Weapons, military power, technology, war and deterrence
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On August 6, 2026 a Town Hall Meeting between Navy officials including Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao and more than 200 family members of the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln took place at the Naval Air Station on North Island, San Diego.
Experience so far in Ukraine is not encouraging
The Coming Decade is High Risk
The Emergence of Private Sector Defense Companies in Russia
Odds are it will not despite the Prime Minister's Support
No New Ideas to end the Ukraine War
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France has made a “big deal” with Ukraine that includes billions of Euros in Ukrainian purchases of French systems and licenses to produce a number of weapons including SCALP/Storm Shadow, a long range cruise missile, Aster 30 interceptors for the SAMP/T NG air defense system (which Ukraine will purchase), and the AASM glide Bomb kit.
During their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, President Trump and President Zelensky reached a major agreement regarding Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors.
There are many who think Trump’s about face on Iran, virtually embracing the radical IRGC (now they are linked up to CENTCOM in Doha, Qatar) is a sellout of US and allied forces, not to mention his now frequent denunciations of Benjamin Netanyahu (and by Vice President Vance who also is the sponsor of the IRGC-CENTCOM hook up).
