The Hongdu GJ-11 Sharp Sword: What China's Stealth Combat Drone Can Actually Do
China's Hongdu GJ-11 Sharp Sword is one of the most closely watched unmanned combat aircraft in the world right now. Thi...
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Aircraft Carrier
USS Gerald Ford Problems: Why the Navy's Most Expensive Carrier Keeps Falling Short
The USS Gerald Ford was supposed to be the future of American naval power. Instead it became a cautionary tale about ove...
The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System Explained: What It Did, Why It Mattered, and What Comes Next
The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System (LaWS) was the U.S. Navy's first operationally deployed directed-energy weapon. Here's...
Northrop Grumman's F-18 Successor: What the F/A-XX 6th Gen Fighter Actually Means for the Navy
The Navy's F/A-XX program is the most contested and underfunded major weapons program in recent U.S. history. Here's wha...
How US Navy Carrier Battle Group Doctrine Actually Works, and Why It Still Dominates Modern Naval Strategy
The US Navy carrier battle group is the most powerful conventional military formation on earth, but how it actually oper...
China's Aircraft Carrier Fujian: What It Can Actually Do (And What It Can't)
China's Fujian carrier is the most advanced warship Beijing has ever built, and it was formally commissioned in November...