cold war ii

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I recently read that France is considering deploying some nuclear capable Rafales to Germany, to strengthen deterrence further east. I thought this was interesting enough and it might be useful if the British did it as well, but of course they retired their aircraft nukes in 1998 and now only...

Sort of a general topic here, and I hope this is the best spot for it. My question is how one would fix the miserable state that shipbuilding for the USN is in. I've got to assume commercial shipbuilding has suffered greatly as well due to many of the same conditions. It sounds like there aren't...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/bmt-and-jmu-awarded-landing-craft-contract-by-japans-atla/ Not sure if this planned new class will be operated by the recently established Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Maritime Transport Group triservice unit or by the JMSDF. This article from...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o

https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Taiwan_says_detains_Chinese-crewed_ship_after_subsea_cable_cut_999.html

https://interestingengineering.com/science/boeing-starliners-helium-now-china-missile-miracle Chinese researchers have reportedly made a breakthrough in missile and rocket propulsion inspired by flaws in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. They found that helium could enhance efficiency and thrust...

Indeed, especially from this angle. Art by Keith Woodcock, for Tony Buttler's British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters Since 1950.

https://spacenews.com/isar-aerospace-completes-testing-of-first-spectrum-rocket/

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,

See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/uk-sets-out-project-cabot-ambition-to-deploy-autonomous-asw-screen-in-the-north-atlantic/ TLDR: Project Cabot proposes as Phase 1 "Atlantic NET" coverage of GIUK gap using a COCONO (contractor owned, contractor operated, naval oversight)...

Source: AEROSPACE Magazine, November 2024 Official website: https://seacheetah.com/

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/