The Marine Corps is searching for airpower methods that can be used to blast a path for amphibious groups to steam through chokepoints at sea.A new Request for Information submitted by Naval Air Systems Command on behalf of the Corps asks for analytical tools that can help the Future Attack/Strike, or FASt, initiative fulfill the chokepoint-busting mission.The effort comes as the service is beginning to retire aging platforms, such as the AV-8B, AH-1Z and the F/A-18. FASt aims to replace them with next-generation systems like long-range missiles, MQ-58 Valkyrie combat drones, electronic warfare and other non-kinetic effects, according to the…
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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “I Watched a Forest Die,” appeared in the June 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. This editor’s note accompanied the original story: Eric Collier, long-time OUTDOOR LIFE writer and author of Three Against the Wilderness, knows intimately the area of British Columbia’s 1961 Nech fire. In his book, he told of his family’s fight to survive in this same area, and years ago he shot his first bull moose near the site of Diederick’s fire lookout. Collier spotted the outbreak…
The Department of Defense — which is poised to slash its number of officially recognized faith affiliations from more than 200 to just 31 — updated its classifications following criticism from Republican lawmakers over its omission of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints from the Christian category.Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a close ally of President Donald Trump, says he raised the issue directly with the president, arguing that the government should not be involved in adjudicating doctrinal disputes among faith traditions. Two more Republicans from Utah — Sen. John Curtis and Rep. Mike Kennedy — also urged Defense Secretary…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: The Ogallala Aquifer Is Dying – As The Largest Supply Of Groundwater In The United States Vanishes, Farmers Are Deeply Concerned About What Is Next Gigantic underground aquifers are being rapidly depleted all over the world, and once that water is gone, it will take a very long time for it to come back. In fact, in some areas of the United States, the recharge rate is less than an inch per year. That is a major problem, because more than half of the…
Editor’s note: This is a developing story.The U.S. Navy announced a probe into the Saturday morning death of a service member aboard the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jesse Braswell died following an incident involving a firearm. A sailor is currently in pretrial confinement in connection with the death, the Navy confirmed Monday, but no charges have been filed. “The situation is currently under investigation and further information will be provided once available,” the service said.The carrier recently returned on Feb. 4 to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia after…
In 2023, the military, under the direction of the Biden Administration, blew up a Boy Scout’s balloon with a $500,000 missile. At the time, the ruling class feared that Chinese spy balloons were floating above the United States. Chinese Spy Balloon Used American Technology To Spy The ruling class was in a rush to eliminate these spy balloons and instead used its access to “intelligence” and technology to take out a Boy Scout’s balloon. The “spy balloon frenzy” kicked off in early February 2023 when a Chinese high-altitude balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by an F-22 Raptor.…
The U.S. needs to ramp up focus on building a variety of cheaper weapons systems at scale to ensure sufficient supply for future fights, according to Anduril’s president and chief strategy officer.U.S. industry became complacent and got “ambushed by the future,” said Christian Brose, who was on hand last week at the Washington Post’s inaugural Building America Summit to discuss defense industry developments. “There was just no way of thinking that this formidable capability institution could be disrupted, and I think that there was a failure of imagination,” Brose said. Brose added that the nation has been “systematically failing” at…
The U.S. Department of State approved a possible sale of nearly $2 billion worth of counter-unmanned aerial systems to Kuwait.Kuwait requested the c-UAS platforms, built by Anduril, in an effort to improve the country’s ability to counter current and future threats, according to a Friday release. The request followed attacks last week carried out by Iran on Kuwait infrastructure.“This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-NATO ally that has been an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East,” a…
Ebola cases have now topped 500, and more than 90 deaths due to the virus have been reported, according to the latest figures released by the National Institute of Public Health. This outbreak has proven difficult for health officials to track and contain. On Sunday, the authorities recorded 515 confirmed infections and 91 deaths across the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, bringing the overall case fatality rate to 17.7%. More than half of all patients remain under isolation or hospital care, while only 12 people have officially recovered. “People Are Hiding” During Ebola Outbreak, Making Containment Difficult…
The Brief: Prosecutors in Butts County, Georgia, dismissed murder charges against Aaron White following a fatal shooting on his wedding night in 2024. The decision came after a new prosecution team determined they could not disprove White’s claim of self-defense or meet the legal burden of proof required for a conviction. The case involved administrative challenges, including a judge disqualifying the original district attorney’s office for forensic misconduct. Despite a previous indictment, the legal saga concluded when authorities acknowledged the inability to establish White as the primary aggressor during the violent confrontation that left one man dead. BUTTS COUNTY, GA…