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The U.S. Air Force F-35s Nearly Clashed With Enemy Air-Defenses
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U.S. Army Began a Crazy Amount of Upgrades to Its Main Battle Tank
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U.S. Soldiers, S. Korea Conduct First Combined Short Range Air Defense exercise on Korean Peninsula
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When American troops lay their lives on the line in combat, they expect that their country will give them the best available support and protection. We can do no less than give them the close air support platform they know they need.
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Worried About Russia? This Is How America Can Deter Putin's Mighty Military
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U.S Air Force Handled Threats. Why Taheran's Navy planning Threat to America?
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Alert! How China Crush the U.S. Air Force in a Dog Fight
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DARPA Wants The U.S Navy To Have A Fleet Of 355 Aircraft Carriers
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5 Tanks That Changed History
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This is The U.S Army Weapons to Attack from 1,000 Miles Away
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The Pentagon and Lockheed still have not reached a final agreement on the 11th lot of F-35 aircraft, which is slated to cover 141 aircraft for the U.S. services and military partners. Although the Defense Department is confident it can hammer out a deal by the end of the year, it regularly uses a mechanism called a “unilateral contract action,” or UCA, to dole out funding to Lockheed so that it can pay its suppliers and buy the materials it needs to meet the planned delivery schedule.
Friday’s award comes on the heels of a $5.6 billion UCA issued July 7, which obligated $4.5 billion for 91 F-35s produced for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
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The F-35 Lightning II is now the world’s most dominant multi-role fighter. Its detection range, geolocation, threat identification, and system response capabilities allow the jet to precisely fix and destroy the most advanced threats in the world including every layer of Russia’s latest SA-20 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
- The first U.S.  F-35A wing is fully equipped and already executing combat deployments.
- The price of the Lightning has fallen below even the most optimistic government targets
- The F-35A now costs less than any other ally-produced fourth-plus generation fighter
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U.S Defense Power: F-16s Air Force Are Getting Laser-Guided Rockets
On December 19, 2019 an F-16 Fighting Falcon single-engine jet fighter from the 85th Test & Evaluation Squadron used a single laser-guided rocket (see video here) to down a BQM-167 Skeeter drone over the Gulf of Mexico.
The Skeeter conveniently emulates the profile and performance of a subsonic land-attack cruise missile.A companion article looks at how F-16s are being upgraded with new AN/APG-83 radars that will greatly enhance their effectiveness against small, low-flying targets like cruise missiles and drones.
The venerable F-16 has well-deserved reputation as an affordable higher-performance jet that is due to serve into the mid- century.  The new rocket test stays true to the F-16’s low-cost concept by exploring a vastly cheaper way to precisely blast small missiles and drones out of the sky.
Most modern air-to-air missiles are highly sophisticated and expensive weapons that rely on costly infrared or radar seekers.  Meanwhile, the basic unguided 70-millimeter Hydra rocket is an ultra-expendable workhorse—designed to be launched in large salvoes at ground targets in the expectation that at least a few will affect the target.
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The F-35 Lightning II is now the world’s most dominant multi-role fighter. Its detection range, geolocation, threat identification, and system response capabilities allow the jet to precisely fix and destroy the most advanced threats in the world including every layer of Russia’s latest SA-20 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
- The first U.S.  F-35A wing is fully equipped and already executing combat deployments.
- The price of the Lightning has fallen below even the most optimistic government targets
- The F-35A now costs less than any other ally-produced fourth-plus generation fighter
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