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“National security in 2023 is not the same as it was in 1993 [or] for that matter in 2003.”
That assessment by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., was shared by the heads of all the major American intelligence agencies and, Warner said, a large bipartisan group of senators.
The rise in technology and its application has shifted what national security means relative to years prior, what Warner described as “simpler times.
After British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposed that the United Kingdom send advanced fighter jets to Ukraine, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had repeatedly requested during the Russian invasion, it was revealed over the weekend that two Ukrainian fighter pilots are in the United States.
Ukraine has pilots in the United States: any guesses as to why?
As negotiations continue, two Ukrainian pilots reportedly have their proficiency with modern fighter jets assessed at the Air National Guard installation in Tucson, Arizona.
A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative aimed at developing armed drones that could be launched from other aircraft is approaching a critical design review, with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) as the only prime contractor remaining in the program.
The LongShot initiative aims to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle that can employ “multiple air-to-air weapons,” according to a DARPA press release that came after phase 1 contracts for preliminary design work were awarded to General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman in 2021.
The F-35 is getting a massive $15 billion upgrade that will make it a dramatically more capable fighter.
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The U.S. military is reportedly exploring the possibility of integrating AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, onto at least some of the Soviet-designed MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets in Ukraine’s inventory. There are serious caveats to this proposition, but it would, if feasible, give the Ukrainian Air Force a new beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability in the form of a highly-capable missile posing a major threat to Russian airpower venturing within its range.
The only doomed Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, is best known for the series of unfortunate events that make up its short history. It is questionable whether the carrier will enter service in the future. In addition to spending more time in dry dock than in service, it has been a platform for aircraft accidents and losses while in service.
During its initial deployment in 2016, the Kuznetsov met with perhaps its greatest tragedy off the coast of Syria.
The Army has returned to its classic ‘Be All You Can Be’ recruiting slogan. Screenshot).
The Army has perfectly captured the wisdom of the axiom “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” by returning to the classic “Be All You Can Be” recruiting slogan that the service used from the 1980s until 2001.
After testing several different possible recruiting slogans, the Army found that “Be All You Can Be” was the message that resonated most with people of all ages, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said at an event on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
On Tuesday, the Air Force gave us our second glimpse of America’s newest stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, in two never-before-seen pictures taken inside the same Palmdale hangar the bomber was originally unveiled from. These images were reportedly taken prior to the unveiling, but were only released this week. These two new pictures include a […]
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Bye Felicia!.
Fort Hood’s III Armored Corps — which includes some of the oldest formations of their types in the U.S. Army, including the 1st Armored Division and 1st Cavalry Division — released a new policy in late January limiting who gets to lovingly stencil a new name on an M1 Abrams main battle tank’s smoothbore gun.
“Only vehicle crews who qualify ‘Distinguished’ on their own platform (combat vehicle) may name their platform” under the new policy, III Corps spokesman Lt. Col. Tania Donovan told Task & Purpose in a statement.