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U.S. Navy
The Secretive Spy Sub of the U.S. Navy
No, the U. S.

Defense Budget
F'd: How the U.S. and Its Allies Got Stuck with the World's Worst New Warplane
From all the recent sounds of celebrating coming out of Washington, D. C.

Space Warfare
Boeing and DARPA Aim for Mach 10
Boeing’s Phantom Works has scored a $6. 6-million contract to continue working on a hypersonic drone aircraft as part of a program overseen by the...

Air Warfare
Navy Doesn't Seem to Care That the F-35 Can't Dogfight
In trials off the California coast in January 2015, a 1980s-vintage U. S.

Air Warfare
The New H-6K is China's B-52
Beijing’s new bomber flies farther, carries more than older modelsâ?? —â??


Air Warfare
USAF Promised the F-4 (and F-35) Would Never Dogfight
The aerial dogfight was not supposed to happen. On May 20, 1967, eight U.

Air Warfare
One Analyst Predicted the F-35's Dogfight Failure
During mock dogfights over the Pacific Ocean in January, a U. S.

U.S. Marine Corps
America's Got Useful Ships Just Lying Around
U. S.

U.S. Air Force
Test Pilot Admits the F-35 Can't Dogfight
A test pilot has some very, very bad news about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The pricey new stealth jet can’t turn or climb fast enough to hit an...

After the Midterms, the Right Strategy Against Iran
By Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
The Color Revolution Came Home
By Emzari Gelashvili • RealClearDefense
When Access Becomes the Fight
By Richard Byno • RealClearDefense
What the 2026 Midterm Results Mean for U.S. Strategic Competition with Rivals
By Dean Chen • RealClearDefense
Measurable by Design: Project Meridian
By Alex Willard • RealClearDefense

New USAF Force Design Bets on Technology
By Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
DoD Pushes $450M in Loans To Bolster U.S. Space Companies
By Hitchens, BrDefense
The U.S. Navy Needs a New Battlecruiser. Will It Get One?
By Sadler & Ouellette, NatInt
U.S. Army Rehearses Rapid HIMARS Rocket Launcher Deployment
By Global Defense N.
Coding Commander's Intent into Unmanned Systems
By Thomas Baumstark, Proceedings
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