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Air Force wants 200 next-generation fighter jets and 1000 drones
The United States Air Force has submitted its budget request for fiscal year 2024. The USAF wants $215 billion, a slight increase over last year’s figure. If approved, the Air Force wants to invest the extra funding in developing and buying the technology it said America needs to maintain air dominance over countries like China–specifically… -
Australia buying nuclear-powered submarines from United States
Australia is buying five nuclear-powered submarines from the United States. The deal was announced Monday, Mar. 13 in San Diego. The five submarines will be Virginia-class boats. Designed by General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Virginia-class submarines can complete a broad spectrum of missions including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)… -
Air Force making MUTANT missiles
One of the more concerning weapons in warfare right now is hypersonic missiles. Currently, the United States has no defense against them. Russia already used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine. This week, China passed Russia as the world’s top producer of hypersonic missiles. The United States hopes to have operational hypersonic missiles deployed sometime this year. To… -
Ukraine is using inflatable tanks and HIMARS against Russia
About 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. If the Chinese philosopher and military general were alive today, he’d most likely be a customer of Inflatech, a company in the Czech Republic that makes inflatable decoys that look like military vehicles. The inflatable armaments are designed to look like many… -
To counter winter ticks, Vermont allowing more moose hunting
Moose in New England are being attacked. Some are dying as their blood is literally sucked from their bodies. Their enemy isn’t a ferocious beast, but hordes of tiny insects called winter ticks. New England’s moose population is fairly stout. However, herds in an area of Vermont, known as the Northeast Kingdom, are suffering mightily.… -
US Special Operations Command could use deepfakes soon
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is responsible for overseeing America’s combined Special Operations Forces (SOF). SOCOM plans and carries out some of the nation’s most secretive missions. According to recently amended federal contracting documents, SOCOM wants to add a few more tools to its toolbox; specifically, using the internet to conduct propaganda campaigns… -
US still denies jets to Ukraine, but trains pilots in Arizona
The United States and its Western allies have repeatedly shot down any request from Ukraine to send fighter jets. In addition to pilot training, ground crews also require extensive training to maintain the aircraft, and Ukraine’s airfields aren’t suited to operate modern Western fighters. However, like tanks and air defense systems, Ukraine thinks it’s just… -
Russia is rushing to replace tanks lost in Ukraine
Since their introduction to the battlefield, tanks have been an integral part of warfare. While Ukraine waits for the promised main battle tanks from the West to bolster its armored divisions, Russia is on its own. WATCH ➡️ “Our tanks will be on Red Square + that will be justice.” That’s what Ukraine’s national security… -
China built a ‘secret naval base’ in Cambodia
The United States is forming new, and building on, existing military partnerships in the Pacific. China knows that and is busy building up military alliances of its own. New satellite imagery from a company called BlackSky shows what Western intelligence firms dubbed a “secret” Chinese naval base. It’s just the second staging facility China has outside… -
Wagner recruiting fighters to Ukraine for ‘upcoming World War III’
The West is worried about possibly triggering World War III if it helps Ukraine too much. Meanwhile, Russia’s top mercenary is recruiting soldiers on the promise of World War III. Yevgeny Prigozhin is the infamous leader of Russia’s Wagner Group, a private military company. In a recently released recruiting video, the accused murderer-for-hire is seen… -
Switzerland’s neutrality prevents its weapons from going to Ukraine
Switzerland is a small European nation known for things like the Alps, neutrality and weapons development. Because of the latter two, the Swiss government finds itself at the center of a nearly global effort to ship weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. Ukraine’s ambassador to Switzerland Iryna Venediktova says she respects Swiss neutrality. “But please let other… -
NASA races to mine the moon before China
For all known history, when humans looked at the moon, they have seen Earth’s constant companion on their journey through the stars. In the next couple of decades though, the view could change dramatically. The United States and China are currently locked in a new space race to the moon. Each nation wants to be… -
Global defense spending soared in 2022, same expected for 2023
2022 was a banner year for defense contractors. If turnout at this year’s International Defense Exhibit in Abu Dhabi is any indication, 2023 will continue the streak of record sales. Defense Advancement IDEX 2023 Round-Up Take a look: https://t.co/i6XVrKBdZj #defense #innovation #technology #tech #defence #defenceindustry #security #military #idex pic.twitter.com/1gxvTO9Z2g — Defense Advancement (@DefenseAdvance) February 27,…
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