B Harrier, known informally as the Harrier jump jet, is the latest iteration in a series of VSTOL aircraft that was ...
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Advanced Nuclear Energy Could be the Next Frontier for U.S. States
U.S. states are leading the push for advanced nuclear energy, aiming to boost energy security, support industry, and drive ...
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Final F-15 Eagle Flies From Kadena Air Base
The United States Air Force‘s eighteenth Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kadena Air Base was deactivated and the final Eagle flew out of the base.
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The U.S. Army‘s PrSM Comes into Greater Focus
The replacement for the United States Department of Defense‘s MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is coming into greater focus with the fitting named Precision Strike Missile (PrSM).
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North Korea Now Has a Nuclear Submarine—And There’s Only One Place They Could Have Gotten It From
North Korea’s indigenous technological base is clearly insufficient to have developed the submarine on its own—almost ...
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U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
South Africa’s recently passed land expropriation law drew President Trump’s ire in the form of a February 7 executive order ...
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Postwar Ukraine and the West Germany Model
In the event of a peace settlement dividing Ukraine in two, the nations of the West have a critical interest in strengthening ...
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Taiwan Receives its First Block 70 Fighting Falcon
A single Block 70 Fighting Falcon was warmly welcomed in Taiwan, which is in a precarious position, less than 200 kilometers ...
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The Kursk Submarine Disaster Was Humiliating for Vladimir Putin
Even as the blasts were picked up on seismographs across Europe, Putin and the Russian Navy made no public acknowledgment of the catastrophe. In fact, the Russian president continued vacationing on ...
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Israel Strikes Syrian Airbases In a Message to Turkey’s Erdogan
Indeed, if the latest round of Israeli airstrikes is any indicator, the IDF ops tempo in Syria is actually ratcheting up in intensity—and is now involving Turkey, at least indirectly.