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Jim Taiclet first announced what he then called a “Ferrari” version of the F-35 in April, just weeks after Lockheed lost out on the Air Force’s Next…
Mired in controversy, the UK government is struggled to gain control of its narrative, having failed to grasp the nettle at DSEI 2025.
The Chinese supercarrier the Fujian has for the first time sailed through the Taiwan Strait, with the warship subsequently sailing into the South China Sea for training an research trials. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the currently ongoing sea trials, which are the ninth for the new aircraft carrier, will be the last before the 85,000 ton warship enters service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy.
Lockheed Martin is holding “very active” talks with the Pentagon about enhancing the F-35 to a ‘5+ generation’ standard through the integration of several technologies that have been developed for the F-47 sixth generation fighter program.The firm’s chief executive Jim Taiclet commented: “There’s a very active engagement at an extremely high level with the Department of Defense, and I expect it’ll be taken to the White House sometime soon, hopefully, to consider this kind of concept.
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense challenges.The Battle of the Yalu on September 17, 1894, set the conditions for Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895). The region — if not the world — has been dealing with the ramifications ever since. Strategically, Japanese success guaranteed sea control for an expeditionary assault on Korea and China.
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Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has successfully completed offshore firing trials with an electromagnetic railgun, with the new weapons system trailed in June and July on the Maritime Self-Defence Force’s test vessel Asuka, and successfully carrying out long-range firings. Tests have for the first time included shooting a target vessel at a range. Japan and China are considered to lead the world in railgun development, with images of a large experimental weapon fitted onboard the hull of a Chinese Type 072III Class landing ship having first emerged in 2018.
L Todd Wood and Pete Blaber discuss how the assassination of Charlie Kirk is connected to the Ukraine lies.
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Sources say the suspected shooter at the Naval Academy is a former Midshipman who had been removed from the school. He was reportedly seen on campus dressed as a police officer and carrying a weapon. Local and military police are sweeping the grounds, searching building by building. Students and staff have been ordered to remain sheltered-in-place until cleared by authorities. The situation remains active and highly dangerous as the manhunt continues tonight.