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No more SSGNs?В  How best could the United States metaphorically 'kick down' the anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) 'door' of a near-peer adversary during a conflict? This has been an idee fixe for American defense planners during recent years, ...

The floppy-magnets worked exactly as intended, but they were simply too messy to train with to be practical on a large scale. It seems NATO deployed them only a few times. At the height of the Cold War, ...

At 8:18 the exhaust heat triggered the fifteen-pound warhead of one of the Zuni rockets. The resulting blast ruptured the Phantom's fuel tank, which poured burning JP-5 jet fuel onto the deck, catching three more Phantoms on fire. ...

It's getting easier for Chinese submarines to operate in the shallow water of the Taiwan Strait, and harder for American submarines to deploy in sufficient numbers to hunt down the Chinese boats. That could pose a serious problem in the event of war between China and Taiwan. As of early 2019, ...

(Ft. Worth, Texas) -- Filled with stacks of fuselage panels, engine components and a wide assortment of pipes, electronics and avionics, the spralling F-35 construction facility in Ft. Worth, Texas, resembles a small city filled with engineers, mechanics, ...

The F-35 is a case of massive over ambition to develop one base airframe that can be adapted to replace half-dozen specialized jets. The result is an expensive jack-of-all-trades, but a master of none. The United States has built many great fighters over the years. The P-51 Mustang, the F4U Corsair, ...

China is fielding a wide range of highly-capable weapon systems that could threaten U.S. interests in the Pacific region. That was the stark warning from U.S. Navy admiral Philip Davidson, the commander ofВ  U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in his testimony before the U.S. ...

With China's flagship fifth-generation fighter fresh off the production line, is Beijing already looking beyond the J-20? A recent Global Times report sheds light on the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) research and development strategy over the coming decades. ...

This could be real... State-run Chinese media is claiming that the People's Liberation Army has been able to track the U.S. Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters over the East China Sea. ...

Last year, the South China Morning Post reported that China's fifth-generation J-20 fighter may not be as stealthy as the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) claims.The Indian military seems to agree. ...

The U.S. Air Force shouldn't waste money on new F-15s when what it really needs is to add stealth fighters, one leading air-power advocate argued. F-15s are 'unable to survive against the threats of biggest concern in our national-defense strategy.' David Deptula, ...

Was Glock treated unfairly?В  A newly released report just shed light on why Glock lost its protest against Sig Sauer, providing fresh insight into the U.S. Army's selection for the Modular Handgun System contract. According to the report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, ...

James Acton, an arms control expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, argues that despite their speed, hypersonic weapons can be destroyed by some ballistic missile defense systems such as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. ...

In 2010, the company — along with Cranfield University — tested the smaller Demon drone, which also used blown air for maneuverability. Demon was the result of a five-year, $8-million research initiative that BAE Systems launched in 2005. MAGMA represents a continuation of that work. ...

Fact: The P226 was Sig's breakout gun in the U.S. market and its most popular pistol. The P226 was actually developed for the U.S. Army's competition to replace the World War II–era M1911A1 handgun with a modern design. Although it lost to Beretta, ...

The Glock 26 trades magazine capacity for compactness. But it does have the ability to gain back that firepower at the expense of carry-ability if the user so wishes. The 'Baby Glock' G26 will also take the Glock 19's fifteen-round magazine, the Glock 17's seventeen-round magazine, ...

Whether the United States would ever consider exporting the bomber (which will likely fall under a variety of legal restriction associated with nuclear-delivery systems) is a different question entirely. With only a few notable exceptions, Israel can buy whatever it wants from the United States, ...

The year 2018 was an eventful year for the F-35 Lightning. The Pentagon's new stealth fighter was used in combat for the first time, first by the Israeli Air Force and then by U.S. Marine aviators on an airstrike in Afghanistan . ...

In 2016 U.S. president Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to grow the U.S. Navy from around 280 ships to at least 350. Forget about it. The U.S. fleet likely never will grow to 350 ships. At least not 350 traditional, manned ships. ...

TheВ RifВ missiles were built in two rows of ten missile silos each. Unlike other missile submarines, the silo field was in front of the sail, giving theВ AkulaВ class its unconventional appearance. ...