If it’s Friday, it’s time for the Rundown! This week, we took a close look at how the Navy fought an undeclared war in the Red Sea from October 2023 to January 2025, during which the service fired more than $1 billion worth of interceptors at missiles, drones, and other threats launched by Houthi rebels and Iran.
After firing a shipload of extremely costly missiles, some with a price tag as high as $28.7 million per munition, the Navy switched to less expensive options, such as 5-inch main gun rounds, to shoot down drones flying low or close to ships.
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John Spencer & Geoffrey Corn, RCDefense
In urban warfare, where combat unfolds amid a multitude of civilians and dense infrastructures, maintaining legitimacy is not merely a legal…
Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
Science fiction has warned us about melding AI and nuclear command and control, but Pentagon leadership sees it as a critical tool for future deterrence.
Stephen Losey, Air Force Times
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Peter Suciu, The National Interest
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) has several anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) that analysts have warned could threaten the United…
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No, Ukraine is not the dam holding back Russia from trying to consume the rest of Europe
I was sent this picture a few days ago and asked if it reflected reality geographically or geopolitically. My answer was a simple one to start:
“No, if Russia wanted to try to invade and control the rest of Europe, there are faster and easier routes to do that.
Any notion of peace in Europe has been shattered in recent times, with a land war in Ukraine and rising spending across the continent.
Was Pakistan’s military gambit across the Durand Line a clever maneuver or a spectacular miscalculation? The question hangs heavy over the volatile and still-contested Afghan-Pakistani border as a dangerous cycle of escalation unfolds. In December 2024, Pakistan launched airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Khost and Paktika provinces, targeting suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan strongholds. The ruling Afghan Taliban’s aggressive rhetoric — threatening retaliation — was followed by border skirmishes as Taliban forces fired across the Durand line.
Doug at EAA 1985 with VP-56 P-3C
Growing up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a state steeped in aviation history, I was surrounded by the influences of pioneering aviators and their families. My aviation career in Miami, Florida, started with a kid on his bike watching the Warbirds of the Experimental Aircraft Association. These connections between Wisconsin aviation and Florida are clear to me today.