Looks like the US are trying to increase discretionary military spending by cost cutting. Rather than addressing the root of the problem - the widespread corruption through contracting and lobbying they're going for easy targets.
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Fat Leonard escapes from house arrest! Rumours are he's already in Mexico!
I can't believe he wasn't even sentenced yet, he was arrested nearly 10 years ago.
America really is a third world state right now. If you're rich and can't bribe yourself out of a prison sentence like Epstein, corrupt officials will let you escape from custody.
It have been a little while that we heard about V-22 having problems, it looked like they sorted it out but it's not over for the tilt-rotor... it's starting again. One aircraft is stranded on a Norvegian island since mid-august and another have done an emergency landing for the same gearbox problem. Passing from grounding to flight with restriction, it look like the V-22 is still able to surprise us...
Sailors assigned to EUCOM are currently testing modular SM-6 vertical launching systems; which are expected to enter service with the army.
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I wonder how much longer until directed energy weapons become viable anti-missile platforms on the level of Patriot or Russian/Chinese missile based systems? Seems like the power output and size are getting close. No clue how many shots such a system can make before it has to recharge, but if you get like 20 shots in short order that would be very impressive. I imagine both power and cooling are still difficult.
Laser will remain point defense unless mounted on an aerial platform. Cooling is a much bigger issue than power but may be less so when laser efficiency is increased.
The US appears to be waking up to the use of long-range missiles, targeting developments by Russia, China, Iran and other actors.
As an example, the list of US long-range attack missiles.
At the moment -
Earth:
M30/31 90 km
ATACMS 300 km
Naval:
SM-6 360/470 km
Tomahawk 1800 km
Harpoon 130/280 km
NSM 185 km
Plane:
JASSM 360 km
JASSM-ER 1000 km
SLAM-ER 300 km
Harpoon 280 km
HARM 150 km
AARGM 150 km
LRASM 500/1000 km
JSOW-C1 100 km
Storm Breaker 70km
MALD 1000 km
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Near future (up to 3-5 years) -
Earth:
GMLRS-ER 150 km +
PrSM 500/650 km
OpFires 1800 km
Tomahawk V 1800km
SM-6 360 km +
SM-6 Block IB 800/1000 km
NSM 185 km
LRASM 500/1000 km
Dark Eagle 3000 km
PrSM-ER 1300 km
Naval:
SM-6 Block IB 800/1000 km
LRASM 500/1000 km
CPS 3000 km
Plane:
JASSM-ER 1800 km
AGM-183A 2000 km
HACM 1000 km
AARGM-ER 400 km