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The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved Over Iran
While there are areas where air superiority exists over Iran, total air supremacy has not been achieved, which should be no surprise.
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U.S. Denies F-15E Strike Eagle Went Down In Iran
There are new risks as the U.S. expands its air campaign deeper into Iran, and meanwhile Iran has begun to strike Azerbaijan with drones.
Ukrainian F-16s Had Only A Handful Of Sidewinder Missiles Available: Report
The conflict in the Middle East is now also driving up demand for and increasing scarcity of various kinds of air-defense effectors.
Strikes Hobble Iranian Missile Threat As Concerns Over Interceptor Stockpile Mount (Updated)
There is a war of attrition ongoing between Iran’s stockpiles of standoff weapons and the U.S. and its allies’ supplies of interceptors.
The Last Time A U.S. Navy Submarine Sunk An Enemy Ship In Combat
While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.
One Of Iran’s Most Advanced Wacky Catamaran Warships Sunk In Epic Fury
The Shahid Soleimani class warship is now on the list of ships the U.S. has sunk, with the Iranian Navy looking more like a memory than anything else at this point.
Israeli Air Force First To Claim F-35 Air-To-Air Kill Of A Crewed Aircraft
The Iranian Yak-130 combat trainer was shot down while flying over Tehran.
U.S. Navy Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Frigate In Indian Ocean
This is the first sinking of an enemy ship by a U.S. submarine since World War II.
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