cold war ii

The fundamental assumption here is that Russians will want to build their own 6th generation fighter: This is partly due to a desire for national defence capability (Russia having experienced multiple invasions in the past century values defence more highly than, for example, the United States)...

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-warships-spotted-150-nautical-miles-from-sydney-20250219-p5ldkq.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/australia-says-chinese-navy-ships-220131368.html Pretty serious situation even though Govt says no issue. Regards,

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/aircraft-carrier-harry-truman-collides-ship-mediterranean-sea/story?id=118787251 WTF??? Is the USN literally asleep at the wheel??? I well remember USN woes from a few years back, but it looks like the rot has resisted any cleaning ship efforts - what gives??? In...

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/army-says-duces-to-cyber-hackers-new-rfi-looks-for-tactical-edge-zero-trust-solutions/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/31/china-building-largest-military-command-centre-in-world/

[I have taken the liberty of moving this discussion to its own new thread, to avoid stepping on the toes of Oberon_706's Australia-oriented thread.] Dilandu points out that Canada had 2 coasts to defend in the first half of the 20th century, although I believe that was considered in Ottawa to...

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-fourth-batch-of-thousand-sails-megaconstellation-satellites/

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/01/17/polish-general-fired-after-anti-tank-mines-found-in-ikea-warehouse/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG52_HOzsXw

https://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_radar_algorithm_enhances_resolution_without_replacing_hardware_999.html

https://news.usni.org/2024/12/21/u-s-super-hornet-shot-down-over-red-sea-in-friendly-fire-incident-aviators-safe The following is the complete statement from U.S. Central Command. TAMPA, Fla. – Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22...

Via Financial Times. Thoughts?

https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/british-army-conducts-first-live-firing-with-new-archer-self-propelled-howitzer-in-real-combat-conditions

The Rules: Everything (Tesla, Boring, Neurolink etc) except SpaceX that own Discussion here: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/spacex-general-discussion.13774/ Keep down politics and be Polite to each Other, please ! Otherwise this will shut down and locked Thanks let show begin...

Things in the Pacific seem to be moving closer to a Sino-US war. View: https://youtu.be/Bck_CHmtWPI?si=lO_Glm0Ud3HFUCt7 View: https://youtu.be/CW1TYDVBSmI?si=7Cixue4hcIjrBSmU

Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-semiconductor-nanotech-lab-albany-42ee39316c32718c729e526354254724

Since there aren't any large threads for FREMM already, I figured I would create one specifically to discuss the background and development of the FREMM-EVO, a pair of interim frigates ordered for the Marina Militare Italiana. Background: Before we talk about the FREMM-EVO, we should talk...

Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.

View: https://x.com/TaiwanMilitary/status/1848961276979896650 View: https://x.com/stoa1984/status/1842491530931540363 https://def.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/4839249