On November 10, 2025, the United States Marine Corps celebrated 250 years. While the nation’s premier expeditionary fighting force was formed at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a very special ceremony took place 170 miles southwest at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Established in 2006, the National Museum is a joint public-private venture between the United States Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.
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Key Points and Summary – Conceived as a lighter, cheaper counterpart to the Su-27 and a foil to America’s F-16, Mikoyan’s MiG-29 was built for short-to-medium-range fights from austere strips.
-Agile, with IRST, helmet cueing and R-73 missiles, it traded range and cockpit ergonomics for rugged frontline punch.
MiG-29 Fighter U.S. Air Force Museum July 2025. Image Credit: National Security Journal.
-After 1991, ex-Warsaw Pact fleets scattered: reunified Germany flew MiGs alongside F-4s, then sold 23 to Poland in 2003 for one euro.
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s twin-seat Su-30SM “Flanker-H” is a 4+-generation multirole fighter derived from the Su-27 family.
-Powered by two AL-31F turbofans, it reaches roughly Mach 2, carries up to eight tons of weapons on 12 hardpoints, and mounts a 30mm GSh-30-1 cannon.
Su-27 Flanker. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Su-27 Flanker Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
-Loadouts span R-73/77 air-to-air missiles, Kh-29/59 strikes, Kh-31A anti-ship and Kh-31P anti-radiation rounds; the SM2 can field the long-range R-37M.
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s air-launched Kinzhal—derived from the Iskander—dives toward targets at hypersonic speed and now uses new terminal maneuvers that slash Ukraine’s Patriot intercept rate.
-Officials say kill rates around Kyiv fell from roughly 37% in August to about 6% in September as Kinzhals/Iskanders executed late pull-downs and lateral jinks, often masked within mixed salvos. Ukraine is answering with Lima, a homegrown electronic-warfare system that spoofs satellite guidance.
MiG-31 Russian Air Force. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Key Points and Summary – The B-1A aimed to fuse B-52 range with B-58 speed: a Mach 2.2, variable-sweep nuclear bomber built to outrun Soviet defenses.
-Reality came calling. Costs tripled, schedules slipped, and new threats emerged.
OVER NEVADA — A B-1B Lancer from the 37th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., streaks through the sky. Carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, the multi-mission Lancer is the backbone of America’s long-range bomber force.
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s FSB claims UK MI6 and Ukraine’s HUR tried to recruit MiG-31K crew to deliver a Kinzhal-armed jet to NATO territory, boosting a bounty from $1M to $3M and promising citizenship.
-The plan hinges on a rear-seat navigator poisoning the pilot and then flying to Romania or Odesa.
Russia’s MiG-31 Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
MiG-31 Russian Air Force. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
-Aviation experts note the navigator cannot safely land a MiG-31 from the back seat, making the caper implausible.
Sweden have bought and tested MACE and the Stork LR drones alongside experienced Ukrainian troops at a new UAS testing facility in Karlsborg.
Key Points and Summary – Russia is advancing block by block into Pokrovsk, a key Donetsk rail hub, while Ukraine battles a stark manpower crunch. Local voices and former officials warn of encirclement risk and urge a withdrawal before it’s too late.
-Kyiv is reportedly shifting units from other sectors, but thin lines persist—some stretches staffed by only a handful of infantry per kilometer.
Ukraine Drone. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
-Drone swarms and small-unit infiltrations complicate resupply, and desertion/absence cases have spiked.
KNDS Deutschland (KNDS) has secured a subcontract from ARTEC to deliver Boxer RCT 30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles to the German Army.
Saab has an agreement with the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation to supply the Carl-Gustaf M4 weapon systems.