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Transforming The RAF: F-35B, Carriers, Typhoon TyTAN, & More
The future of the RAF is on display at the Farnborough Air Show. With the F-35, the RAF is part of the multi-domain airpower transformation and will work closely with European allies, notably in...
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Romania Inches Forward On Major Attack Helo Deal
Romania, a NATO ally, is nervously watching Russian moves in the Black Sea, is spending big on American military kit.
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Trump’s Vision & NATO’s Future: Streamline The Alliance For Modern War
It would be wrong for Europeans to conclude that President Trump wants to withdraw all US forces from Europe. The President simply wants the US military to be NATO’s security guarantor of last resort,...
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Pentagon Sounds Alarm Over Sub-Hunting Tech Shortage, Hypersonic Funding
WASHINGTON The Navy says it is running short of critical submarine-detecting sonobuoys, thanks to stepped-up submarine activity by Russia in the Mediterranean and around Europe. As a result, the...
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The Tale Of The Russian, The Butter Knife And Space
We learned of the tale of the Russians, the butter knife and space. It was January 2014. Rose went to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart.
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NATO, Russia Prep Biggest War Games Since Cold War
WASHINGTON: Within the next several weeks, both Russia and NATO will kick off some of the largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Hundreds of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of...
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In Push For Arms Exports, Top State Official Moves To DoD
WASHINGTON: A long-time State Department official who oversees critical security assistance programs is heading to the Pentagon, a move that may usher in another big change in the reworking of the...
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Will The Army’s 1,000-Mile Missiles Kill Reagan’s INF Treaty?
“Look, the Obama administration indicated that Russia was in violation of the INF Treaty four years ago,” said a staffer from the House Armed Services Committee. “If the treaty’s being violated, we...
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First Look Aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK: The largest ship in British naval history, the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, can move four F-35Bs on her two huge elevators up to her decks in just a few minutes, allowing the...
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Disaster Averted – For Now: The Pentagon In 2018
The Trump Administration managed to avoid starting wars or crippling NATO in fiscal year 2018, writes CSIS scholar Kathleen Hicks in this op-ed, but as we stagger into 2019, the fates of Defense...
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Royal Navy Lands 1st F-35B on New Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth
ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH: For the first time, a Royal Navy pilot has taken off and landed an F-35B on a British aircraft carrier, eight years after the UK retired its last generation of aircraft...
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US Puts Russia ‘On Notice’ Over Treaty Violation; NATO Agrees
US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison sent a warning to Moscow about violating the INF treaty — one that NATO allies appear prepared to back up.
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F-35 Hourly Flying Costs Plunge $12K; Turkey Still Getting 100 F-35s
JSF HQ: The head of the Joint Strike Fighter program, Vice Adm. Mat Winter, says the crucial operating costs of the F-35 dropped significantly in 2017. Winters told a group of defense reporters that...
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Pence, DoD Roll Out Harder Line on China, Russia
The Vice President joined Mattis, the Centcom chief, and Trump’s NATO Ambassador in slamming Russian and Chinese moves. The push comes just before a major White House report takes even more specific...
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Russia’s Strategy, ISIS’ Future & Countering China: CJCS Dunford Speaks
Gen. Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff, spoke last week with a small group of traveling reporters after attending a conference of NATO Military Chiefs in Warsaw, including Breaking...
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The Rest Of The Story: Trump, DoD & Hill Readied INF Pullout For Years
WASHINGTON: Unreleased Pentagon documents and Congressional demands for information reveal that Washington has long planned for the day when the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with...
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Pentagon INF Report Hits Hill; Putin Threatens NATO Members
The long-awaited Pentagon report, which outlines the weapons systems capable of being modified for fielding in a post-INF world, has hit Capitol Hill.
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NATO Stocks Up on Bombs, Giving Smaller States More Punch
WASHINGTON: Over the past month, US Air Forces in Europe took delivery of their largest shipment of ordnance in two decades. It’s another sign of the rearming of the continent as the United States...
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Russian Intercept Underscores Tensions in Black Sea
A Russian fighter plane gave a US surveillance plane an unexpectedly rough ride on Monday, part of an increase in tensions in the Black Sea.
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UK’s Big Defense Spending Push — and Brexit — Under Fire
A British defense official talked up the good news about British defense spending in DC this week — including on many US-built weapons — but some dark clouds hang over the ambitious plan.
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