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I am told 2-11 FAR is keeping its Charlie Battery (M777 battery in light cannon battalions), but a decision has not been made on what to do with it.
EDIT: Fixed an error in captioning
The 25th Infantry Division Artillery is converting one of its howitzer battalions (2-11 FAR) into a 2x8 HIMARS bn, condensing some howitzers into the remaining battalion (3-7 FAR), and reorganizing the 125th IEW Bn into a multi-domain fires bn
The 25th Infantry Division Artillery is converting one of its howitzer battalions (2-11 FAR) into a 2x8 HIMARS bn, condensing some howitzers into the remaining battalion (3-7 FAR), and reorganizing the 125th IEW Bn into a multi-domain fires bn
July 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I am told 2-11 FAR is keeping its Charlie Battery (M777 battery in light cannon battalions), but a decision has not been made on what to do with it.
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The U.S. Navy budget documentation release is adding a series of new capabilities to the current AN/SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasures suite, including a new hard-kill capability via deck launchers, set to be deployed to over 168 different front-line ships
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
U.S. Navy Sets Sights on Fleet-Wide Anti-Torpedo Weapon Rollout in Coming Years - Naval News
U.S. Navy Sets Sights on Fleet-Wide Anti-Torpedo Weapon Rollout in Coming Years. The hard-kill weapon is known as the Mk58 Compact Rapid Attack Weapon (CRAW)
www.navalnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The U.S. Navy budget documentation release is adding a series of new capabilities to the current AN/SLQ-25 Nixie countermeasures suite, including a new hard-kill capability via deck launchers, set to be deployed to over 168 different front-line ships
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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The USS Midway once served as the backbone for naval intelligence in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The USS Midway Museum’s new exhibit takes guests through the lives of the intelligence specialists behind the operations.
www.stripes.com/living/us_tr...
www.stripes.com/living/us_tr...
USS Midway Museum debuts ‘top secret’ exhibit on Navy intelligence
www.stripes.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The USS Midway once served as the backbone for naval intelligence in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The USS Midway Museum’s new exhibit takes guests through the lives of the intelligence specialists behind the operations.
www.stripes.com/living/us_tr...
www.stripes.com/living/us_tr...
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NEW | US and Israeli airstrikes severely set back Iran’s enrichment capabilities, but Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile poses a long-term threat if Iran chooses to rebuild its nuclear program. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
June 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
NEW | US and Israeli airstrikes severely set back Iran’s enrichment capabilities, but Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile poses a long-term threat if Iran chooses to rebuild its nuclear program. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
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Just as radar was key to winning at night in the Pacific during World War II, innovative and disruptive technologies will be vital to any future high-intensity conflict. usni.org/magazines/n...
Lessons From the Introduction of Radar: Innovation Matters Little Without Proficiency | Naval History - June 2025, Volume 39, Number 3
Just as radar was key to winning at night in the Pacific during World War II, innovative and disruptive technologies will be vital to any future high-intensity conflict.
www.usni.org
June 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just as radar was key to winning at night in the Pacific during World War II, innovative and disruptive technologies will be vital to any future high-intensity conflict. usni.org/magazines/n...
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Wargame Shows How CCAs Could Take On China
CCAs would support the U.S. Air Force’s 4th and 5th gen fighters by harassing and creating targeting dilemmas for PLA forces, shaping their decisions in favor of U.S. forces.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/06/17/w...
CCAs would support the U.S. Air Force’s 4th and 5th gen fighters by harassing and creating targeting dilemmas for PLA forces, shaping their decisions in favor of U.S. forces.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/06/17/w...
Wargame Shows How CCAs Could Take On China
CCAs would support the U.S. Air Force’s 4th and 5th gen fighters by harassing and creating targeting dilemmas for PLA forces, shaping their decisions in
theaviationist.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wargame Shows How CCAs Could Take On China
CCAs would support the U.S. Air Force’s 4th and 5th gen fighters by harassing and creating targeting dilemmas for PLA forces, shaping their decisions in favor of U.S. forces.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/06/17/w...
CCAs would support the U.S. Air Force’s 4th and 5th gen fighters by harassing and creating targeting dilemmas for PLA forces, shaping their decisions in favor of U.S. forces.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/06/17/w...
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That hose brings cool air from a portable air-conditioning unit to the mechanics working inside this F-100 Super Sabre at Tuy Hoa AB. Circa 1969.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
That hose brings cool air from a portable air-conditioning unit to the mechanics working inside this F-100 Super Sabre at Tuy Hoa AB. Circa 1969.
