cold war ii

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)...

Source: AEROSPACE Magazine, November 2024 Official website: https://seacheetah.com/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/aircraft-carrier-harry-truman-collides-ship-mediterranean-sea/story?id=118787251 WTF??? Is the USN literally asleep at the wheel??? I well remember USN woes from a few years back, but it looks like the rot has resisted any cleaning ship efforts - what gives??? In...

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/army-says-duces-to-cyber-hackers-new-rfi-looks-for-tactical-edge-zero-trust-solutions/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/31/china-building-largest-military-command-centre-in-world/

[I have taken the liberty of moving this discussion to its own new thread, to avoid stepping on the toes of Oberon_706's Australia-oriented thread.] Dilandu points out that Canada had 2 coasts to defend in the first half of the 20th century, although I believe that was considered in Ottawa to...

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-fourth-batch-of-thousand-sails-megaconstellation-satellites/

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/01/17/polish-general-fired-after-anti-tank-mines-found-in-ikea-warehouse/

An idea I had for the USN to help get the ship numbers we want. A small surface combatant, maybe 2000-2500tons It would be build around the idea that during crisis/conflict they can have mk70s or other containerized modules strapped on amidships. Their regular armament would be simple, and no...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG52_HOzsXw

https://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_radar_algorithm_enhances_resolution_without_replacing_hardware_999.html

Australian Defence Force to recruit Five Eyes personnel Are we going freelance................... Regards,

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjKK1mD7BCI

https://news.usni.org/2024/12/21/u-s-super-hornet-shot-down-over-red-sea-in-friendly-fire-incident-aviators-safe The following is the complete statement from U.S. Central Command. TAMPA, Fla. – Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22...

Via Financial Times. Thoughts?

Skynet anyone? https://www.axios.com/2024/12/04/openai-anduril-ai-drone-defense-pentagon

President Trump just selected Jared Isaacman as new Administrator of NASA Isaacman flew twice with SpaceX in space View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1864358177728516252

https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/british-army-conducts-first-live-firing-with-new-archer-self-propelled-howitzer-in-real-combat-conditions

Today, Fincantieri has officially handed over, at Muggiano shipyard, the amphibious vessel LPD “Al Fulk” to the Ministry of Defence of Qatar as the completion of a significant naval program for the Qatari Navy. This unit, equipped with a large flight deck that can host NH90 helicopters, a...