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The U.S. Navy announced that it will be conducting a safety review after videos began circulating online of the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron flying dangerously close to civilians on a Florida beach.The service acknowledged that an aircraft from the Navy’s Blue Angels flew “lower than standard profiles” over Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, creating a disturbance that affected civilian chairs and umbrellas.“The safety of our hometown community, spectators, and our pilots is our highest priority,” the Navy said. “Team leadership is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the maneuver and conducting a thorough safety review to ensure all operations adhere to strict Navy…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org China’s rapidly advancing capabilities in space are a major concern for the presumed next chief of U.S. Space Force, who will likely oversee rapid growth in manpower and equipment to counter the growing threat. “What they are doing with what I’ll call counter-space and space superiority capabilities is breathtakingly fast,” Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess said during his July 16 confirmation hearing to be the next Chief of Space Operations. Schiess’…

The House on Thursday abruptly delayed a vote on the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (TCAVA), shelving one of the largest veterans legislative packages in years after Republican leaders apparently failed to secure enough support amid a growing fight over disability compensation that has divided many of the nation’s largest veterans organizations. The legislation combines roughly 60 veterans bills covering disability benefits, caregivers, survivors, education, health care, home loans and oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs. While many of those proposals enjoy broad bipartisan support individually, the package has become consumed by debate over one question: Should projected…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian recruits arriving on the front lines in Ukraine survive an estimated 20 to 30 minutes before they are killed or wounded, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday, marking the first time a senior American intelligence official has confirmed how deadly the war has become for Moscow.The assessment comes as Ukraine’s battlefield technology has stalled Russia’s advance along the front and drawn foreign partners ready to spend billions of dollars in deals with its defense industry. European and Ukrainian officials have said for months that Russian casualty rates have climbed to record levels, with Ukraine’s…

Kamaru Usman says his next fight has to be for a UFC title next should he pull off a massive upset this Saturday.The former welterweight champ faces recent middleweight champ Dricus du Plessis in the 185-pound main event of UFC Oklahoma City, which takes place at the Paycom Center and streams on Paramount+.When asked what would be next with a win this weekend, Usman says it’s a no-brainer.“Sean Strickland,” Usman said at media day. I mean, that makes sense. That’s pretty easy. It’s either Sean Strickland or Islam [Makhachev], if Islam is still the champion, which I assume he will…

Two defense technology companies filed lawsuits in federal court Tuesday after being excluded from the U.S. Navy’s newest unmanned surface vessel acquisition program.Blue Water Autonomy and Saildrone allege they were kicked out of contention for the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel Family of Systems program after the Navy failed to comply with its own requirements, among other errors.Blue Water Autonomy said the decision was based on “overly restrictive evaluation criteria, a misreading of Blue Water’s proposal, and irrational conclusions that are inconsistent with the [Request for Prototype Proposals] and statutory requirements,” according to a complaint filed in the U.S. Court…

House Republicans for the second time postponed consideration of a measure overhauling veterans’ benefits and Veterans Affairs Department operations, reportedly due to some GOP members’ concerns regarding a plan to offset the cost of some benefit increases by reducing those associated with two of the most common service-connected disabilities.The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (H.R. 9237) is a collection of more than 60 bills related to the VA and veteran care, including benefits increases for severely disabled veterans and the families of service members who died in the line of duty. Its centerpiece is the Major Richard Star Act…

Adorned with badges to represent laid-off public servants, a group of former federal employees gathered Thursday in front of the Capitol Building to mark the one-year anniversary of a major State Department reduction in force and illustrate what has since been lost. The State Department RIF, as well as the shuttering of USAID last year, have weakened agency expertise, harmed national security and undermined global stability, the former employees said. “Real work that was done for this country that is no longer being done — visa security, crisis response, disease surveillance, democracy promotion,” said Ferdaouis Bagga, a laid-off State Department…

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The age of the Super-Dreadnought and the Battleship belongs to a bygone era—a time when humanity dreamed on a colossal scale. In the early 20th century, the world was still not fully mapped, industrial technology seemed unstoppable, and global powers embraced a singular doctrine: build the largest mobile fortress possible, whether on land, water, or air. These steel tyrannosaurs were treated as the ultimate answer to geopolitics. Then, the unthinkable happened. The two largest battleships ever constructed, the Musashi and the Yamato, were sent to the bottom of the ocean by waves of tiny aircraft. The dream of the invincible…