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Swagath, Naval Tech.
The plan sets out how the U.S.

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Losey, A&SF
There’s a growing consensus among experts, lawmakers, and Pentagon leaders that the Air Force should buy more than the planned minimum of 100 B-21 stealth bombers

Following reports on May 15 that a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 fighter achieved the type’s first ever kill against a Western fighter type, a Ukrainian Air Force F-16, analysts have widely speculated on the possible conditions of the engagement. Little was reported regarding the engagement, other than that an active radar guided air-to-air missile was launched to destroy the target at beyond visual ranges, and that the missile launch was recorded by Ukrainian monitoring channels.

U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caldell has provided new details on plans to transition the fleet to operating primary surface combat vessels powered by nuclear reactors. Caldell stated that the Navy’s complete abandonment of nuclear powered surface combatants after the end of the Cold War was “one of the biggest mistakes in its history,” adding that the newest nuclear-powered battleship being developed under the BBG(X) program will correct this mistake.

U.S. Naval Operations Chief Admiral Daryl Caudle has warned that the Fiscal Year 2026 budget did not account for the war against Iran, and that the Navy as a result has been forced to make extreme cuts to accommodate the costs of the conflict. “We’re burning bright … but it does come at cost, and it comes at operational costs,” he stated, adding that the Navy is rapidly depleting its fuel, maintenance funds munitions, andremaining operating hours.

A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35S long range air superiority fighter has engaged and shot down a Ukrainian Air Force F-16AM fighter at beyond visual ranges using a radar guided air-to-air missile, according to local sources. The missile launch, an R-77 or R-37M, is reported to have been recorded by Ukrainian monitoring channels. The engagement, if confirmed, would make a landmark in Ukraine’s operation of the F-16, as while several of the aircraft having already been lost in combat, none were previously reported to have been shot down in air-to-air combat.

What if fielding more nuclear weapons makes the United States less secure, not more? That question is now at the center of a growing debate as the United States confronts a nuclear landscape shaped by two major nuclear rivals.China is rapidly expanding and modernizing its nuclear arsenal, while the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the last remaining nuclear arms control deal between the United States and Russia, has expired.

Ukraine has reshaped the battlefield with cheap, expendable drones. South Korea reads the signals and wants to match the scale. North Korea has been reading the same signals through a more direct channel. Since late 2024, North Korea has rotated thousands of troops through Russia’s war in Ukraine, alongside what is currently the world’s most combat tested drone force — tied with Ukraine’s, of course. Ukrainian defense intelligence reports that some of those troops have begun returning home and moving into instructor roles within the North Korean military.

I’ll be honest with you.
I’ve spent years covering the surveillance state. I’ve written about the digital ID push, the CBDC architecture being quietly constructed around us, the fact that your phone – right now, in your pocket – is a live feed to a corporate data apparatus that sells your behavior, your location, your associations, and your political views to anyone with a checkbook and the right API access.
I knew all of this. I wrote all of this.