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Why Germany Is Building a New Naval Laser

Germany’s laser system is roughly comparable to the United Kingdom’s “DragonFire” system, though both programs still have substantial technical challenges to overcome.
In this episode we traced how naval warfare shifted after World War II, when missiles replaced big guns and ships stopped being floating artillery platforms. We compared Russian designs that appeared ...
Military analysts say that if diplomacy fails - and if Donald Trump decides to act - a US takeover of Greenland would be ...
Zhuravlev called US interception of Russian-flagged tanker Marinera (formerly Bella 1) “outright piracy,” equating it to an ...
Following the incident, Moscow strongly condemned the move, saying no country has the right to use force against vessels ...
Despite not carrying any oil, the 300-metre-long ship is clearly of considerable value. Theories as to why range from speculation that high-value Russian weapons are hidden in the hull, to the ship’s ...
After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that I could have a bit of a ...
In 2020, RUSI published papers on the potential threats posed to Western forces by Russian and Chinese combat air ...
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a $94.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to develop and qualify a new 21-inch ...
Last summer, after more than two years of terrible fighting, it looked like the United States might finally have landed on a viable approach for ending the civil war in Sudan. Since the conflict began ...
The suspects were reportedly detained for questioning on violence and weapons offenses, which included two pistols, two ...