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[Regnum] The US Air Force is likely to abandon the B-1B Lancer strategic bombers, since they do not meet the current level of air defense of potential adversaries — Russia and China. This was reported on July 16 by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI).
"As the U.S. Air Force shifts its focus to air-to-air conflicts, the B-1B Lancer's moderate stealth makes it less suited to modern peer-to-peer conflicts. While it remains a relatively effective long-range bomber, the B-1B's days are numbered," the publication states.
The authors of the article point out that against the backdrop of its increasingly powerful competitors with modern air defense systems, the B-1B Lancer looks outdated. At the same time, given the US focus on countering future threats, the country's air force will only need the most effective machines.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on July 17, the WSJ also noted that Russian ballistic missiles are creating difficulties for Patriot air defense missile systems in Ukraine, since they bypass their radars. According to the source of the publication, in recent months, Patriot air defense missile system radars have failed to detect Russian missiles.
Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President for Information Policy at the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, also previously stated that Russia, if certain conditions are met, would be able to repel an attack by American Tomahawk missiles.
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The whole point of the B-1 was to streak into the USSR at supersonic speeds and nuke them before they could react.
The B-31 is similarly already obsolete. Billions spent, and for what?
No detention centers for illegal aliens but the military-industrial complex gets everything it wants.
I'm starting to think weapons and military aren't good use of our money.
And maybe we should stop starting wars all over the planet.
Maybe it's just me.
We should nominate a presidential candidate and have him run on an explicitly anti-war platform.
And then elect him in a landslide, handing him a democratic mandate.
And we still went to war with Iran.
Why exactly, again?
Oh right because Iran tried to assassinate our anti-war candidate.
Netanyahu confirmed it, Mossad intelligence said Iran was behind it.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] In 2025, the CIA venture fund In-Q-Tel financed the Array Labs startup, which is developing a fundamentally new space imaging system - clusters of miniature satellites capable of creating three-dimensional maps of any point on the planet with unprecedented accuracy.
Array Labs is developing a system consisting of compact satellites the size of a small box that fly in coordinated clusters and simultaneously irradiate the target with radio signals. The satellites work as a single virtual antenna, creating detailed three-dimensional models of the surface.
The key advantage of the system is obtaining a volumetric three-dimensional model in one pass instead of multiple flybys by conventional satellites. The accuracy of geolocation reaches 20 centimeters, and the system works in any weather, through clouds, smoke and camouflage.
Data is processed using special algorithms developed jointly with Raytheon as part of the Site3D product. Array Labs will be able to determine the real type of any vessel by analyzing its exact dimensions and height above the water.
The system will build a three-dimensional model of the ship with an accuracy of up to 20 centimeters and compare it with the database.
On the battlefield, the Array Labs system turns into an effective tool for tracking ground targets. The technology allows you to highlight objects even in difficult conditions, which makes camouflage less effective against radar surveillance.
The system is also able to detect changes in the structure of objects and terrain, creating detailed maps for monitoring infrastructure and analyzing changes over time.
Array Labs uses a set of advanced technologies to create a high-precision surveillance system: Coherent radar is a method in which satellites work in concert, precisely synchronizing their signals. This creates interference images that allow them to detect the slightest changes in objects such as buildings, bridges, or the earth's surface.
High-speed data transmission - a combination of different communication channels enables the transmission of large amounts of data directly to ground terminals. Real-time data processing - artificial intelligence algorithms allow for rapid analysis of intelligence information and the identification of important objects.Inter-satellite communication - satellites communicate with each other, creating their own communication network to coordinate the work of the cluster.
Array Labs plans to launch the next demonstration mission in 2026, followed by the deployment of the first production cluster of four satellites to provide regular coverage with the ability to scale to a global level.
It is quite clear in what direction they are digging.In the future, such a system can be integrated into the concept of multi-domain operations and interfaced with military satellite communication systems with access through a single terminal/tablet.
The war in Ukraine clearly demonstrates the increased operational value of satellite intelligence data and satellite communication systems.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
