US military, technology, arms, tactics

[Rakesh]

This Will Be The Navy’s New FF(X) Frigate
https://www.twz.com/sea/this-will-be-th ... fx-frigate
19 Dec 2025

The Navy is leveraging the Coast Guard's Legend class National Security Cutter to plug the gap left by axing the Constellation class frigate.

[vera_k]

New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

[SNaik]

https://www.goldenfleet.navy.mil/

[Vayutuvan]

Hmm. Where is the money for this? Are there any time and cost estimations for resources?

Looks good on paper. It might turn into another F-35, though.

[saip]

New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

I thought a person has to be dead before ships can be named after them. Premonition?
I was only kidding. Actually quite a few ships have been named/launched while the (former) Presidents were alive. Ford, Carter, Reagan etc

[vera_k]

Ship is not being named. Usually the class is named after the first in line. Not here.
But the USS Clinton and USS Bush aircraft carriers may be called true premonitions.

[Rakesh]

Trump Announces Nuclear-Armed Battleships for the US Navy
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... -u-s-navy/
23 Dec 2025

[Vayutuvan]

New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

I thought a person has to be dead before ships can be named after them. Premontion?

Be careful.

[Manish_P]

New MBT planned to honor Trump to be the largest, bestest in the world. Seig Hei.... oops

[Jay]

New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

The new trump class ships feature an Epstein-sourced “island” superstructure and come equipped with the state of the art MINORS suite — Minimal Impact, No Ops Role systems — certified for maximum satisfaction of supreme commander and zero battlefield relevance.

[Vayutuvan]

New ‘Trump-Class’ Navy Warships Named After President: What to Know

The new trump class ships feature an Epstein-sourced “island” superstructure and come equipped with the state of the art MINORS suite — Minimal Impact, No Ops Role systems — certified for maximum satisfaction of supreme commander and zero battlefield relevance.

Let us take it to Understanding the US thread, hain jee? That is where we can post alternate facts like this, and Hic eats little children.

[Rakesh]

Report to Congress on BBG(X) Battleship Program
https://news.usni.org/2026/01/01/report ... ip-program
01 Jan 2026

[Rakesh]

https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/20059 ... 66725?s=20 ---> US tri-service F-35 deliveries and orders now exceed 1,000 aircraft. Current plans point to more than 1,500 F-35 aircraft in service by the mid-2030s, with the fleet potentially approaching 2,000 by the late 2030s, likely the program’s high-water mark given sixth generation programs (F-47 NGAD and potentially the F/A-XX) would begin competing for procurement dollars starting in the late 2020s and the early 2030s.

https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/20068 ... 43208?s=20 ---> 1,000+ F-35 airframes and counting.

[Rakesh]

The U.S. Navy Must Build the ‘Golden Fleet’
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/01/the ... den-fleet/
02 Jan 2026

Navy’s Next Destroyer Is Vital as U.S.–China Tensions Escalate
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report ... s-escalate
14 April 2023

[Rakesh]

U.S. Navy accepts delivery of third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... destroyer/
05 Jan 2026

[Rakesh]

https://x.com/airsuperiorx/status/20083 ... 24545?s=20 ---> I have created a diagram of the P-8A Poseidon and its associated systems. Big thanks to @SR_Planespotter for providing me with fantastic photos to use.



https://x.com/airsuperiorx/status/20091 ... 79767?s=20 ---> Supplemental diagram to display the repositioning of the MX-20HD due to AN/APS-154 installation.



https://x.com/aeroweanie/status/2008361 ... 62317?s=20 ---> You show it with the the AAS installed (which requires the ventral fins to be installed). Without the AAS, there is a retractable MX20 sensor turret. Also, on the nose bulkhead below the AN/APY-10 is the ILS localizer antenna.

[Rakesh]

Our First Glimpse At The M1E3 Abrams Next-Gen Tank Demonstrator
https://www.twz.com/land/our-first-glim ... monstrator
06 Jan 2026

Testing of the first iteration of the Army's next-generation, lighter-weight, hybrid-electric Abrams tank concept is set to kick off soon.

