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The US Navy Has Paid $111,000,000 Just to Park Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise While It Waits to Be Taken Apart
5+ hour ago (781+ words) The Enterprise has been waiting since 2012. Of the total dismantlement bill, $111 million covers nothing but long-term pier-side storage during that wait – money spent on a ship going nowhere. The scrapping contract itself is $418.5 million, with $902 million already spent on inactivation…...
The US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Bombed Iran But It Can Also Start a Nuclear War at a Moments Notice
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (758+ words) B-2s can serve as a tangible threat, a warning not to escalate further. The adversary can see this as a cue to reconsider or de-escalate. Functionally, the B-2 serves as both a weapon and a diplomatic signal. But make no mistake: The…...
A Chinese J-16 Fighter Went Head-to-Head With a French Dassault Rafale for the First Time in History, and It Happened Over Egypt
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (609+ words) On August 23 a Shenyang J-16 flew organized air combat training against Egyptian Dassault Rafales - the first time any Chinese fighter has faced the French jet in the air....
12,000 M48 Patton Tanks Were Built: The Original M48 Ran on Gasoline and Could Only Go 135 Miles. The Diesel Version More Than Doubled It.
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (524+ words) Early M48 Patton tanks used an 810-horsepower air-cooled gasoline V12 with a 135-mile combat range. The M48A3's turbocharged diesel pushed it to 288....
US Navy Nuclear Submarines Cost Taxpayers Billions of Dollars to Build and Maintain: Retirement Adds a $100,000,000 More In Costs
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (416+ words) Under the rubric of the Navy’s Ship-Submarine Recycling Program, ending the life of a nuclear-powered submarine usually costs anywhere between $50 million and $100 million per submarine....
The Air Force Needed $30,000,000,000 for a New Type of F-22 Raptor as a Bomber That Would Fly Mach 1.8 Named the FB-22
8+ hour, 54+ min ago (897+ words) The FB-22 carried an estimated price of $30 billion. It would have competed for the same scarce tactical air and long-range strike money as the F-22 program, which ultimately ended at 187 operational aircraft, far below earlier projections. An aircraft that cannot be…...
'Full of Asbestos': Australia Buried 23 F-111 Bombers in a Coal Mine, and Why It Was the Right Call
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (395+ words) Why Australia buried 23 F-111 fuselages in 2011 — the asbestos-bonded panels, the US disposal requirement, the Pig's history, and why it was right....
12,000,000 Hours in the Sky: The US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Is No Stealth Fighter Like the F-22 or F-35 But Was the Go To Fighter in the Iran War
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (515+ words) The Navy's workhorse passed twelve million flight hours in 2025 across the F/A-18 Super Hornet and Growler fleets - a figure no other carrier aircraft in service approaches....
The Navy Estimated $66,100,000,000 for an Aircraft Carrier-based F-22 'Sea Raptor' Fighter. It Developed the F/A-18 Super Hornet for $3,300,000,000 Instead
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (469+ words) The F-22 Raptor, the Sea Raptor for US Navy aircraft carriers, was conceived with the AIM-152 long-range air-to-air missile, alongside the HARM and Harpoon. Neither the fighter nor its primary weapon was ever built....
2,077 Years Later, Julius Caesar's 23 Words About Pain Are Still the Truest Thing Ever Written About Soldiers
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (486+ words) Caesar's 23 words about pain and the case for Alesia as his greatest victory — the double siege, the battle in both directions, and the courage that won it....