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Twenty-five years ago. Never forget.
We should not forget that Twin Towers was not the only point of attack and there were other heroes who…
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Soldier awarded Bronze Star for Valor after Iranian drone attack
A soldier was awarded a Bronze Star for valor in the wake of a deadly Iranian drone strike on a…
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The US Army Says the New M1E3 Abrams Will Be About 25 Percent Lighter Than Today’s Tank and Burn About 50 Percent Less Fuel. It Has an Unmanned Turret, an Autoloader, and a Crew of 3 Instead of 4 — the First American Main Battle Tank Since 1980 Without a Human Loader.
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Army is about to hand soldiers its next main battle tank roughly four years…
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100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Could Be Out Of Action for a Long Time
Summary and Key Points: The USS Abraham Lincoln is on her way home to San Diego after one of the…
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The US Navy Bolted 32 Tomahawk Missiles Onto 58,000-Ton Iowa-Class Battleships. The Upgrade Took Their Reach From 24 Miles to 1,553.
Summary and Key Points: In December 1982, the United States Navy recommissioned a warship launched in 1942, and the ceremony’s…
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China’s First Aircraft Carrier Was Bought from Ukraine By a Travel Agency for $20,000,000 in 1998 Under a Plan to Make It a Floating Casino in Macau. It Was Commissioned Into the People’s Liberation Army Navy as the Liaoning.
Summary and Key Points: In 1998, a Macau company, Chong Lot Travel Agency, bought an unfinished warship from Ukraine for…
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Russia’s Mach 2 Tupolev Tu-160 Bomber Is the Heaviest Combat Aircraft Ever Built and Carries Up to 12 Cruise Missiles on 2 Internal Rotary Launchers. Russia Has Built About 4 New Ones in 11 Years.
Summary and Key Points: The Tupolev Tu-160 — White Swan to its crews, Blackjack to NATO — is the only…
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Personal Defense
German military eyes cruise missiles from Covenant, a surprise vendor setting up shop
VIENNA — The German military is in talks with Covenant, a U.S.-Israeli, venture capital-backed startup, over its Anthem cruise missile,…
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Britain Is Spending Close to £2,000,000,000 to Field 148 Challenger 3 Tanks by 2030. An Investigation Found the Program May Slip 2 Years Because the Turret Power Traverse Gearbox — a Part Carried Over From the Challenger 2 — Is Not Strong Enough to Turn the Heavier New Turret.
Summary and Key Points: Britain is spending close to £2,000,000,000 to deploy 148 Challenger 3 main battle tanks, with Initial…
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Pentagon looks to AI to identify space and missile threats
Missile defense in wartime involves many complications. Human operators must deal with high-speed objects, short timelines and sensor data that…
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