Air Force Research Lab Focuses on Better Missiles and AI Drone Swarms

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) manages a budget of $7.5 billion to discover, manufacture, and integrate warfighting capabilities and technologies for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force. DARPA had a budget of $4.1 billion in 2023. AFRL is close to double the budget of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). AFRL RESEARCH AREA …

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Ukraine’s One Million FPV Drones Is Outnumbered by 5 Million Russian Drones

Nextbigfuture has written about the drone attack and counter drone jamming defenses used in the Ukraine-Russia War. There is a new New Scientist article (behind a Paywall) talking about “What Does Ukraine’s Million Drone Army mean for the Future of War?” The First Person Drones are a delivery method for grenades and rocket propelled grenades …

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Weapons that Don’t Work in the Ukraine War Make Up Most of China’s Military

Chinese analysts want to understand why Russian weapons are doing so badly in the war in Ukraine. 70% of China’s modern airplanes are licensed copies, unlicensed copies or variants of the SU-27. 20% are inferior planes that are not even as good as the Russian copies. The Ukraine War has been an actual real world …

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Start of B-21 Stealth Bomber Production, 3 Per Year, $5-6 Billion per Year

DoD undersecretary William LaPlante gave the go-ahead to begin producing B-21 Stealth Bomber. Previously revealed budgets and information indicate that Northrop will get $5.3 to 6 billion in 2024 and there will be a slow escalation of the annual budget. This will be enough for 3 new B-21 each year and then increase to 4-5 …

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Taiwan’s Underground Bases Are Better Than Hamas Tunnels

Taiwan has one hundred times the area of Gaza. Over 13976 square miles versus 140 square miles. Taiwan has at least two hollowed-out mountains. They are to place hundreds of airplanes and thousands of missiles in those underground facilities. They have tunnels connecting military and government facilities throughout the island. Imagine Gaza 100 times bigger …

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US Testing One Now and Soon Six B-21 Stealth Bombers

U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider stealth bombers are now conducting test flights from Edwards Air Force Base in California. The first B-21 flew for the first time November, 2023. Six pre-production B-21 have been built and one flew a sortie from Edwards today. Edwards has also received significant physical upgrades in recent years to support …

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Pakistan and Iran Air Strikes and the Balochistan Struggle for Autonomy

Pakistan has launched missile strikes into Iran, killing nine people, after Iran carried out strikes in Pakistan late on Tuesday. Pakistan said its strikes had hit terrorist hideouts in Iran’s south-eastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. Iran condemned the attack, which it said killed three women, two men and four children who were not Iranian. Pakistan’s foreign ministry …

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