📷 www.google.gr/books/editio...
📷 www.google.gr/books/editio...
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The TPY-2 was facing Yemen in Dec, so they would have to turn it more recently so It could handle Iranian threats. THAAD has spent much of its time in Israel taking down Houthi BMs prior to the current events.
June 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The TPY-2 was facing Yemen in Dec, so they would have to turn it more recently so It could handle Iranian threats. THAAD has spent much of its time in Israel taking down Houthi BMs prior to the current events.
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Google Earth updated imagery of the THAAD deployment site in Israel that I geolocated last year. This new imagery is from Dec, 2024. You can make out the system's AN/TPY-2 radar in the second image.
June 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Google Earth updated imagery of the THAAD deployment site in Israel that I geolocated last year. This new imagery is from Dec, 2024. You can make out the system's AN/TPY-2 radar in the second image.
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Recently released photos show a fleet of specialized United States military aircraft staged on a flight line, highlighting their capabilities for a wide range of intelligence-gathering missions.
www.newsweek.com/us-air-force...
www.newsweek.com/us-air-force...
Photos reveal US Air Force spying capabilities
The U.S. Air Force operates different types of spy aircraft and maintains forward-deployed units around the globe.
www.newsweek.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Recently released photos show a fleet of specialized United States military aircraft staged on a flight line, highlighting their capabilities for a wide range of intelligence-gathering missions.
www.newsweek.com/us-air-force...
www.newsweek.com/us-air-force...
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Northrop Grumman Developing Submarine-Launched AARGM-ER and AARGM-XR
www.navalnews.com/event-news/c...
www.navalnews.com/event-news/c...
www.navalnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Northrop Grumman Developing Submarine-Launched AARGM-ER and AARGM-XR
www.navalnews.com/event-news/c...
www.navalnews.com/event-news/c...
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This is the equivalent of directly dipping your hand into a dam's sluice gate to draw water. Going through all this just to shave off 78 lbs and gain an extra 107 ft/s at Vbo.
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is the equivalent of directly dipping your hand into a dam's sluice gate to draw water. Going through all this just to shave off 78 lbs and gain an extra 107 ft/s at Vbo.
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THREAD🧵Cooperative Engagement Capability ( CEC) In the Post Cold War 1990's USN found itself performing many littoral missions that it wasn't best suited for , Aegis had revolutionized USN air dense but as always improvements are always necessary (1/n)
December 14, 2024 at 7:52 PM
THREAD🧵Cooperative Engagement Capability ( CEC) In the Post Cold War 1990's USN found itself performing many littoral missions that it wasn't best suited for , Aegis had revolutionized USN air dense but as always improvements are always necessary (1/n)
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The F-35 has a lot going for it, and it's come a long way. Our panel talks about the program's journey in the first video of our F-35 series.
See the full part 1 episode here: vimeo.com/1082952809/3...
#F35 #Airforce #BreakingDefense #sponsored by Aerospace.Honeywell.com
See the full part 1 episode here: vimeo.com/1082952809/3...
#F35 #Airforce #BreakingDefense #sponsored by Aerospace.Honeywell.com
The past, and present, of the F-35 [Part 1]
In Part 1 of Where Stealth Flies from Here: The Future of the F-35, the Breaking Defense team discusses the past, and present, of the F-35 with noted analyst J.J.…
vimeo.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The F-35 has a lot going for it, and it's come a long way. Our panel talks about the program's journey in the first video of our F-35 series.
See the full part 1 episode here: vimeo.com/1082952809/3...
#F35 #Airforce #BreakingDefense #sponsored by Aerospace.Honeywell.com
See the full part 1 episode here: vimeo.com/1082952809/3...
#F35 #Airforce #BreakingDefense #sponsored by Aerospace.Honeywell.com
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Updated piece with more links and stuff: defensearchives.com/editorials/t...
May 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Updated piece with more links and stuff: defensearchives.com/editorials/t...
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I am back...with a piece: medium.com/@Figan/the-p...
The PATRIOT’s Anti-Cruise Missile Capability
A quick overview of the PATRIOT’s anti-cruise missile capability development.
medium.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I am back...with a piece: medium.com/@Figan/the-p...
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US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) MUTANT (Missile Utility Transformation via Articulated Nose Technology) program.
🔗 afresearchlab.com/technology/m...
