KEY INTELLIGENCE The AGM-181A LRSO replaces the AGM-86B, a system that originally entered active service in 1982. Raytheon leads missile...
Read moreDetailsKEY INTELLIGENCE Unmanned systems suffered catastrophic attrition, with 47 MQ-9 Reapers and one MQ-4C Triton lost to enemy fire and...
Read moreDetailsElements of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines evaluated the belt-fed Knight's Armament Company Light Assault Machine Gun alongside 3rd Ranger Battalion....
Read moreDetailsBOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Functional Restructuring: The historical 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Geographical Divisions have been dissolved or repurposed....
Read moreDetailsKEY INTELLIGENCE Severe Fleet Attrition: Iranian and proxy forces have destroyed over 58 MQ-9 Reapers in two years, eliminating more...
Read moreDetailsKEY INTELLIGENCE The airframe supports an unprecedented 29,500 lbs of munitions distributed across 23 weapon hardpoints. Twin F110-GE-129 turbofans generate...
Read moreDetailsKEY INTELLIGENCE Active Fleet Size: The US Navy currently fields 18 active Los Angeles-class, 3 Seawolf-class, and 26 active Virginia-class...
Read moreDetails“In the search for maximum dispersion on an atomic battlefield, the Pentomic division traded the proven flexibility of combined arms...
Read moreDetailsBOTTOM LINE UP FRONT The M2A4 Bradley’s Evolution to Robotic Mothership The traditional doctrine of mechanized infantry is undergoing a...
Read moreDetailsBOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Capital Ship Scale: At 560 feet long and 20,700 US tons displaced submerged, the Ohio-class is...
Read moreDetailsDeveloped during the final desperate months of World War II, the Horten Ho 229 remains one of the most visually...
Read moreDetailsThe Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress was the blunt-force instrument of the Allied daylight strategic bombing campaign over Europe. Tasked with...
Read moreDetailsBOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Advanced Fire Control: The Sperry K-4 automatic computing gunsight calculated gravity, wind speed, aircraft velocity, and...
Read moreDetailsBOTTOM LINE UP FRONT Unmatched Stand-off Firepower: The 88 mm KwK 43 L/71 gun achieved 100% test accuracy at 1,000...
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