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04/27/2024 03:32:15 pm

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War winner

US Generals say F-35 is 'a War Winner;' Want More of the Stealth Fighter Produced and Fast

General officers of the Marine Corps and Navy said their biggest problem with the F-35 is not having enough of the fighters with their front line squadrons.

Copycat

China’s Military Shedding Copycat Notoriety; Developing Better Indigenous Advanced Technologies

"We now judge that in some capability areas, particularly in the air domain, China appears to be reaching near-parity with the West," said the report.

Japan and South Korea in its cross hairs

South Korea and Japan now Threatened by China’s DF-16 Ballistic Missiles

PLARF seems to place great faith in the DF-16.

China is the enemy

Indian Armed Forces’ Largest Combat Drill has China as the Enemy for the First Time

TROPEX 2017 is the largest ever TROPEX exercise, the first of which was held in 2006.

Not ready for prime time

Russia to Flight Test New Jet Engine for PAK FA T-50 Stealth Fighter this Year

The second-stage engine is expected to increase the speed of the PAK FA to Mach 1.6 (1,980 km/h).

To Syria?

US on Brink of Sending Combat Troops to Fight ISIL in Syria; Russia Alarmed

They report Trump has directed the Pentagon to accelerate plans for defeating ISIL

Iran wins -- in a movie.

Iran Defeats Massive US Invasion -- in Iranian 3D Movie

The IRGC Navy attacks the U.S. warships with waves of anti-ship missiles fired from vertical launching systems, and with torpedoes and naval gunfire.

New eyes

US Preparing to Launch another Satellite that Spies on Chinese and Russian Satellites

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory designed and built SensorSat.

  Not for the navy

Indian Navy Rejects HAL Tejas as Carrier Jet; will use a Foreign Jet Instead

Navy sources said HAL Tejas was again unable to take-off from a replica 200 meter-long carrier deck while loaded with weapons.

 SHORAD

US Army Rapidly Ramping-up Short Range Air Defense Capability to Cope with Russia and China

That is no longer the case since the clear threats to the U.S. now are the conventional armies of Russia and China.

Historic

India Makes Space History; Orbits 104 Satellites in One Mission

It was PSLV's 39th mission since its maiden flight, PSLV-D1, lifted-off on Sept. 20, 1993.

In service?

China’s Most Modern Nuclear Attack Submarine Might be Operational

Western analysts speculate the Type 093B is much quieter than its predecessor, the noisy Type 093.

 New customer

Indian Shipbuilding firm RDEL to Maintain Warships of United States Seventh Fleet

The Seventh Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. Fleets.

Mars 2020

NASA Picks Three Possible Landing Sites for Mars 2020 Rover

During the workshop, the clear top candidate was Jezero crater. It was followed by Northeast Syrtis.

A2/AD

US Weighing 'Actions Short of War' to Punish China for Building Man-made Islands in South China Sea

They claim that if China doesn't recognize another country's rights to freedom of the seas, that country has the right to restrict China's freedom in return.

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