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This US Navy “Lightning Carrier” Just Sailed Up to China’s Backdoor

The USS Tripoli is not quite an aircraft carrier—but her complement of F-35s serve as a shot across the bow to China after ...

U.S. Navy Supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln Heading To The Middle East

The nuclear-powered supercarrier will head from the South China Sea to the Middle East in response to escalating tensions ...
The National Interest on MSN

“Virtual Reality” Training Could Be a Godsend for the US Army

The Army has already begun some "virtual reality" training—using VR headsets to prepare soldiers to operate vehicles without ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903

Teddy bears are now an internationally beloved children’s toy. But few remember the presidential hunting trip and state boundary dispute that led to the sale of the first such bear on this date in ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The US Navy’s EA-18G Growler made Venezuela pay

Operation Absolute Resolve relied on overwhelming airpower to blind Venezuela’s defenses and enable the capture of Nicolás ...