US Military is close to an operational combat laser on the AC-130J gunship

The combat laser for the AC-130J gunship is “rapidly moving” from the concept to the practice according to General Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. Webb recently visited MIT Lincoln Labs to view its advancements, and saw Naval Sea Systems Command Dahlgren’s latest efforts to network all of the various components within …

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Pentagon needs to create an independent orbital military service

In 2016, Newt Gingrich said that the combination of the Air Force’s parochialism and NASA’s bureaucracy, has caused the USA to be at least 25 years behind where we should be in space capability. American space power stagnated under U.S. Air Force stewardship a long time ago. Congress observed this situation nearly 25 years ago, …

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