[Rakesh]

Electric Boat receives new floating dry dock to support Columbia-class submarines
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... ubmarines/
07 Jan 2026

[Rakesh]

U.S. forces use AGM-154C-1 glide bomb in Venezuela strike
https://defence-blog.com/u-s-forces-use ... la-strike/
08 Jan 2026

[drnayar]

https://interestingengineering.com/mili ... tron-beams

HFIR’s neutrons come directly from the reactor, giving them the same energy and producing them in such large quantities that measurements can be completed much faster, often in just a few hours rather than weeks.

Meanwhile, Matt Caruso, a PhD student and researcher in Frame’s research group, stated that welding is a dynamic process, which makes post-weld stress mapping more practical.

[Tanaji]

Our First Glimpse At The M1E3 Abrams Next-Gen Tank Demonstrator
https://www.twz.com/land/our-first-glim ... monstrator
06 Jan 2026

Testing of the first iteration of the Army's next-generation, lighter-weight, hybrid-electric Abrams tank concept is set to kick off soon.

ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2026 1017 IST

Raksha Mantralay, Office of DGMF, Delhi, India:

Anonymous sources have reported a steady stream of late-night activity this week as staff reporting to the DGMF were observed staying after hours and lights remained on well into the night.
Civilian staff of the MoD working as liaison with the DGMF said they noticed people entering and leaving the building between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., and security footage from common areas showed repeated trips to a central copy room. Several witnesses described the copier area as unusually busy, with machines running for long periods and frequent paper trays being refilled.
“It looked like someone was printing nonstop,” said one NCO who asked to remain anonymous. “You could hear the machines going, and employees came out carrying stacks of paper.”
Heavy use of multiple photocopiers was corroborated by building maintenance staff, who reported increased noise from the copy room and an uptick in service calls to replenish supplies.

Maintenance logs recorded repeated requests to clear jams and replace paper rolls between late evening and early morning hours.
In addition to the heightened copier activity, building staff observed an increase in shipments of photocopier toner arriving at the loading dock over the past several days. Delivery records show multiple toner packages, some labeled for high-capacity machines, were unloaded in the evenings and taken to DGMF suites.

Anonymous sources also showed high resolution photos being printed of a hybrid electric tank vaguely referred to by its code name of A1E3.

No official statement has been released by the office of DGMF about the extended working hours or the surge in printing supplies.

In a post released on X and further in a press release, Brigadier General Narendranath Verma said “I feel blessed to report that we have finally completed the specifications of the RFP that we have been working on for Indias Future Main Battle Tank since the last few months. It has been a very challenging exercise and we are facing very significant obstacles that got resolved only on 06 Jan 2026. I am now confident that the the GSQRs we have laid down in the RFP for the Indian industry will mean that Indias future will be secure for next the decade at least”. In response to a question about what would happen if the Indian industry were not capable of meeting the complex GSQRs, Brigadier General Verma replied “I am prepared for any eventuality and we will fight with what we have. I will discuss with my compatriots in Chandigarh to meet this eventuality should this come to pass”.

In other news, the entire engineering division at Awadi have been warned to watch their language when speaking. Complaints were made to HR when a steady stream of profanities were heard from the engineering offices. The engineering division had been perusing GSQRs for the FMBT that were released today, it has been reliably learnt from sources.

—End of report—

[Rakesh]

^^^^ Good One

Every time I see a foreign tank, the first image that comes to mind is the DGMF drafting a GSQR based on that tank.

You just put that image beautifully into a news report. Well done.

[Rakesh]

The US-China Commodities Cold War
https://themerchantsnews.substack.com/p ... s-cold-war
09 Jan 2026

Why Trump Just Fired the Opening Shot in a Battle That Will Reshape Global Markets?

https://x.com/jackprandelli/status/2009 ... 44793?s=20 ---> Over 70% of U.S. rare earth imports come from China. Defense systems need tungsten, gallium, germanium. Semiconductor manufacturing the foundation of modern military capability depends on rare earth polishing compounds and fabrication tools with rare earth components. Rare earth elements used per unit:

F-35 Fighter Jet: 418 kg (Guided missiles, lasers for targeting, drive motors)

Arleigh Burke DDG-51 Destroyer: 2,600 kg (Advanced radar, missile guidance, propulsion, drive motors)

Virginia Class Submarine: 4,600 kg (Tomahawk missiles, radar systems, drive motors)