cold war ii

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/02/val-kilmer-death-age-65-pneumonia

Via Slashdot: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/china_disguised_tech_companies_taiwan/

https://www.iiss.org/research-paper/2025/03/a-european-reassurance-force-for-ukraine--options-and-challenges/

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3304082/comac-c949-china-unveils-quiet-supersonic-jet-50-longer-range-concorde Definetly interesting to watch

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W8Pb4rfPd8 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhsY1Qg84qs

It is unclear if they are being leased out to the RAAF or another government agency, though on reflection, the wording makes it seem more like the company itself will providing ISR coverage under contract/s?: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/bombardier-challenger-australia Interesting...

As it becomes clear that Europe and Canada will need to take on the running of NATO's main command on the continent, it will be necessary to find a significant figure who can deal effectively with the military and political challenges ahead as SACEUR. As the principal military power in Europe...

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-may-need-to-extend-kc-135-service-life/ You can also refer to this thread as an introduction to the discussion: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/next-c-130-will-be-a-vertical-lift-cargo-plane.37360/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly24zvvwxlt https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/21/heathrow-airport-closed-latest-news-fire-power-outage/ A right old mess, as the saying goes.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/pentagon-set-award-us-air-000948648.html

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/march/crash-fleet-emergency-shipbuilding-program?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJOFJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUgixg5BbVl9szpLOXjEQy0cVdBQhX2oWJVywIL1a0SpmUNiv0EdaG6Dbg_aem_ZQDWwg4VihHQeweCijRPYA In nearly every conflict we’ve been involved in since the advent of steam...

They give this up I cannot see the US ever getting it back. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503

Now that Poland is talking openly about needing nuclear weapons this becomes a legitimate technical subject. Poland used Scuds in its WP days and now has MLRS launchers I think. As Belarus and Kaliningrad host nuclear Iskanders Polish SSM have some clear military targets

In 2023 Israeli company Rafael unveiled the SkySting. First named SkySpear but quickly renamed. Product page here. Rafael makes several claims: It's a 6th gen missile. Leap in RF seeker capabilities. 3 pulse motor instead of 2 pulse. Significant range increase (and "very long range"). Extra...

https://eurospace.org/7026-2/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/03/swedens-torpedo-development-roadmap-charts-new-heavyweight-course/

Between 2023-2025, Israel endured October 7th, a war with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon which in turn led to the collapse of Assad and rise of HTS in Syria, a naval siege in the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile exchange with Iran. During that time, Israel shifted from a failed (IMO)...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

Les Echoes seem to have run a feature 'Airbus breaks the secret and announces the arrival of a new civilian helicopter', and then took it down again. https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/air-defense/airbus-brise-le-secret-et-annonce-larrivee-dun-nouvel-helicoptere-civil-2153111 There was...