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The D Brief: 10% fewer generals; ‘Conquer Gaza’; New ICBM expense; ‘Airpower trap’?; And a bit more.
Hegseth orders elimination of 10% of general, admiral jobs. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took the first step to turn his ...
Defense News on MSN6h
Sentinel nuclear missiles will need new silos, Air Force says
The Sentinel ICBM program is already alarmingly over budget, and trying to reuse 55-year-old Minuteman III silos would put it ...
The Aviationist on MSN2h
Sentinel ICBM Likely to Require New Silos, Pushing Costs Even Higher
The troubled LGM-35 Sentinel ICBM program hit another hurdle as new assessments reveal a previous plan to re-use LGM-30 ...
SpaceNews5h
FAA gives environmental approval for increased Starship launch rate
The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to perform as many as 25 Starship launches a year from its Texas site, ...
The Aviationist on MSN8h
Stratolaunch Successfully Tests Talon-A2 Completing Reusable Hypersonic Flight and Recovery
Talon-A2 conducted a successful hypersonic flight and recovery in March 2025, after the first in December 2024. Stratolaunch ...
US advances toward China in hypersonic weapons race
The Pentagon completed test flights of an unmanned aircraft traveling at more than five times the speed of sound, with a lift ...
FAA Approves Increased Starship Launch Rate, Greenlights 25 Annual Flights from Texas
The FAA's decision, issued on May 6, 2023, stems from an environmental assessment that evaluated SpaceX's request to boost its launch activity. The assessment also considered up to 25 landings each of ...
Hypersonic plane ‘Talon-A2’ that can circle ENTIRE earth in less than 7 hours at 4,000mph makes successful test flight
A HYPERSONIC plane that can travel around the entire Earth in less than seven hours has made two successful test flights. Talon-A2 reached an incredible 3,800mph while in flight – more than ...