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At About $15M per Unit, the XQ-58 Valkyrie Drone is Considered "Attritable"
XQ-58A Valkyrie "attritable" drone at Elgin AFB demonstrating ability to take-off without a runway. The XQ-58A Valkyrie Drone is...
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Feb 6, 20232 min read
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UNDERMAINTAIN, RETIRE AND DESTROY - A FORMULA FOR A WEAKER NAVY AND BILLIONS OF WASTED DOLLARS
SPRUANCE CLASS DESTROYER (DD-963) WITH 61 Mk-41 VLS CELLS Today, the United States Navy is struggling to meet its commitments as the size...
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Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Breakdowns of Chronically Under-maintained Ships Means Diminishes US Naval Presence
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) was a $2 billion (2022 dollars) Wasp-class ship lost due to poor maintenance and a failure in the discipline...
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Feb 1, 20232 min read
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Does Our Military's System of Advancement Tolerate Great Wartime Generals and Admirals?
From Left to Right: General Billy Mitchell, General Douglas MacArthur, General George Patton and Admiral "Bull" Halsey Let's face it, the...
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Jan 31, 20232 min read
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Has Russia Nearly Doubled Its Ammunition Production Rate Since Beginning of War?
Russian 2S4 "Tulypan" 240mm self-propelled mortar in deployed position Artillery has long been called the king of the battlefield, but...
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Jan 30, 20233 min read
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The M60 Tank's Success In the Gulf War Shows Success Comes From Leadership, Training and Tactics
M60A3 Patton as deployed in the 1991 Gulf War In the 1991 Gulf War, the M60 tanks used by United States Marines racked up 100's of ...
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Jan 24, 20232 min read
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Sending Patriot Anti-Missile Systems to Ukraine a Big Mistake
Patriot (MIM-104) is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defense system designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
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ENERGY OF 250,000 LB. LOCOMOTIVE AT 80 MPH DWARFED BY ONE BATTLESHIP ROUND
AP Mk-8 Projectile Kinetic Energy vs. Five 80 mph Locomotives or 360 Fords at 85 mph IMAGINE THE DESTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY A...
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Jan 22, 20232 min read
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China is Now the Lone Maritime Superpower
UNITED STATES IS STILL A NAVAL SUPERPOWER BUT..... In 1945, over half the world's ship oceangoing ships were U.S. flagged. Today, only...
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Jan 20, 20233 min read
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A-10's GAU-8 Avenger Gun vs Navy's Experimental Railgun
GAU-8 Avenger 30 MM vs Volkswagen Beetle. The A-10 was actually built around its gun. Navy's Experimental Railgun as built by BAE - about...
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Jan 20, 20232 min read
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HYPERVELOCITY VS HYPERVELOCITY VS HYPERSONIC
NAVY'S "HYPERVELOCITY" PROJECTILE CAN BE FIRED FROM MULTIPLE GUN PLATFORMS If you follow defense related matters even casually you have...
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Jan 17, 20233 min read
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US, Japan Respond to China Aggression by Strengthening Ties and Commitments
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press conference iith Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
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What percent of weapons sent to Ukraine being diverted by Ukrainian criminal enterprises?
UKRAINE 2ND MOST CORRUPT EUROPEAN COUNTRY - RUSSIA IS NUMBER ONE Prior to the Russian invasion, Ukraine was viewed as being one of the...
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Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Navy Releases More DDG(X) Destroyer Requirements
DDG(X) Program Presentation, 12 Jan 2022, Captain David Hart DDG(X) Program Manager A BIGGER SHIP WITH MORE RANGE, BIGGER MISSILES, MORE...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read
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Army To Provide Gender Transition Care, Surgeries for Transgender Soldiers
The Army should not be funding gender-transition surgeries or hormone therapy. Not only is a waste of limited resources, but doing so...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read
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Congressional Pressure Induces Pentagon to Provide Public with F-35 TEST RESULTS
FOR DECADES THE DOT&E MAINTAINED A REPUTATION FOR CONDUCTING OBJECTIVE TESTS INDEPENDENT OF VENDOR OR SERVICE INFLUENCES, BUT RECENT...
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Jan 10, 20232 min read
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More Defense Spending without Reforms Equals a Weaker Defense
Biden Administration Orders Ideological Purge Of U.S. Military Academies https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/10/biden-administration-orders...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
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Aegis - Navy's Offensive/Defensive Linchpin Plus Ballistic Missile Defense
AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM (Note: AN/SPY-6 radar has replaced AN/SPY-1 radar in the most recent Aegis baseline) Since the early 1980's when the...
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Jan 3, 20235 min read
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THE ADVANTAGES OF NEW MIDWAY-SIZED CARRIER CLASS?
CV-41, The USS Midway in its final configuration prior to its decommissioning in 1992 Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II,...
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Dec 28, 20224 min read
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Taiwan Stiffed On $14 Billion in Weapons While U.S. Gives Away 10's of Billions to Ukraine
Taiwan is still waiting to receive over $14 billion in weapons it purchased from the United States in 2019. Meanwhile the United States...
mfredenburgsites
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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