80 Years After It Crashed, Renewed Search to Begin for Richard Bong’s Missing ‘Marge’
Eight decades after it crashed in the Pacific Theater, a renewed search is scheduled to get underway for Richard bong’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning...
Read MoreUS Air Forces Orders New $13 Billion ‘Doomsday Plane’
The US Air Force has given Sierra Nevada a $13 billion contract to develop a new “Doomsday plane” – essentially, a successor to the...
Read MoreThe Tiguex War
Guest Post by Rick Schwertfeger, Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command, Austin, Texas Part 1 of 3 Cornado Sets Out To The North. Art by...
Read MoreVirginia Class cruisers (1974)
USS Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas (1971) These four ships planned at first as fleet escorts (frigates) like the previous California class,...
Read MoreGrowth of the Marine Infantry Regiment (March 1941-April 1943)
Marines training with a 60mm mortar Adopted on 28 March 1941, the D-series tables of organization remained in force for a little more than two years....
Read MoreHow to Enhance Space’s Contribution to Australian Multi-Domain Operations in Support of Maritime Operations
Australia has more demands than it has budget. It has more challenges than it has forces. So how to maximize the effect of what capabilities...
Read MoreMarine Infantry Regiment (28 March 1941)
Jeeps of the 1st Marine Division on a beach at Guadalcanal (1942) On 1 February 1941, the United States Marine Corps converted the two infantry...
Read MoreStrategy is About Solving Core Problems: Not Asserting Lofty Principles
The release of the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) in April revealed a dividing line within Australia’s strategic and defence community. The...
Read MoreRiver class destroyers (1903)
United Kingdom (1896-1921) C class: 34 ships. WW1 British Destroyers: 26 knotters | 27 knotters | 30 knotters | 33 knotters | Turbine destroyers |...
Read MoreNewly-Released Photos Show Manta Ray Underwater Drone Undergoing In-Water Testing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released the first images of the Northrop Grumman-developed Manta Ray drone, an uncrewed...
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