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In an era of strategic competition, America’s adversaries are engaged in persistent operations against US interests in a spectrum of low-intensity conflict frequently referred to as the…
Summary and Key Points: Canada has started making advance payments tied to “long-lead” components for 14 additional F-35 fighters, framing the move as a way to preserve options and negotiating leverage without committing to the full buy.
-Ottawa remains legally funded and contracted for the first 16 jets, with deliveries staged for training beginning in 2026, followed by additional aircraft in 2027 and 2028, before moving to Canadian bases like Cold Lake and Bagotville.
F-35 Fighters Ready. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Summary and Key Points: In the early 1930s, the U.S. Navy built USS Akron and USS Macon—massive rigid airships designed to function as flying aircraft carriers.
-Each carried up to five Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk “parasite fighters” inside an internal hangar and launched/recovered them in flight using a retractable trapeze.
A U.S. Sailor prepares an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft for launch from the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 25, 2025. U.S.
Summary and Key Points: This analysis evaluates the asymmetric threat posed by Iran’s Ghadir-class midget submarines as the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln strike groups converge.
-Derived from North Korean Yono-class technology—responsible for the 2010 sinking of the ROKS Cheonan—these 120-ton diesel-electric vessels are optimized for the shallow, 50-meter depths of the Persian Gulf.
Kilo-Class Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Kilo-Class Submarine. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Following the initiation of a large scale U.S. and Israeli air assault against Iran on February, the United States was confirmed to be launching strikes on a missile base in Khosrowshah, as well as on targets in the mountains of Sahand, Urmia, Bandar Abbas, and Qom, which are thought to host ballistic missile related facilities. The Iranian ballistic missile deterrent has for decades been a primary factor constraining U.S. and broader Western Bloc options for launching attacks against the country, with missile strikes having been launched against U.S.
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Following Israel and the United States’ initiation of a coordinated large-scale military assault against Iran on February 28, multiple countries have joined the war effort, which has been launched with the explicit goal of removing the Iranian government from power. The United States has used military bases in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and possibly Israel to support its air campaign against Iranian targets, with bases in all these targets having come under attack.
Footage taken atAl Udeid Air Base in Qatar has shown three interceptor missiles launched by MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems fail to shoot down incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. Iran launched strikes on February 28, after Israel and the United States initiated a coordinated large-scale military assault against the country. While Patriot units usually launch two missiles against each incoming target to ensure a high probability of kill, a third launch may have been intended to compensate for the lower than optimal reliability of the system.