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China and Taiwan are at war ... on social media. The Chinese People's Liberation Army on Feb. 3, 2019 released a propaganda video celebrating China's desire to 'unite' with Taiwan. By force, if necessary. A day later on Feb. 4, 2019, ...

If Beijing wanted to, it could probably develop a carrier-based equivalent to the J-16D. The J-15 Flying Shark fighters on China's two Type 001 carriers also share common heritage in the Flanker family of aircraft, and pursuing a similar upgrade of the two-seat J-15SD seems plausible. However, ...

The crescendo of publicity surrounding the H-20 indicates the PLAAF believes the plane will soon be ready enough to show to the publicРІР‚'and international audiences. Once revealed, analysts will pour over the aircraft's geometry to estimate just how the stealthy it really is, ...

The U.S. Army is buying new weapons without being certain if they will work, warns a new Government Accountability Office report.GAO examined Army Futures Command, ...

So far, only the United States and China have successfully developed stealth aircraft, while credible efforts by Russia and Japan have stalledРІР‚'at least for now. Thus, despite the difficulties of multinational cooperation, ...

So did Russian submarines really track down a British sub? As so often with the Silent Service, it's hard for those of us above the waves to know what really happened. Russian diesel subs chased a British nuclear sub off the Syrian coast, according to British media. (This first appeared last year. ...

A new photo of Russia's Hunter-B killer drone appears to confirm major drawbacks in the vehicle's design. With its apparently straight engine inlet and bulky, exposed engine nozzle, the approximately 50-feet-wingspan Hunter-B probably isn't very stealthy. ...

France is joining the hypersonic weapons club. Project V-MaX (Experimental Maneuvering Vehicle) aims to create a hypersonic glider with a speed of more than 3,700 miles per hour, or Mach 5, by 2021. 'Many countries are acquiring them (hypersonic weapons) and we have the know-how to develop them, ...

In the most recent illustration of ongoing Russia-NATO military tensions over Baltic airspace, newly released footage shows a Russian Su-27 fighter making a sharp turn into an American F-15C. It is unclear when the video was filmed, ...

Singapore's next fighter jet may be the F-35 РІР‚' and China won't like that. Singapore's Ministry of Defense recently announced that the F-35 is the best candidate to replace the island-nation's 60 aging F-16 fighters. ...

The Chinese air force has tapped a charismatic young pilot to be the spokesman for its growing force of J-20 stealth fighters. Bai Long, 29, rose to fame while flying a twin-engine J-16 fighter during the People's Liberation Army Air Force's 90th-anniversary celebration in 2017. ...

To even try to sink an American flattop, you first must hit it. That's not easy, either. No carrier sails without an air wing with as many as 50 fighter aircraft plus several escorting destroyers, cruisers and submarines. ...

Let's just hope the apocalypse doesn't come before it goes on sale. In a post-apocalyptic scenario where survival is dependent upon scavenging resources, it pays to be prepared. That's the thinking behind Scavenger 6, a new rifle that can fire 21 different calibers of ammunition. ...

To repeat: the only serious obstacles to Japan's construction of fleet carriers are political. But political obstacles are still obstacles, and the appearance of Shokaku and Zuikaku would have significant repercussions at home and abroad. Indeed, ...

Russia's plan to develop a long-range version of the Kalibr naval cruise missile is a mistake, warn critics. The missile is too big to fit on many Russian warships. But what's surprising is that this criticism isn't coming from the Pentagon or CIA. It's coming from Russia's own defense experts, ...

Lightweight with mild recoil, even the .338 BAR weighs just eight pounds three ouncesРІР‚'a mere pound more than a Browning bolt action rifle in the same caliber. Hunting, more than other countries in the Western world, lingers in America's DNA. ...

Stealth fighter jets, such as the F-22 and F-35, have an entirely different configuration and rely upon some vertical flight control surfaces such as tails and wings. Being more vulnerable to lower frequency surveillance radars due to having a fighter jet configuration, ...

On January 12, 1942, all American personnel on Wake Island (except for a group of civilians who remained as laborers) boarded transports for the long voyage to Asian prison camps. Before the transports reached their destination, the Japanese selected five Marines, led them on deck, ...

The walking dead are ravaging Capitol HillРІР‚'again! I refer not to literal ghouls but to misleading ideas about navies that refuse to die in policymaking circles. The living dead shamble around during election season or just afterРІР‚'in other words, at times of political flux like this one, ...

The Pentagon's apathy towards a full-scale railgun demonstrator is bad news for those excited about the prospect of eventually watching the supergun wreak havoc downrange. ...