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All this talk about strengthening the atrophy in the shipbuilding industrial followed by cancelation of major shipbuilding programs that are sustaining whatever dwindling number of shipyards the US has left.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
All this talk about strengthening the atrophy in the shipbuilding industrial followed by cancelation of major shipbuilding programs that are sustaining whatever dwindling number of shipyards the US has left.
JFC
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
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Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social me...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
JFC
Swole Burke is best Burke
USS Pinckney (DDG 91) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA/MOD guided missile destroyer leaving San Diego - November 18, 2025 SRC: TW-@cjr1321
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Swole Burke is best Burke
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Laser technical?
Laser technical.
Laser technical.
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Laser technical?
Laser technical.
Laser technical.
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“You don’t think eighteen turrets is too flashy though, right?”
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“You don’t think eighteen turrets is too flashy though, right?”
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TRW report on the APACHE laser:
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
It combined the chemical laser technology from the ALPHA program with "nonlinear optical phase conjugation using stimulated Brillouin scattering" to create near-diffraction-limited quality beams for a space-based platform.
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
It combined the chemical laser technology from the ALPHA program with "nonlinear optical phase conjugation using stimulated Brillouin scattering" to create near-diffraction-limited quality beams for a space-based platform.
October 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
TRW report on the APACHE laser:
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
It combined the chemical laser technology from the ALPHA program with "nonlinear optical phase conjugation using stimulated Brillouin scattering" to create near-diffraction-limited quality beams for a space-based platform.
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/A...
It combined the chemical laser technology from the ALPHA program with "nonlinear optical phase conjugation using stimulated Brillouin scattering" to create near-diffraction-limited quality beams for a space-based platform.
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The Coast Guard has a significant operational legacy in ASW, and it could once again provide this capability.
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ASW Should Be a Coast Guard Mission–Again | Proceedings - September 2025 Vol. 151/9/1,471
The Coast Guard has a significant operational legacy in ASW, and it could once again provide this capability.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I'm starting to love this thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FM...
USX-1 Defiant fueling at sea demonstration
YouTube video by DARPAtv
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September 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm starting to love this thing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FM...
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Our Best Look Yet at the B-21 Raider’s Engine Exhaust
A new photo of the second B-21’s first flight offers a new look at the engine exhaust, which appears very similar to the B-2’s one.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/09/19/b...
A new photo of the second B-21’s first flight offers a new look at the engine exhaust, which appears very similar to the B-2’s one.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/09/19/b...
Our Best Look Yet at the B-21 Raider’s Engine Exhaust
A new photo of the second B-21’s first flight offers a new look at the engine exhaust, which appears very similar to the B-2’s one. Last week, the second
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September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Our Best Look Yet at the B-21 Raider’s Engine Exhaust
A new photo of the second B-21’s first flight offers a new look at the engine exhaust, which appears very similar to the B-2’s one.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/09/19/b...
A new photo of the second B-21’s first flight offers a new look at the engine exhaust, which appears very similar to the B-2’s one.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/09/19/b...
Petition to nickname B-21 "Ravioli"
Second B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Has Flown (Updated) www.twz.com/air/second-b...
Second B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Has Flown (Updated)
Air Force officials had previously said their was goal was to have two B-21s flying around the end of this year.
www.twz.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Petition to nickname B-21 "Ravioli"
If the team had a member who could impersonate a NK soldier, could they have bluffed their way past the fishermen?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
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September 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If the team had a member who could impersonate a NK soldier, could they have bluffed their way past the fishermen?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
This is America (2025 edition)
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From the IdiotsTowingThings community on Reddit: Probably should have put the hook on it
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August 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is America (2025 edition)
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SCOOP: US Army laser weapon spotted near US-Mexico border www.laserwars.net/p/us-army-la...
August 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
SCOOP: US Army laser weapon spotted near US-Mexico border www.laserwars.net/p/us-army-la...
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Breaking: The real star of the PLA parade revealed.
August 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Breaking: The real star of the PLA parade revealed.
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Ukraine now has more operational aircraft carriers than Russia
Behold a naval drone that is a launch platform for an fpv drone
July 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ukraine now has more operational aircraft carriers than Russia
ICON anxiety @mattlanza.bsky.social
Outlier, but after ICON and Beryl...
Outlier, but after ICON and Beryl...
July 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
ICON anxiety @mattlanza.bsky.social
Outlier, but after ICON and Beryl...
Outlier, but after ICON and Beryl...
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Pro-Russian X accounts complaining about Ukraine hiding UAVs in containers.
Russia literally exports cruise missiles hidden in containers.
Russia literally exports cruise missiles hidden in containers.
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pro-Russian X accounts complaining about Ukraine hiding UAVs in containers.
Russia literally exports cruise missiles hidden in containers.
Russia literally exports cruise missiles hidden in containers.
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You get an APKWS, you get an APKWS, everyone gets an APKWS!
F-15E Spotted Packing Big Laser-Guided Rocket Arsenal Ideal For Drone Hunting www.twz.com/air/f-15e-sp...
F-15E Spotted Packing Big Laser-Guided Rocket Arsenal Ideal For Drone Hunting
An F-15E could carry up to 42 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets, which are now combat-proven anti-air weapons against drones.
www.twz.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
You get an APKWS, you get an APKWS, everyone gets an APKWS!
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An interesting (& resonant) overview of the causes of great power decline from the 17th century-in this instance from the famed Duke of Sully when asked by Henri IV to pen a short memo enumerating "all the things by which I thought the glory of a powerful kingdom might be destroyed or sullied,"(1/6)
May 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
An interesting (& resonant) overview of the causes of great power decline from the 17th century-in this instance from the famed Duke of Sully when asked by Henri IV to pen a short memo enumerating "all the things by which I thought the glory of a powerful kingdom might be destroyed or sullied,"(1/6)
The demise of the tri-service designation system is the clearest indication of our march to idiocracy
May 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The demise of the tri-service designation system is the clearest indication of our march to idiocracy
China has a 3 engine fighter! We cannot allow a fighter engine gap! Every contractor should be making 4 engine fighters! The F-69 Block 420 will rule the skies!
May 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
China has a 3 engine fighter! We cannot allow a fighter engine gap! Every contractor should be making 4 engine fighters! The F-69 Block 420 will rule the skies!
