19FortyFive — Defense, National Security and Military Analysis

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Life Inspiration Quote of the Day by Martial Arts Legend Bruce Lee: “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.”

Born in San Francisco in 1940 while his father was on tour, on screen at three months old, a child star in Hong Kong...

Brent M. Eastwood4 hours ago

NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 30, 2026) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs Naval Station Norfolk for Newport News Shipbuilding to begin the shipyard phase of its Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH). RCOH is a once-in-a-carrier-lifetime maintenance and modernization period designed to prepare Truman for the second half of its planned 50-year service life. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jason Wernegreen)

Aerospace & Defense

100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Just Declared Out of Action Indefinitely

The 100,000-ton aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is the 8th Nimitz-class ship to enter a refueling overhaul, and she starts 3.5 years behind...

Sean Spoonts6 hours ago

Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Creative Commons Photo

Aerospace & Defense

57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

At Truk in 1944 she became the only Iowa to fire her main guns at enemy warships. Off Vietnam she fired 5,688 16-inch shells...

Harry J. Kazianis6 hours ago

A-150 Battleship Model Creative Commons Photo

Aerospace & Defense

90,000-Ton Japanese Battleship A-150 ‘Super Yamato’-Class: Bigger Than US Navy Iowa-Class with 20 Inch Guns Firing 4,300 Pound Shells

Each A-150 or 'Super Yamato' battleship gun weighed about 227 metric tons and fired a 1,950-kilogram shell; a twin turret ran 2,780 tons. Japan...

Harry J. Kazianis7 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

The Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird’s Ceiling Was Thought to Be 85,000 Feet. In 1965, a Test Pilot Flew It Past 90,000, Felt It Wobble, Lost an Engine and Landed on One at Edwards

No life insurer would cover him and the death benefit was $13,000. The flight revealed an 800-degree inlet limit and a 1.5-degree pitch margin...

Sean Spoonts18 hours ago

Aerospace & Defense

The Case Against Resurrecting the Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird: Lost Expertise, Destroyed Spares and Cheaper Unmanned Alternatives

The Embassy

The Case for Economic Pressure Over Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran

Aerospace & Defense

Oil Might Be Flowing Through the Strait of Hormuz, But for All the Wrong Reasons

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy’s Iowa-Class Battleships Cost a Fortune for a Few Years at Sea. NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Is Next

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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Putin’s Next Target May Be NATO Itself

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Why the Witkoff-Kushner Mission Failed: Washington Still Misreads the Stakes in Ukraine

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Germany Is Becoming Ukraine’s Most Important Ally in Europe — and Poland Is Paying the Price

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

NATO’s Answer to the Pentagon’s Europe Review Already Exists: The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The M21 Sniper Rifle Put 10 Rounds Inside 10 Inches at 900 Meters — About 1 MOA — Out of a Semi-Automatic Rifle in the Late 1960s

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: The Aftermarket Solved the Glock 48’s Capacity Problem in 2019 With a 15-Round Metal Magazine. Glock Took Until April 2026 to Ship Its Own.

Aerospace & Defense

7 Years Later, US Marine General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis and His Line on Aggressiveness Is Still One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Aerospace & Defense

US Army Quote of the Day By General George Patton: “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other guy die for his.”

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‘Effectively Closed’: The Strait of Hormuz Oil and Gas Crisis Is Going from Bad to Even Worse

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21 Years Ago, Apple Founder Steve Jobs Advice on Time and ‘Living Someone Else’s Life’ Is the Truth Serum That Still Shapes Our World

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“Money Never Made a Man Happy Yet, Nor Will It. The More a Man Has, the More He Wants.” Benjamin Franklin Was the 8th of 17 Children, Got 2 Years of Schooling Because His Family Could Not Afford More, and His Face Is on the $100 Bill.

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Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

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The Embassy

9/11’s Forgotten Lesson

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Russia and NATO’s Gray Zone Actions Could Spark a War No One Wants

The Embassy

Putin’s Giant Gamble: Another Ukraine War Mobilization Is Filled with Unknown Risks and An Angry Russia Simmering

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‘Pivotal Meeting’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump Will Meet Today. Here’s What’s on the Agenda to Try and End the Ukraine War

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Hermit Kingdom

Donald Trump Needs to Bring Concessions if He Wants a Deal with North Korea

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What the Iran War Proved About America’s Nuclear Weapons Threat to North Korea

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The North Korea Deal Donald Trump Should Actually Want

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Fingerprints Are All Over Iran’s War Against America

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Life Inspiration Quote of the Day by Martial Arts Legend Bruce Lee: “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it.”

Aerospace & Defense

100,000-Ton US Navy Nuclear Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman Just Declared Out of Action Indefinitely

Aerospace & Defense

57,500 Tons, 9 16-Inch Guns, 19 Battle Stars, 4 Commissions, 4 Wars: Iowa-Class Battleship USS New Jersey Is the Navy’s Most Decorated Battleship.

Aerospace & Defense

90,000-Ton Japanese Battleship A-150 ‘Super Yamato’-Class: Bigger Than US Navy Iowa-Class with 20 Inch Guns Firing 4,300 Pound Shells

Aerospace & Defense

The Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird’s Ceiling Was Thought to Be 85,000 Feet. In 1965, a Test Pilot Flew It Past 90,000, Felt It Wobble, Lost an Engine and Landed on One at Edwards

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‘She Broke Free’: The CIA Used a Cover Story to Recover a Chunk of a Russian Ballistic Submarine Armed with Nuclear Warheads But Part of the Sub Slid Back Below the Waves

Aerospace & Defense

Boeing Spent $67,000,000 of Its Own Money Building YF-118G Bird of Prey Stealth Aircraft. It Flew 38 Times on Landing Gear From a Beech King Air and an Ejection Seat From a Harrier.

Aerospace & Defense

China’s J-20 And J-35A Stealth Fighters Don’t Have To Beat US Military F-22 Raptors And F-35s. Beijing Is Building Enough That They Don’t Need To

Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 Engines Ran at Full Afterburner for Hours at a Time With Exhaust Temperatures Near 3,400 Degrees. At Mach 3.2 Cruise, Roughly 80 Percent of the Thrust Came From the Inlet, Not the Engine.

Aerospace & Defense

$850,000,000 Australian Submarine ‘Sank’ $5,500,000,000 US Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier By Evading US, Japanese, Canadian, Chilean, Korean, and British Forces — 6 Navies — and Photographed the Supercarrier