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Where Did Russia Get This Mystery MANPAD?
Russian television accidentally showed off a shoulder-fired missile nobody can quite identify
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VIDEO: Poland Powers-Up Ukraine’s F-16s With Missile Package
A jet fighter is just a weapons platform. It can't do anything if it's empty.
Oct 1
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September 2026
Why Lockheed Can’t Simply Build Another Blackbird and NASA’s Quest for a New X-Plane
NASA appears to be trying to put an SR-71 back into the air nearly three decades after its final flight
Sep 30
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Fedorov Wants Humanoid Robots Hunting Russians Within Six Months
Well, that’s terrifying
Sep 29
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Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of September 28, 2026
Eight Marines were wounded in an Iranian missile attack in the Strait of Hormuz two weeks ago, and the Pentagon didn’t tell the public at the time, and…
Sep 28
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The Shahed Got a Jet Engine. Now Ukraine Needs a Faster Killer
Russia's jet-powered Shaheds are flying higher, moving faster, and slipping past weapons Ukraine spent years perfecting. The solution may require an…
Sep 27
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A History Professor in 2076 Reflects on America's Collapse and the Third Global War
A lecture, fifty years after the elections of 2026, about the decisions that brought down a republic and helped plunge the world into catastrophe.
Sep 25
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Washington Just Cleared a Mystery Missile for Ukraine and Nobody Will Say What It Is
I love a good mystery, so let's work through what we know, and what informed speculation gets you
Sep 23
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Does a NATO-Russia War Have to go Nuclear? Not Necessarily
Russia’s nuclear arsenal is terrifying. That doesn’t mean Europe gets to use nuclear war as an excuse for failing to build conventional defenses
Sep 22
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Weekly Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of September 21, 2026
Think of this as your weekly strategic weather report
Sep 21
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VIDEO: Which is better for Canada: F-35 or Gripen?
Stealth Wins the First Fight. Toughness Wins the Second.
Sep 20
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Why Poland Couldn't X-Ray Russia's New Gerbera-2 Drone
The strange airframe is raising questions about new materials, heavier payloads, and how Russia's cheap decoy is evolving into a more capable strike…
Sep 20
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