cold war ii

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8v6len093o

New Tu-214 aircraft built March 1st, 23:00 On December 27, 2024, another Tu-214 aircraft built at this enterprise made its maiden flight at the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S.P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State...

https://apnews.com/video/north-korea-unveils-nuclear-powered-submarine-for-the-first-time-f57346519d2b41a7af523627fe3d0da4

To summarise the article. This would decimate multiple existing science missions still productively producing data. It could mean killing missions that cost billions of dollars to make. It could be mean the death of missions in development. It would destroy the crown jewel of NASA, something...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzlk259g2o https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ck-hutchison-sell-80-stake-hutchison-ports-group-1777-billion-deal-2025-03-04/ Regards,

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/china-to-raise-defense-spending-by-7point2percent-in-2025.html They are upping the spending side of things as well. Regards,

https://www.twz.com/sea/mysterious-naval-vessel-spotted-in-washington-state-is-a-new-darpa-drone-ship?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0KK9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaKXUjC9UjG0Lk1L9DvAH-Zwg4O2xkNy0jeLCuc_EcMK5ALA5cvdsax_vw_aem_2VW5tcTaYuYC3c3PoD5tKA

Via Stuart Galbraith over on TankNet: View...

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)...