Guns & Gear
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Marine Boots Fail in the Arctic Amid Push for U.S. Manufacturing
The article argues that Marine Corps cold-weather boots failed during Arctic training, exposing quality-control problems and raising doubts about strict…
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Here's What Trump's Greenland Deal Means for the U.S.
The article says the Trump administration’s Greenland agreement would expand the U.S. military footprint on the island while preventing rival…
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Maven Smart System Exaands to 100K Service Members
The article says the Pentagon has expanded Palantir’s Maven Smart System to more than 100,000 service members as demand surged…
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Two Bombs, over 800 dead, the Ship Listing 13 Degrees with Her Own Ordnance Cooking Off: US Navy Essex-Class Aircraft Carrier Survived What Seems Like Impossible Odds
The story of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) is one of the most incredible survival stories in maritime history,…
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‘The Math Doesn’t Work’: The US Navy Spent $800,000,000 Million on Trying to Repair a Nuclear Attack Submarine That Was Delayed So Long It Made Sense to Cancel and Retire the Sub
Earlier this year, the U.S. Navy announced that it was pulling the plug on the USS Boise (SSN-764), a Los…
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What Could Get Rationed Next? – reThinkSurvival.com
Rationing sounds like something from an old World War II movie. You might picture ration books, gasoline coupons, and people…
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An Israeli Air Force F-15D Lost Almost Its Entire Right Wing in a Midair Collision Over the Negev on May 1, 1983. The Pilot Did Not Know It Was Gone. He Landed at About 250 Knots Against a Normal 130, and Only Saw the Damage After He Opened the Canopy.
Summary and Key Points: Zivi Nedivi has said that if he had known his right wing was gone, he would…
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Sorry, F-35: South Korea’s Air Force Takes Delivery of its First Stealthy KF-21 Boramae Fighter
Korea’s First KF-21 Delivered to Air Force – After North Korea launched missiles last week, South Korea’s Air Force received…
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‘Major Milestone’: The US Military Just Ordered 4,000 one-way attack UAVs with Single-Operator Drone Swarm Control
A company that just won a major defense contract got started out well outside of that industry: drone light shows.…
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Water in three sensors wrecked the B-2 Spirit of Kansas, tail 89-0127, and the US Air Force priced that Guam crash at $1,407,006,920, calling it the most expensive aircraft crash on record, after the bomber rotated too slow at Andersen on February 23, 2008
The U.S. once lost one of its most modern and expensive jets when water interfered with its sensors. The incident…
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