F-35 Lightning II

US Navy Awards Pratt & Whitney Up to $1.6 Billion Contract to Sustain F-35’s F135 Engine

The United States Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at up to $1.6 billion to sustain the F135 propulsion system that powers all variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s largest and most widely deployed fifth-generation...
F-35 fighter jet

Trump’s Tariff Gambit Backfires as Global F-35 Orders Collapse, Threatening USD 100 Billion in Sales

US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff crusade—framed domestically as a strategy to revive American jobs—appears to be delivering the opposite effect for one of the country’s biggest defense manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, builder of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, is...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Fighter Jet

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II: How a $2 Trillion Fighter Jet Program Exposed Corruption in America’s “Cleanest” Institutions

Corruption in the military is increasingly emerging as a global concern, with scandals and procurement scams surfacing across continents. From battlefield-dependent Ukraine to the strategic might of China and the United States, and from struggling democracies like Romania to rising...
AH-64E Apache attack helicopter

US Army Turns AH-64E Apache into Advanced Drone-Killer in Breakthrough Live-Fire Exercise

The United States Army is rapidly transforming its combat-proven AH-64E Apache attack helicopter into one of the world’s most versatile counter-drone platforms, following the success of a rare and highly specialized live-fire exercise known as Operation Flyswatter. Conducted at Marine...
U.S. Test-Fires Minuteman III ICBM

Minuteman III: U.S. Test-Fires Minuteman III ICBM Amid Rising Tensions with China and Russia – The Start of a New Nuclear Race?

The United States has test-fired an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) following President Donald Trump’s recent call to restart nuclear weapons testing, marking the country’s most significant strategic missile test. The move makes the U.S. the fifth nation to have...
Zohran Mamdani

Democrats Score Sweeping Victories as Shutdown Drags On, Signaling Deep Political Trouble for Trump

One year and a day after Donald Trump secured a second term as president—and on the 35th day of the U.S. government shutdown, which has now tied a record for the longest in history—the Democratic Party roared back to life....
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Washington warns China over rare earth exports as Trump administration mulls tariff hike

The United States signaled a tougher stance toward China on Sunday (Nov 2), warning that tariffs could be raised again if Beijing fails to honor its commitments on rare earth exports. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is...
Donald Trump

Trump Orders Immediate Resumption of U.S. Nuclear Testing, Triggering Global Alarm

In a stunning and deeply controversial move, United States President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with other countries’ programs. If the order implies the return of explosive nuclear tests —...
first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

A Missile Past Its Prime: Why the Minuteman III’s Endless Life Extension Forces a Rethink of America’s Nuclear Triad

When the first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) went on alert in 1970, the Beatles had just broken up, and Richard Nixon was still in his first term as president. More than half a century later, the same missile...
Loading posts...

All posts loaded

No more posts