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News Roundup 8/13/2024

News Roundup 8/13/2024

Venezuela US Offers to Drop Charges Against Venezuela’s Maduro If He Leaves Power The Institute  Russia Sen. Graham Visits Kyiv, Calls Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia’s Kursk ‘Beautiful’ AWC Putin Says Ukraine Launched Kursk Offensive To Gain Leverage for Peace Talks AWC...

Icebreaker Follies: The US Continues to Drive to Zero

The Navy did have 1.5 icebreakers and now they have half of one. Well, actually, the US has no operational icebreakers now. The Coast Guard’s other icebreaker, the ancient heavy Polar Star, is undergoing a service life extension program at the Mare Island Dry Dock in...

The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced

The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...

The F35 Follies: Britannia Rules a Little

My recommendation to the British MoD: don't buy anymore of these flying failure factories. U.K. planned to buy138 F-35s, bought 48, delivered 35, aims at 75 by 2025. Judging from the delays and failures universally in the program, achieving a delivery of all...

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