Anthropic is holding its ground on specific ethical restrictions for classified military use of its Claude AI products, as the Pentagon’s deadline to resolve their heated dispute looms.
After its CEO announced on Thursday that the company “cannot in good conscience” accede to certain demands that would permit the military to deploy its models for “all lawful use cases” without limitation, it’s unclear on Friday if the Pentagon will uphold its leaders’ threats to blacklist Anthropic as a “supply chain risk.
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L Todd Wood sits down with the CFO of Castelion Andrew Kreitz, an innovative defense contractor building the ‘Blackbeard’ cruise missile. The product is an order of magnitude less expensive and will be produced at scale at their new production facility ‘Project Ranger’ in New Mexico.
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Summary and Key Points: Stephen Silver, a veteran national security contributor, evaluates the Type 003 Fujian, China’s first carrier equipped with an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
-Formally commissioned in November 2025 by President Xi Jinping, the 80,000-ton vessel supports the J-35 stealth fighter, J-15T, and KJ-600 early warning aircraft.
CV-18 Fujian aircraft carrier from China. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Summary and Key Points: USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier is operating in the Middle East during rising U.S.-Iran tensions, with its deployment extended twice and nearing a post-Vietnam carrier endurance record.
-Yet the ship still lacks the modifications required to operate the Navy’s F-35C, a capability only a handful of Nimitz-class carriers currently have.
Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier in Test Run. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2024) The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur did not become one of the United States military’s greatest generals by making miscalculations.
He made a huge one during the Korean War, though. Believing the North Korean army was disorganized and lacking sufficient supplies, MacArthur promised his forces in October 1950 that they would be home by Christmas.
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At that point, the Korean War was only four months old. In his role as supreme commander of United Nations Command forces, a confident MacArthur doubled down on his initial proclamation in a talk with Maj. Gen.
The Air Force says a new policy will streamline access to health care for reservists and Air National Guardsmen who are hurt on duty. But airmen and veterans with firsthand experience say the new policy does little to address the actual roadblocks that many encounter trying to collect health care and longer-term benefits.
“It’s not fixing the problem,” said Cody Kirlin, a former F-15 fighter pilot who retired from the Louisiana Air National Guard earlier this month after a four-year benefits battle with the Air Force.
The new guidance was released on Feb.
Summary and Key Points: Harrison Kass, a national security analyst and former US Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the 1967 crash of ASPEN 28, an SR-71 Blackbird (serial number 61-7965).
-During a night training sortie over Nevada, a catastrophic Inertial Navigation System (INS) platform tumble provided false attitude data, leading to an unrecoverable descending turn at Mach 2.
YF-12A. A similar plane to the A-12 Oxcart and SR-71. Credit: NSJ.
SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane Back in 2022. Image Credit: National Security Journal/Harry J. Kazianis.
Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, a former US Army Special Forces officer and national security columnist, analyzes the F-22 stealth “Raptor 2.0” upgrades unveiled at the 2026 AFA Symposium.
-To counter China’s A2/AD reach in the First Island Chain, the USAF is integrating Low Drag Tank and Pylon (LDTP) systems and Infrared Search and Track (IRST) pods onto the F-22.
F-22 Raptor In the Air. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
F-22 Raptor Fighter for US Air Force. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, a former US Army Special Forces officer and national security columnist, evaluates the status of China’s Xian H-20 stealth bomber.
-While the PLAAF suggests an imminent debut, AFGSC commander General Stephen Davis characterizes China as a “regional bombing force” still struggling with the engineering complexities of high-end low-observability.
H-20 Bomber Mock Up. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The New Medium Helicopter programme will fill a capability gap created when the British Army’s Puma helicopters were axed in 2025.