Major Airfield Expansion On Wake Island Seen By Satellite As U.S. Preps For Pacific Fight
America’s remote island outpost in the Pacific is an essential fallback point for pushing airpower west during a major conflict.
Tag: area denial
Pentagon Has Tested A Suicide Drone That Gets To Its Target Area At Hypersonic Speed
The system would allow a drone to be delivered to a defended target in a matter of minutes, where it could then hunt down its target.
Top Marine’s Force Changing Plans Prompt Talk Of Smaller Ships, F-35 Buy Changes
The Commandant of the Marine Corps has a vision for a new way of fighting future wars and making regular deployments abroad.
Intel Report Confirms China Developing Stealthy Tactical Bomber In Addition To Strategic Bomber
News of China’s development of a long-range stealth fighter bomber is a punch to the gut to those who long championed a similar concept for the USAF.
Iran Reveals Upgraded Short Range Ballistic Missile It Claims Is ‘Stealthy’ and More Precise
The announcement comes shortly after reports that the Iranians fired an earlier version of this weapon during an exercise in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Fired Ballistic Missile During Drills Where It Practiced Blockading the Strait of Hormuz
It is also the first launch of a ballistic missile of any kind in more than a year and could draw harsh criticism from the Trump Administration.
Iran To Practice Blockading Strait Of Hormuz As Saudis Say Mandeb Strait Is No Longer Safe
Any serious Iranian attempt to shut down both passages simultaneously could be a nightmare scenario for international commerce, or worse.
US And UAE Are Training To Move Cargo Over Land To Circumvent Volatile Strait Of Hormuz
The exercise comes as tensions between the US and Iran are on the rise following President Trump’s threat to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
B-52s Are Dropping Hundreds of Dumb Bombs in Afghanistan to Literally Shape the Terrain
The bombers, along with F-16s and drones, are blasting mountains and other cover to force the Taliban into the open.