President Donald Trump has promised to release as many Pentagon UFO files as possible, raising the question of what the so-called disclosure moment would actually look like. Science fiction offers a hopeful answer — humanity unites against an external threat. History has a darker one. When the Persians invaded Greece in 490 and 480 BCE, large numbers of Greeks defected to the Persians. The Gauls fought alongside Caesar. Spanish conquistadors quickly found allies inside the Aztec and Inca confederations and exploited them.
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Saab and Scania France have finalised an agreement with the French Directorate General of Armaments (direction générale de l’Armement) to provide 17 Giraffe 1X radars to the French Armed Forces.
The new Bob Odenkirk film “Normal” is now available to rent or buy on digital and it’s a blast.
Literally.
In fact, in the words of the screenwriter Derek Kolstad, “It’s not a film. It’s a f***in’ movie!”
I had the chance to chat with Kolstad, who is also the creator of the “John Wick” franchise and the writer of Odenkirk’s “Nobody,” and it became clear why “Normal” is the fun flick that it is—because Kolstad loves what he does. And it sounds like the rest of the cast and crew felt the same way.
The U.S. Navy plans to spend $17 billion on the first Trump-class BBG(X) nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship, with the first three hulls estimated at $43 billion and the full fleet potentially reaching $700 billion across its lifetime. The ship will displace 30,000 to 40,000 tons — closer in size to Russia’s Admiral Nakhimov nuclear battlecruiser than to a U.S. destroyer — and carry hypersonic weapons, Conventional Prompt Strike missiles, directed-energy lasers, and potentially nuclear cruise missiles. The Pentagon is designing the BBG(X) around the U.S.
The US Department of State has approved two possible foreign military sales (FMS) to India, with a total estimated value of $428.2m.
For special operators, having expertise in new and emerging technologies is just as important as physical fitness and other aspects of fighting, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, said on Tuesday.
“This environment demands exactly what Wild Bill Donovan said 80 years ago: We need PhDs who can win a bar fight,” Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley said at this year’s SOF Week exhibition in Tampa, Florida.
Bradley was referring to a famous quote attributed to Army Maj. Gen. William Joseph Donovan, who led the Office of Strategic Services, the U.S.
A war between Poland and Russia’s long-time close ally Belarus could break out at any time, say Polish defense officials. The frontline NATO-member nation shares a more than 300-mile border with the small, former Soviet Republic, run by a strongman, President-for-Life Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Poland vs. Belarus Could Mean NATO vs. Russia
Su-57 Felon Fighter from Russia
What has raised increased concerns among the Poles in the past few years is the development of a new form of warfare that Belarus is now engaged in.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on May 18 that Ukraine has deployed its first domestically built glide bomb — the Vyrivniuvach, or Equalizer — and that the 250-kilogram weapon is already cleared for combat use after 17 months of development by the Brave1 platform and DG Industry. The Equalizer is roughly comparable to the U.S. JDAM at a fraction of the price, can be fitted to multiple aircraft, including the Sukhoi Su-24, and arrives as Russia has been dropping as many as 5,700 KAB glide bombs on Ukrainian positions in a single month.
Ronald Reagan avoided combat during World War II because of severe nearsightedness. Instead, he narrated about 400 preflight training films while in the Army Air Forces.
It was a natural fit. An actor by trade, Reagan was comfortable in front of a camera. Blessed with a distinctive, grandfatherly voice, he was also a gifted public speaker.
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As a two-term president during the 1980s, Reagan delivered some of his most memorable speeches on Memorial Day.
The F-14D Tomcat was the most capable fleet defense fighter the U.S. Navy ever flew off a carrier deck. Grumman’s proposal to make it dramatically better was called the Super Tomcat 21 — and it was, by most credible assessments of what Cold War aerospace engineering could produce, the carrier fighter the Navy probably should have built.
The Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Been Amazing: She Never Flew Anywhere
It would have supercruised at Mach 1.3 without afterburner. It would have carried more fuel, more weapons, and a longer-range radar than any other naval fighter in the world.