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| | Fascinating analysis of the use of drones on a modern battlefield-that is, Ukraine-and the inability of the US Air Force to react to this change. The F-35A certainly remains an important platform for high-intensity conventional warfare. But the Air Force is planning to buy 1,763 of the aircraft, which will remain in service through the year 2070. These jets, which are wholly unsuited for countering proliferated low-cost enemy drones in the air littoral, present enormous opportunity costs for the service as a whole. In a set of comments posted on LinkedIn...
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| | Date: April 9, 2024 Author: Corporal Frisk Norway hasn't been overly quick to kick off their own zweitenwende - to the extent that just eighteen months ago the discussion was whether they could afford new tanks or not (a topic on which I had some opinions). But things can change quickly when there's a will,...
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| | Switchblade drones can fly like a small uncrewed aircraft, but have an explosive charge on board that can take out a target.
| | thebarentsobserver.com
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| Keflavik Air Base outside Reykjavik is to be base for U.S. military aircraft again, nearly ten years after the last forces left the country.