President Trump has said he wants to create what he calls a national missile system “The Golden Dome for America”, to protect the US from foreign threats. But the plans are far from coming to fruition and would come with a heavy price tag. But China has already done it criticized the plan as a … Read more
The “Russian shield” over Caracas, Venezuela’s vaunted air defense, was supposed to be an iron dome, one that would embarrass the United States and sink its ships. But at 04:00 EST on January 3, 2026, the US Navy turned it into scrap metal. For a decade, defense blogs and the twittersphere have been posting about … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan of more than 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for next year that aims to bolster its strike-back capability and coastal defenses with cruise missiles and unmanned arsenals as tensions rise in the region. The draft budget for fiscal year 2026, as of … Read more
A US Navy warship fired missiles at two US F/A-18 fighter jets over the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation found. One of the fighter planes was shot down. The other barely survived the friendly fire incident. A U.S. Navy pilot whose plane was mistakenly … Read more