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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO. The Glock 23 Is an Excellent Pistol and I Am Not a Fan of the.40 S&W Cartridge It Fires.
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (807+ words) Glock 23: Same compact frame as a Glock 19, 13+1 rounds, a striker-fired action with few moving parts, and thirty-six years of continuous production behind it — which means holsters, sights, magazines and triggers are everywhere and cheap. Owners routinely report tens of thousands…...
The US Air Force Retired the F-117 Nighthawk in 2008 and Never Stopped Flying It. The Service Now Says the Aircraft Will Stay in the Air Until 2034 — 26 Years After Its Own Retirement.
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (598+ words) The F-117 Nighthawk was retired in 2008. It is still flying, and the Air Force says it will keep flying until 2034 — longer in retirement than most aircraft serve....
Northrop Spent More Than $750,000,000 of Its Own Money on the F-20 Tigershark Without a Dollar of Pentagon Funding. It Sold 0 Aircraft and Wrote Off About $1,200,000,000.
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (595+ words) Northrop built the F-20 Tigershark entirely with its own money. It out-turned the F-16, needed half the maintenance, cost less — and not one air force on earth bought it....
The Dassault Rafale Fighter Costs About $16,500 an Hour to Fly and an F-35A Costs About $42,000. The Rafale Is Not Stealthy, and It Is Selling Better Than It Ever Has.
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (657+ words) A Rafale costs roughly $16,500 per flight hour against about $42,000 for an F-35A. Dassault's answer to stealth is not to hide — it is to out-network what it cannot outrun....
The US Space Force X-37B Spaceplane Is 29 Feet Long, Weighs 11,000 Pounds and Has a Payload Bay 7 Feet Long. Nobody Outside the Program Has Ever Been Told What Goes Inside It.
5+ day, 30+ min ago (463+ words) The X-37B is 29 feet long, weighs 11,000 pounds and carries a 7-foot payload bay. The Space Force announces when it launches and when it lands, and nothing in between....
China Is Launching A New Aircraft Carrier Every 20 Months. The US Navy Cannot Deliver One On Time — And The Gap Is The Shipyards.
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (1392+ words) Why can’t the U.S. Navy build aircraft carriers and submarines fast enough to keep pace with China? The answer is neither money nor will. It is that the United States has only two shipyards capable of building nuclear-powered warships, both…...
'A Mistake We Can’t Ever Fix’: The US Navy’s Seawolf-Class Submarine Shortage Makes Russia and China Smile as There Is No Fix
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (537+ words) Virginia-class production has run at roughly 1.1 to 1.2 boats a year since 2022 against a goal of two, while about 24 Los Angeles-class submarines remain in commission and continue to age out. If only the Navy had more Seawolf-class subs....
US Navy Nuclear Attack Submarines Spent 41 Years Idle at the Pier in a Decade. The Navy Paid $230,000 a Day for It.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (662+ words) A GAO report finds US attack submarines spent 41 ship-years idle in a decade at $230,000 a day — the full story....
I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: There Is Nothing Like Glock 43X
1+ week, 3+ day ago (640+ words) Ten rounds is a real gain over the 6-round Glock 43, and it is still fewer than the competition carries in a package the same size or smaller. That trade is the whole argument....
The 65,000-Ton HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales Are the Largest Aircraft Carriers the Royal Navy Ever Built. Neither Has a Catapult, Which Limits Both Ships to 1 Aircraft: The F-35B
1+ week, 3+ day ago (372+ words) HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales have no catapults and no arresting wires. That rules out the F/A-18, the EA-18G Growler, the E-2D Hawkeye and the F-35C, leaving only the F-35B....