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727 Days and 70,000 Miles Later: U.S. Navy Ohio-Class Guided-Missile Submarine 'Makes History'
Originally commissioned as a ballistic missile submarine in 1981, the USS Florida was converted to a guided-missile submarine ...
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America Wants to be an “Arsenal of Democracy”
In a December 2023 interview with Radio Free Europe, Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius said, ...
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Navy SEALs 'Combat Swimmers' Will Make Russia or China Sweat
As the U.S. military shifts focus to near-peer conflicts with Russia and China, special operations forces (SOF) are returning ...
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Putin's Problem: Is the Russian Army a 'Declining' and Spent Force?
Kyiv's recent incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast marked the first invasion into Russian territory since World War II.
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The U.S. Military Has an Astounding 4,650 M1 Abrams Tanks
The U.S. military has one of the world’s largest and most advanced tank fleets, operating approximately 4,650 M1 Abrams main ...
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George Washington: Nearly 6 Years Out of Action for This Navy Aircraft Carrier
The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, underwent an extensive Refueling and Complex Overhaul ...
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The Big Interest Rate Cut: Is the Federal Reserve Too Late?
At long last, it seems that the Federal Reserve has smelt the coffee that it was keeping interest rates too high for too long ...
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The World's Fastest Plane Rots in a Museum
The SR-71 Blackbird, capable of cruising at speeds exceeding Mach 3.2, was the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever to ...
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AbramsX Could End Being the U.S. Military's T-14 Armata (That's Bad)
The AbramsX promises the incorporation of revolutionary technology in an existing MBT platform – but not everyone argues that ...
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NGAD: The 6th Generation Fighter the U.S. Air Force Needs
The U.S. military should remain committed to rapidly bringing its new sixth-generation American fighter into production — so ...
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Lockheed Martin’s New AGM-158 Extreme Range Is a 'Deep Strike Weapon'
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the AGM-158 Extreme Range (XR) variant of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) at ...
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A Handful of Old F-16 Fighters Won't Save Ukraine from Russia's Onslaught
Ukraine's acquisition of a few older F-16 fighter jets is unlikely to change the trajectory of the war against Russia. The ...