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The Navy has been there since the beginning, and enshrined in Article 1, Section 8 of our Constitution is Congress’ power “to provide and maintain a…

On June 15 a U.S. Air Force B-52H intercontinental range strategic bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, killing all eight crew members. This aircraft was a key test vehicle assigned to the 412th Test Wing. and had recently been equipped with the new AN/APQ-188 active electronically scanned array radar for testing as part of the B-52J upgrade program. The B-52 currently makes up the large majority of the United States strategic bomber fleet, and is relied on for both strategic nuclear deterrence and to serve as a cruise missile launch platform for tactical strikes.

America’s defense industrial base cannot build the Navy out of the threat it faces. Decades of industry consolidation, persistent resource shortages, and inconsistent demand signals have delayed the production of critical vessels and munitions. With production bottlenecks stacking up, the Navy may have no choice but to let its allies do some of the building.Both the National Defense Strategy and Navy Warfighting Instructions highlight how mobilizing allies can field more forces to the mutual benefit of the United States and its strategic partners. Likewise, the latest U.S.

Footage released on Chinese social media has shown a J-16 fighter launching a KD-88 standoff ai rlaunched precision strike missile, highlighting the fighter type’s versatility and advanced air-to-ground capabilities. Designed to engage high-value land targets from outside the engagement envelope of most enemy air defence systems, and entering with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force around 2006, the missile is broadly comparable in concept to the Russian Kh-59 series that has been used extensively against targets in the Ukrainian theatre.

In late May 2026, South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back unveiled a roadmap to achieving one of Seoul’s top military acquisition goals: nuclear-powered submarines. This roadmap is heading in the wrong direction.During last month’s inaugural meeting of the Future Defense Strategy Committee, South Korea published its Basic Plan for the Development of Nuclear-Powered Submarines. Chaired by President Lee Jae Myung, the committee was formed to help South Korea build robust, self-reliant defense capabilities.

The AI platform is finalised, already trialled with unspecified armies, and is being launched at the Eurosatory defence exhibition.

For 70 years, the United States has been fighting an invasion at our southern border, but its not the invasion of illegal immigrants we are talking about.
The United States has, for 70 years, been fighting a continuous aerial war against the New World screwworm, a parasite that eats animals alive: cow, pig, deer, dog, even human. (Its scientific name, C. hominivorax, translates to “man-eater.”) Larvae of the parasitic fly chew through flesh, transforming small nicks into big, gruesome wounds.

During the first sighting of an F-16 Block 70 fighter built for the Republic of China Air Force in the air near Fort Worth Naval Base in Texas, the aircraft was seen integrating five external fuel tanks, including three drop tanks under its fuselage and wings, two further conformal fuel tanks. The configuration has highlighted the gradual evolution of the F-16 program to increasingly rely on outstandingly high external fuel carriage to a much greater extent than was the case in the late 1970s with the fighter type first entered service.

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Originally published at Real Clear Defense
The Instrument of Power
In today’s military, particularly within the National Guard, administrative process has become the preferred method for resolving career-ending allegations and personnel disputes. What many service members experience is a kind of shadow kingdom—a legal twilight zone where the rules of the UCMJ are sidelined in favor of administrative control. In this space, the law does not function as a shield for the innocent; it functions as the primary instrument of the Commander.

The first F-16 Block 70 fighter built for the Republic of China Air Force was seen taking off from Fort Worth Naval Base in Texas, integrating conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks. The aircraft is question is a twin seat F-16D variant, and is expected to cross the Pacific Ocean via aerial refuelling to Hualien Air Force Base on Taiwan Island later in June. Although the aircraft was officially handed over in March 2025, it has yet to be ferried to Republic of China Air Force facilities. Sixty-six F-16C/D Block 70 fighter aircraft were ordered under an $8.