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JAGM has a 16 km range, is fire and forget with a MMW seeker and a warhead effective against tanks, aircraft, ships and structures...... Who wants it? ;)

https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/startup-aims-deliver-autonomous-airlifter-usaf-2028 A Canadian opportunity? Something for DeHavilland and Bombardier to consider for domestic use? A Chinese uncrewed Twin Otter?

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1940/july/motor-torpedo-boats-technical-study Fascinating review on the development and employment of high speed launches (hydroplanes, step hulls, v-hulls, hydrofoils and Ventnors) From the 1870s (another British parson with time on his hands) to...

https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/09/army-picks-startup-rivet-build-ai-enabled-soldier-glasses/407938/?oref=d1-featured-river-top Spectacles, wrist watches and Alexa.

Brought to you by inquiring minds and @PHughes ...... Which brings up RN Project Cabot and the Atlantic Bastion https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/uk-sets-out-project-cabot-ambition-to-deploy-autonomous-asw-screen-in-the-north-atlantic/ And a whole bunch of associated thoughts

https://www.navalreview.ca/2025/07/the-evolution-and-need-for-the-continental-defence-corvette-and-why-a-dedicated-mcm-vessel-still-matters/ https://noahscornerofrandomstuff.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-the-continental-defence...

https://patriotpost.us/articles/119388-the-status-of-the-navy-part-i-2025-07-28 https://patriotpost.us/articles/119791-the-status-of-the-navy-part-ii-2025-08-11

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847869 https://breakingdefense.com/2024/07/for-israel-gaza-conflict-is-evolutionary-ground-for-robotic-vehicles/ As well as more small armed security vehicles...

https://www.twz.com/land/m240-medium-machine-gun-successor-now-being-sought-by-u-s-army What's the word @KevinB ?

https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2025-07-28/army-reserve-soldiers-defend-north Particularly like the look of that Thales Hawkei pickup truck.

The Skybrator https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-bladeless-wind-turbine-generates-clean-quiet-bird-safe-power/

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/drone-wall-to-defend-europe-russias-neighbor/ Pro Con Observations Personal comment - a hit rate of 20-40% (the inverse of the 60-80% miss rate) doesn't sound so bad to me. Especially compared to many of the alternatives. Apparently armoured vehicles need a...

This map haunts me these days. It is from the IMF Database. It is a map of General Government Debt as a percent of GDP as of 2023. I don't think things have improved much over the last two years. Here's the link...

https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/06/04/germany-is-building-a-big-scary-army?utm_campaign=a.25geopolitics_fy2526_q1_conversion-cbdr-sub_prospecting_nam-usca_direct_all-devices&utm_medium=digital-display.external-content.pd&utm_source=outbrain-outbrain&utm_content=conversion.content.non-subscr...

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/army-eyes-cancellation-of-new-logistics-boat-halting-tow-missile-buys/ The logistics vessel - perhaps in competition with the USMC aspirations? TOW missiles - 500 MUSD for 2082 missiles cancelled M10 Booker - previously announced JLTV - previously announced...

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/abolish-africom-then-keep-going .... Broad, continuing missions - a recipe for eternal war (a realistic prospect in Cold War 1986) but also a recipe for stasis, for self-perpetuation, for self-justification. After the Cold War - War on Drugs, Global...

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/golf-ball-inspired-smart-skin-helps-drones Revolutionary stuff for Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (and their aeronautical siblings).

The "New World" seems to me to be getting messier. I am going to assume a UN faction that broadly approves of the world order as it was since 1944. That faction, represented in Green, voted with Ukraine. Three other factions are in evidence. The Russian faction which apparently includes the...

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/03/21/navys_new_mandate_refurbish_renovate_repair_upgrade_fix_1099021.html

So, in addition to 3D printed subs 3D printed aircraft 3D printed rockets