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Monique Tapie, RCDefense
Over the past few decades, we have seen history and critical thinking seep out of our public-school curriculums, lowering the quality of education and placing…

Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The Navy is leveraging the Coast Guard’s Legend class National Security Cutter to plug the gap left by axing the Constellation class frigate.

G. Agese, RCDefense
The most dangerous wolves are those that wear the fleece of impartiality, for they sway minds under the guise of wisdom.

Thomas B.

United States Marines have done some crazy things during deployments. We’re not even certain that becoming a Somali warlord takes the cake, because one Marine stole Princess Meriam al-Khalifa of Bahrain and another became the king of a Haitian voodoo island. So if you’re a Marine Corps NCO reading this, just ask yourself: Do you know where all your Marines are right now?
If the name Hussein Aidid kinda sounds familiar, it’s because his father, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, was a central figure in the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.

FPV drones guided by fiber optic cable are the face of today’s warfare. The cables cover the town of Liman, Ukraine, about 3.5 clicks from the FLOT. A modern day spider web.
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Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, operational commander for the Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region, Royal Canadian Air Force Major General Chris McKenna, has provided new insight into prevailing thought in the service on the procurement of F-35A fifth generation fighter aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force has deployed at least one E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) to support ongoing operations aimed at maximising military pressure against Venezuela. Compared to the carrier-based E-2D aircraft that have already been operating in the region for several weeks, the E-3 is capable of providing command and control functions for a much wider American force including strategic bombers, carrier air wings, and ground-based aircraft, while sharing invaluable targeting data with all these aircraft and even guiding their missiles to their targets.

U.S. forces launched a “large-scale strike” against multiple Islamic State-controlled sites in Syria on Friday, U.S. Central Command announced.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and U.S. Central Command announced the strikes, dubbed “Operation Hawkeye Strike” late Friday afternoon, saying it in response to last weekend’s shooting in Palmyra, Syria that killed two Iowa Army National Guard soldiers and a civilian translator. The strikes include ground artillery barrages and airstrikes. The focus is, according to Hegseth, “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites.