1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (755+ words) Pete Hegseth was something of an unconventional choice to serve as secretary of defense. Before his selection, Hegseth was best known as a Fox News host, although he had also led a couple of veterans groups. During Trump's first term,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (987+ words) President Donald J. Trump's deadline for the Islamic Republic of Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is rapidly approaching. It is evident that the forty-seventh president believes that issuing serious threats to the Iranian regime is the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1367+ words) The US Air Force's fifth-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor, remains the world's stealthiest aircraft. Introduced in 2005, it is the world's first mass-produced fifth-generation fighter jet and has been a cornerstone of the US Air Force's air superiority strategy. Currently, there are…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (612+ words) President Donald Trump has people on edge again; his news conference on April 6 left many questioning whether he has gone too far. Trump set a deadline on April 7 after which, he threatened, he might order the U. S. military to destroy civilian…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (811+ words) Pure airspeed, sensing, next-generation weapons, and an expansive payload are just a few of the attributes recognized in Boeing's F-15 EX, an aircraft thought to bridge a capability gap between 4th- and 5th-generation aircraft. While not stealthy, the F-15 EX is among the…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (852+ words) A series of reports and analyses of satellite imagery of activity at China's submarine construction facilities indicates that Beijing is accelerating the production of nuclear-powered submarines at a pace that is beginning to draw serious attention in Washington. The expansion…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (765+ words) Nothing demonstrates the greatest military superpower like having to reverse-engineer a drone from the Islamic Republic of Iran. But that's exactly what the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) is. It's a dynamic, deadly, and cost-effective system. A one-way attack…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1159+ words) The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is a highly capable force and the world's largest navy by hull count. The service plays a key role in China's anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategy in the western Pacific. The PLAN has modernized rapidly…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1033+ words) The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is named for Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and is the seventh of the Nimitz-class of nuclear-powered supercarriers in the United States Navy. She was commissioned on December 9, 1995. Her temporary home port is Norfolk, Virginia,…...

6+ day, 42+ min ago  (879+ words) The yet-to-be-fully-seen F-47 will operate an unprecedented number of drones from the cockpit, enabling aerial command and control in a way never before seen. While a manned host platform such as the F-47 remains at a standoff distance, its drones can test…...