US Air Force built a cheap cruise missile in record time

U.S. Navy opens the door to second radar-hunting missile maker

The U.S. Navy has told the defense industry it wants an alternative to its own primary radar-killing missile, and it wants companies capable of building as many as 600 of them every year. The Naval Air Systems Command, the branch of the Navy responsible for developing and buying naval aircraft and weapons, published a Request []

U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived

The planned longer-term presence of a U.S. midrange missile system in Japan, combined with the fielding of other advanced weaponry, is complicating Chinese military planning.

Sharp Decline in U.S. Army Weapons Stockpiles After War Against Iran

The extensive consumption of American cruise and defense missiles in the war against Iran has brought the U.S. Army's weapons stockpiles to a concerning level.

The U.S. Navy’s Subsea Rare Earth Vulnerability

The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is the next generation of American nuclear deterrence. Twelve of these boats will replace the aging Ohio-class fleet, entering service over the 2030s and 2040s, each carrying 16 Trident IIs and driven by a ghost-quiet electric motor that renders them acoustically invisible to any adversary. What makes all of that possible — the propulsion, the stealth, the strike precision — depends almost entirely on rare earths refined in China. This is perhaps the Navy’s most consequential and least discussed vulnerability.The dependency runs through every layer of the capability stack. The sub’s permanent magnet motor requires The post The U.S. Navy’s Subsea Rare Earth Vulnerability appeared first on War on the Rocks.