Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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US aerospace defense forces to reactivate cold war bunker
The North American Aerospace Defense ... Mountain Air Force Station falls under Air Force Space Command and hosts the activities of several tenant units. At the height of the Cold War in the ...
Reimagining the American War Machine
The diffusion of technology means U.S. military superiority must come not just from the weapons it has but also from how it ...
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America’s A-10 Warthog Is Still at War Against the Islamic State
According to U.S. Central Command, these jets were tasked with supporting ground forces in eliminating ISIS fighters within a cave. Although the American-made A-10 Thunderbolt II is nearing its fifth ...
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Ukraine's fighter pilots are using Cold War skills the West deemphasized decades ago but may need again, former US pilot says
Ukrainian pilots fighting against Russia's invasion are using flying techniques the West has not really used since the Cold War but might need ... Retired US Air Force Col. John Venable, a former F-16 ...
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Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Order Echoes Cold War-Era Missile Defense Plan
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Order Echoes Cold War-Era Missile Defense Plan is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers. Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical ...
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Cold War lessons could be key for special operations forces as the US military focuses on China and Russia
Best practices for that ongoing adaptation may lie in Cold War lessons ... of Defense lend themselves to leveraging American special operations forces "more in strategic competition." US special ...
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US Air Force $223 million 'doomsday plane' can survive nuclear blast
Narrator: If there ever were a nuclear war and all US military ... in the air as well. Narrator: In the immediate aftermath of a nuclear blast, the president, the secretary of defense, and the ...
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Air Force veteran recalls flying with atomic bombs during Cold War
Ken Jones, a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, shares what it was like flying with nuclear bombs aboard his plane during the ...
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It's time to return to Cold War-era defense spending, says Poland's president
Defense expenditure policies now should be akin to those in force during the Cold War-era, "whether we like ... if we want to defend against this – and us Poles decisively do – we're spending ...