Personal Defense
47 minutes ago
Iran says it captured US submarine drone in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. uncrewed submarine at the entrance to the Strait of…
Guns & Gear
51 minutes ago
USAF speed up Reaper replacement after heavy losses in Iran
The loss of dozens of MQ-9 Reapers to Iranian air defenses is speeding up the U.S. Air Force effort to…
Guns & Gear
2 hours ago
The US Air Force Wanted to Retire All 162 A-10 Warthogs in 2026. Congress Wrote a Law Forcing It to Keep 126 of Them Flying Until 2033 and Named the Law After the Sound the Gun Makes.
Summary and Key Points: Congress has written a law named after the sound an aircraft’s gun makes. The Bolstering Recognition,…
Guns & Gear
3 hours ago
It Took the US Navy 4 Weeks to Deliberately Sink Its Own Aircraft Carrier USS America in 2005. Iran Does Not Need to Sink a Carrier — It Only Needs to Stop 1 From Launching Aircraft.
Summary and Key Points: When the US Navy set out to sink the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS America in 2005,…
Guns & Gear
4 hours ago
China Has About 21 Type 039 Yuan-Class Attack Submarines, Each With 6 533mm Torpedo Tubes. They Do Not Have to Chase a US Navy Carrier Strike Group — They Can Sit in a Chokepoint and Wait for It.
Summary and Key Points: China operates around 21 Type 039 Yuan-class attack submarines, each 77.6 meters long, displacing about 3,600…
Personal Defense
5 hours ago
Ukraine contracting around 1,000 Patriot missiles from allies, defense chief says
Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies and…
Guns & Gear
5 hours ago
NASA Spent About $230,000,000 Over 8 Years on the Mach 9.6 X-43A Hypersonic Scramjet. It Flew 3 Times, the First 1 Was Destroyed by Its Own Booster, and the Engine Ran for Roughly 11 Seconds.
NASA’s Hyper-X program ran for 8 years, cost roughly $230,000,000, and produced exactly 3 flights. The first ended in wreckage…
Guns & Gear
6 hours ago
170K Files Released by NYC Mayor Mamdani Reveal 9/11 Air Quality Concerns Kept Hidden
A trove of documents released Tuesday by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani show that city officials masked health concerns…
Guns & Gear
7 hours ago
Forget the F-35 Stealth Fighter: At 87,000,000,000 Operations Per Second, the US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Is a Real Flying Supercomputer
Summary and Key Points: The Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is not stealthy, and the US Air Force bought it anyway.…
Personal Defense
8 hours ago
US Air Force seeks air-defense guns to protect overseas bases
In the wake of Iranian attacks that devastated U.S. bases in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force wants portable…
