A new release of US government documents offers more detail about ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’ but explanations are hard to find.
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Bureaucratic hurdles mean the US military typically has to wait a decade between the time it sees a new threat and the employment of a new system to defend against it.
Six US aircrew ejected over Kuwait after a friendly fire incident. Surviving the bailout may be the easy part.
The U.S. military could certainly make an impact in any air campaign against Iran. But it will want to avoid another Iraq-like quagmire.
The US military is already using AI to control aircraft in tests.
The highest-ranking military officer in the country, the chairman has no direct command authority. His role is as a presidential adviser rather than a decision-maker.
The coordination and ideological rigor of The Order made them an outlier among white supremacist groups.
Despite pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud, Boeing will continue to profit from deals with the US government and commercial airlines.
Spaceplanes seemed out of favour when the shuttle was retired in 2011; they now seem to be making a comeback.
The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.
The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
Grand strategic thinking about our future security must incorporate regional centres like the NT – and a compelling narrative for why our defence investment makes us more secure.
A US Air Force professor of philosophy weighs in on Prince Harry’s decision to disclose his ‘body count’ from his service in Afghanistan.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked the US to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Doing so in this kind of international conflict would be unprecedented and might not make sense.
The technical and political issues at play in launching air attacks that may harm civilians.
The history of UFOs weaves together public fascination, government secrecy and cultural phenomena. Recent news and shifts in the government’s stance on UFOs are giving new life to the mystery.
US military leaders have to plan for operations all over the world, so they can’t afford to ignore climate change or debate its causes.
A new name on a few military badges doesn’t imply an escalating arms race.
In what came to be known as the Thule incident, an American bomber crashed in Greenland, spreading radioactive wreckage across 3 square miles of a frozen fjord. Denmark was not happy.
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor (Strategy and Organisation), School of Management, University of Bath
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Associate Professor, Strategic Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Brunel University of London
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Professor Emeritus and Director, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College
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DECRA Fellow, Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, United States Air Force Academy
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