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Pulserider: the attention grabbing tech in Africa STORM  A wingless

A wingless combat aircraft? No, not a blimp!

The tech that gets the most attention in the new Aggressor novel, Africa STORM, is the **Pulserider** Wingless Electromagnetic Air...

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A rhetorical question Ifyou think nuclear weapons are scary, how do you

Ifyou think nuclear weapons are scary, how do you feel about anti-matter weapons? Antimatter technology is no longer science fiction: scientists at CERN have perfected the means...

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Your billions at work?  While the Pentagon has been hard at work saving

While the Pentagon has been hard at work saving money by cutting weight loss drugs from the plans of many military retirees and family members, the USAF and Navy have been...

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When is a guarantee not a guarantee? When it comes from NATO countries.

When it comes from NATO countries. Ukraine got security guarantees when it gave up its nuclear weapons in the 1990s. In the 2020s it got guarantees when Russia invaded and...

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Taiwan invasion? Not on my watch... The US Prez says China's Xi Ping gave

The US Prez says China's Xi Ping gave him a commitment not to invade Taiwan on his watch. And despite all the hyperbole, we are probably at least a decade away, still, from...

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Putin eyes real estate deal? Did the Russian Prez make a visit to the

Did the Russian Prez make a visit to the former Russian territory of Alaska for ceasefire talks, or was he looking over another piece of land he plans to get back for Russia one...

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China has been busy Vogueing What superweapons did China show off at its

What superweapons did China show off at its military parade? Get the scoop here! (Disclaimer: a model on a trailer is not a threat, yet.) Have listed them here in the order you...

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How Ukraine and Russia's air forces stay out of HARM's way Have you been

Have you been sitting there, like me, wondering why these supposedly sophisticated anti-aircraft missile systems deployed in the Ukraine war, like the American Patriot, and...

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Party like it's 2022, again... Breaking news from the 7th Army Training

Breaking news from the 7th Army Training Command, hub for training US forces in Europe!

“We actually just about two weeks ago outside of an exercise, we tested the ability of a...

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Fair balance: it's not all about drones Do you like hearing balanced

Do you like hearing balanced perspectives that challenge your own? Me either! But in the interests of balance here is an expert article from the Royal United Services Institute...

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How to LOSE the drone war Do I make too much of NATO forces being behind

Do I make too much of NATO forces being behind the 8 ball on drone warfare? If so, it's because 'armchair experts' (as one commenter called me) can apparently see what legacy...

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COMING SOON! Yes, yours truly has been wearing out the keyboard to ensure

Yes, yours truly has been wearing out the keyboard to ensure your imagination remains fueled and ready for the future! Right now, Africa Storm is with my amazing beta reading...

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Does a prototype US 6th Gen fighter exist?  Seen some speculation about

Seen some speculation about whether Boeing really built a flying prototype before being awarded the F-47 6th gen fighter contract, or if it was awarded based on digital modeling...

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How to explosively disassemble a buried bomb factory Wish I could say I

Wish I could say I didn't call this one. On Jan 3 I wrote a 'year ahead' set of predictions which included this:

Iran: Israel will try to derail Iran’s nuclear weapons research...

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Beijing’s Window of Opportunity Opens? No, he's not bailing out, he's

No, he's not bailing out, he's opening a window...
China may feel that America’s new isolationism has handed it a fleeting chance to resolve its “Taiwan problem” on its own...

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Drone Denial Syndrome (DDS) I think we need to coin a new term to describe

I think we need to coin a new term to describe 'drone blindness' (for now, I'll go with Drone Denial Syndrome, or DDS) : that condition among senior officers that causes them to...

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Who's afraid of the big bad bear? Russian threat? What Russian threat?If

Russian threat? What Russian threat?

If you are worried about global stability or whether Europe could stand alone against Russia without US forces as a backstop, this analysis...

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China’s Sixth-Generation J-36 Flying Wing Fighter – What We Know So Far

J-36 when it was still just a concept ... like the US F-47 still is today

China’s aviation industry has stunned observers with an emerging sixth-generation fighter, unofficially...

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The tank is dead, long live the ... drone? The main battle tank, behemoth

The main battle tank, behemoth of the battlefield, is dead. Long live the drone. That is the Ukrainian army's conclusion after three years of full scale war with Russia.

After...

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