Tank manufacturer KNDS has initiated an “independent investigation” into a 2013 transaction with the Qatar Armed Forces.
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The United States has pledged to provide $2 billion in military support to the Republic of China Armed Forces to accelerate modernisation efforts, with funding prioritising the rapid delivery of operational capabilities. Aid will reportedly prioritise the strengthening air defense, anti-ship strike, and battlefield awareness, to support an anti-access area denial strategy built around survivable, mobile, and distributed systems. The aid was pledged under the U.S. Department of War’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, which has seen major surge in defence spending to $1.
Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty has confirmed that a review of plans to purchase 88 F-35A fifth generation fighter aircraft is currently ongoing, with no timeline given for a final decision, adding that procurements from non-U.S. sources was under consideration. “The review of the purchase of the F-35s is continuing,” he stated, adding: “We are taking the necessary time to study very, very closely the question of the fighter fleet.
As Joe Kittinger fell more than 76,000 feet out of the sky, his parachute failed to deploy.
The mishap in late 1959 caused Kittinger to spin horizontally at about 90 revolutions per minute and lose consciousness. Without his reserve chute automatically activating, the U.S. Air Force pilot was going to die.
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However spooked Kittinger was after the nearly tragic event, it didn’t dissuade him from free-falling again.
When the Royal Canadian Air Force announced it was opening a competition to replace its aging CF-18 fighters in 2017, the need was to purchase 88 fighter aircraft to fulfill its requirements for the next several decades.
Among the competitors vying for the role of Canada’s next fighter were the Lockheed Martin F-35, a fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Saab JAS-39 Gripen, and the Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Most China watchers assume that leaders in Beijing always want to go on the offensive militarily, whether it is attacking Taiwan, taking more island territory, or exporting its authoritarian government system to other countries in the developing world.
But another way to look at it is that China is playing defense, and it can accomplish this strong posture by focusing on anti-ship missiles, drones, plus manned fighters and bombers to create a defensive arc or bubble.
Chef Robert Irvine and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said poor-quality meals in schools, hospitals, prisons and military bases are fueling chronic disease. Irvine argued that improving food doesn’t require spending more money. “Look, we can do this. It’s not about money,” he said on the debut of “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.”
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We’re making millions of Americans who eat in schools, hospitals, prisons and on military bases “sick with the food we serve them,” chef Robert Irvine said on the first episode of “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast.
The F-15J is a variant of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle licensed to Japan.
Though most of the fighters were identical to the base F-15, the U.S. withheld the engines and some avionics from the licensing agreement due to security concerns, allowing the Japanese to tailor the aircraft to their specific needs.
A 96th Test Wing F-15E Strike Eagle flies during a test mission May 22, 2025 over Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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Lt. Col. Asad “Genghis” Khan (Ret.) is a former Marine infantry officer and commander of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6). He is a highly decorated combat leader who led the 1/6 Battalion Landing Team (BLT) during an historic combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2004; his profile is often associated with controversy following his relief from command by the Colonel (later General) Frank McKenzie USMC.
Background and Military ServiceBorn in Pakistan, Khan immigrated to the United States as a child and rose through the ranks of the Marine Corps to become a lieutenant colonel.