Troops from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit launched several days of training today in Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean island nation only miles from Venezuela.
According to both the U.S. embassy in Trinidad and Tobago and the nation’s security forces, Marines from the 22nd MEU will be carrying out night-time training throughout the country today through Nov. 21. The move comes as tensions between the United States and Venezuela continue to escalate and the United States carried out its 20th announced strike on alleged drug trafficking boats in the region.
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Key Points: Saudi F-35 Sale Summed Up in 3 Words – Rewrite the Rules
-Donald Trump’s bid to sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia collides with decades of U.S. law meant to preserve Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge—but it also exposes how much the regional map has changed.
F-35I Adir High in the Sky. Image Credit: IDF/Creative Commons.
F-35I Adir Fighter. Image Credit: Israeli Air Force.
F-35I Adir. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
There are few moments as perfect as the deployment homecoming. There’s the hug at the airport, the flag-waving kids, the tearful reunion in front of a very tired TSA agent. It feels like the end of a feel-good movie; now cue the music and roll credits.
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Except it’s not the end. It’s barely the end of the First Act. Buckle up, buttercup, this blockbuster is showing in homes all around the US of A. Because after the hugs come the hiccups.
Key Points and Summary – F-35 vs F-47 Summed Up in 3 Words: Fewer Now, Stronger
-The F-35 was supposed to be the backbone of U.S. airpower, yet the Air Force is cutting near-term buys just as great-power rivalry intensifies. That slowdown reflects more than cost and Block 4 delays; it marks a strategic pivot under Trump’s “America First” grand strategy. Resources are being redirected to the F-47, a sixth-generation NGAD fighter built for hemispheric defense, China deterrence, and teaming with autonomous drones.
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Key Points and Summary – America Built 24 Essex-class Aircraft Carriers Fast. It Can’t Do Anything Like That Now
-The Essex-class aircraft carriers turned the U.S. Navy into a true superpower.
Essex-Class USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: National Security Journal.
USS Intrepid Essex-Class Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: National Security Journal.
-Built in astonishing numbers and speed during World War II, these ships became the backbone of American sea power from 1943 through Korea and Vietnam, modernized again and again for jets and even the space age.
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Reboot Has ‘Museum Piece’ Written All Over It
-Russia is pouring billions of dollars and decades of work into resurrecting a Kirov-class nuclear battlecruiser, Admiral Nakhimov, as the likely future flagship of its navy.
-On the surface, the ship looks terrifying: nuclear propulsion, heavy armor, and a magazine stuffed with long-range missiles.
Russian Navy Kirov-Class. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Kirov-Class from the Russian Navy. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
A Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter has for the first time landed in the United Arab Emirates to participate in the Dubai Airshow, as the country has continued to intensify efforts to market the aircraft abroad. With the Russian Aerospace Forces’ small Su-57 fleet being engaged in high intensity hostilities in the Ukrainain theatre, a prototype airframe has been used to showcase the aircraft’s capabilities abroad, including at the Zhuhai Airshow in China in November 2024, and at India’s largest air show, Aero India, in February 2025.
The Republic of China Air Force retired its last F-5E/F Tiger II third generation fighter aircraft in July 2025, marking the end of over 60 years of F-5 operations by a service which previously fielded the type in greater numbers than any other.
Following the service entry of the F-15A Eagle air superiority fighter in the U.S. Air Force in 1975, which gave the service a much needed counter to the similarly sized Soviet MiG-25 interceptor that had previously dominated the skies, the aircraft would be developed into a wide range of modernised variants.
Following the outbreak of full scale hostilities between Russian and Ukraine in February 2022, strategic and security ties between Russia and North Korea have continued to expand significantly, as Pyongyang has emerged as the most significant supporter of Moscow’s ongoing campaign.