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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
(Nov. 5, 2024) An unmanned surface vessel, attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, participates in exercise Digital Talon 3.0 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Army photo)
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An uncrewed surface vessel, attached to US Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, participates in exercise Digital Talon 3.0
on November 5, 2024. (US Army)
Podcast
bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. (DVIDS)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first naval strike missile from a United States Destroyer on July 18, 2024. (DVIDS)
Podcast
Aaron Maclean Hudson
Aaron Maclean Hudson
Aaron MacLean
Former Senior Fellow
Aaron MacLean
US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief,  marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air  Base, Japan. (US Air Force)
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US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (US Air Force)
Reports
Timothy A. Walton Hudson Institute
Timothy A. Walton Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
(Getty Images)
(Getty Images)
Thomas H. Shugart
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Timothy A. Walton & Thomas H. Shugart
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China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
Podcast
Aaron Maclean Hudson
Aaron Maclean Hudson
Aaron MacLean
Former Senior Fellow
Aaron MacLean
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