Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements

Marines Lay Out Sweeping New Vision to Fill Capability Gaps After AV-8B Harrier and AH-1Z Viper Retirements, With FASt Also Targeting Post-Hornet Strike Demands

The U.S. Marine Corps is quietly laying the groundwork for what could become one of the most transformative shifts in its aviation history: a single, flexible “capability” designed to fill the operational gaps left by the retirement of the AV-8B...
F-16

F-16 Wild Weasel Fighters Deploy With Angry Kitten Pods, Boosting Survivability in High-Risk Middle East Airspace

A group of Block 52 F-16CJ Vipers assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard has drawn significant attention after being spotted heading east across the Atlantic amid a widening buildup of U.S. forces linked to potential military action against...
Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Mahan crossed Strait

USS Gerald R. Ford Enters Mediterranean, US Military Buildup Intensifies Amid Trump’s Consideration of Iran Strike

The U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, has reentered the western Mediterranean, signaling a major escalation in America’s military posture as President Donald Trump weighs options for possible military action against Iran. The carrier, accompanied by...
US Air Force F-22 Raptor , air-to-air missile

US Navy Launches Hunt for Hybrid ‘AWACS Killer’ Missile Capable of Striking Targets in Air and Ground

The U.S. Navy has begun exploring options for a new long-range anti-radiation missile that would not only home in on hostile radar emissions to dismantle enemy air defense networks, but also engage aerial targets — a capability that could transform...
B-2 Spirit stealth bombers

UK Blocks US Use of Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for Potential Iran Strikes, Deepening Rift Between Trump and Starmer

The United Kingdom is reportedly refusing to authorize the United States to use two critical bases — Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and RAF Fairford — for a possible sustained bombing campaign against Iran, according to a report by...
Hong Kong

Gold-Backed Digital Assets Misses Point: How Hong Kong’s Regulatory and Liquidity Framework Defines Market Reality Beyond Geopolitical Narratives

The global financial conversation shifted sharply. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested before the US Senate Banking Committee that he “would not be surprised” if China were exploring digital assets backed by gold rather than the renminbi. His remarks, referencing...
China Submarine

China’s Submarine Surge Tests Overtakes US Annual Launches, Can Challenge US Naval Dominance in Pacific

China’s accelerating nuclear submarine buildup is no longer just a shipyard story confined to satellite imagery and dry dock expansions. It has become a strategic test of whether faster industrial output can be converted into credible leverage against US sea...
Manzanar concentration camp

Boarded Trains, Barbed Wire, and Ironwood Sculptures: Japanese American Resilience During World War II

On February 19, 1942, with the stroke of a pen, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. In a single act, the lives of more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese ancestry were upended. Among them were Izumi...
Venezuela Oil

Trump’s Pledge to ‘Unleash’ Venezuela’s Captured Fossil Fuels Collides with Big Oil’s Reluctance to Gamble on Instability

When the United States dramatically captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the start of 2026, President Donald Trump wasted little time laying out an ambitious economic vision. Standing before reporters in Washington, Trump pledged to “unleash” Venezuela’s vast oil reserves,...
F-35A Lightning II

How F‑35A Perfectly Fulfills US Air Force Multirole Mission Requirements from Air Superiority to Precision Strike

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is more than a fifth-generation fighter; it is the culmination of more than 80 years of American aeronautical innovation. Representing the apex of the “one plane that does it all” philosophy, the F-35 synthesizes...
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