"AFRL/RW 2024 Highlight Video"
🎞️📑 www.dvidshub.net/video/962330...
🔗 afresearchlab.com/technology/m...
"AFRL/RW 2024 Highlight Video"
🎞️📑 www.dvidshub.net/video/962330...
May 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) MUTANT (Missile Utility Transformation via Articulated Nose Technology) program.
🔗 afresearchlab.com/technology/m...
"AFRL/RW 2024 Highlight Video"
🎞️📑 www.dvidshub.net/video/962330...
🔗 afresearchlab.com/technology/m...
"AFRL/RW 2024 Highlight Video"
🎞️📑 www.dvidshub.net/video/962330...
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Now that we know what #JATM looks like, some impressions 👇
🔸Significant ⬆️ in Solid Rocket Motor length vs AMRAAM (45%- 50 % of total length)
🔸Low drag wingless design w/o forward aero surfaces. Similar to early AMRAAM proposals from Raytheon & Northrop
🔸Multiple conformal antennas aft of seeker
🔸Significant ⬆️ in Solid Rocket Motor length vs AMRAAM (45%- 50 % of total length)
🔸Low drag wingless design w/o forward aero surfaces. Similar to early AMRAAM proposals from Raytheon & Northrop
🔸Multiple conformal antennas aft of seeker
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Now that we know what #JATM looks like, some impressions 👇
🔸Significant ⬆️ in Solid Rocket Motor length vs AMRAAM (45%- 50 % of total length)
🔸Low drag wingless design w/o forward aero surfaces. Similar to early AMRAAM proposals from Raytheon & Northrop
🔸Multiple conformal antennas aft of seeker
🔸Significant ⬆️ in Solid Rocket Motor length vs AMRAAM (45%- 50 % of total length)
🔸Low drag wingless design w/o forward aero surfaces. Similar to early AMRAAM proposals from Raytheon & Northrop
🔸Multiple conformal antennas aft of seeker
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Our closest look at the AIM-260 #JATM guidance section yet. Quite a contrast to the AMRAAM with a much pointier radome and the almost non existent fins. Also distinct are the two sets of apertures covering the diameter of the section (presumably a multi-band targeting device). 📸 Colin Clark CCFOC1
May 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our closest look at the AIM-260 #JATM guidance section yet. Quite a contrast to the AMRAAM with a much pointier radome and the almost non existent fins. Also distinct are the two sets of apertures covering the diameter of the section (presumably a multi-band targeting device). 📸 Colin Clark CCFOC1
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Today we are going learn about Light Exo-Atmospheric Projectile's first flight test. So what is LEAP? LEAP was a program aimed at developing extremely lightweight and small KKVs. The program first spawned from an SDI effort develop a light kill vehicle for ground or space based hyper-velocity guns.
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today we are going learn about Light Exo-Atmospheric Projectile's first flight test. So what is LEAP? LEAP was a program aimed at developing extremely lightweight and small KKVs. The program first spawned from an SDI effort develop a light kill vehicle for ground or space based hyper-velocity guns.
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Multiple views of model of the near-future USS Bougainville (LHA 8). HII booth at the Sea Air Space 2025 expo.
April 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Multiple views of model of the near-future USS Bougainville (LHA 8). HII booth at the Sea Air Space 2025 expo.
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30MAR2025 Updated Infographic of Houthi Missiles, Drones, USV, Interceptions.
Percentile breakdown of all interceptions by group.
United States: 70%
Israel: 20%
France: 2.5%
Houthi: 2.2%
United Kingdom: 1.8%
Greece: 1.6%
India: 1%
Germany: 0.4%
Italy: 0.4%
Percentile breakdown of all interceptions by group.
United States: 70%
Israel: 20%
France: 2.5%
Houthi: 2.2%
United Kingdom: 1.8%
Greece: 1.6%
India: 1%
Germany: 0.4%
Italy: 0.4%
March 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
30MAR2025 Updated Infographic of Houthi Missiles, Drones, USV, Interceptions.
Percentile breakdown of all interceptions by group.
United States: 70%
Israel: 20%
France: 2.5%
Houthi: 2.2%
United Kingdom: 1.8%
Greece: 1.6%
India: 1%
Germany: 0.4%
Italy: 0.4%
Percentile breakdown of all interceptions by group.
United States: 70%
Israel: 20%
France: 2.5%
Houthi: 2.2%
United Kingdom: 1.8%
Greece: 1.6%
India: 1%
Germany: 0.4%
Italy: 0.4%