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China Blinks As American, Philippine Fleets Challenge Possible Reef Seizure

ByDavid AxeForbes Staff

In the past few months, a growing fleet of Chinese boats anchored around the Philippines' Whitsun Reef, threatening to add it to its holdings of outposts in the region. Here's how a strong joint response by U.S. and Philippine naval forces made Beijing back down.

‘U-Boat Or Whale?’ Secret WWII Report Explains The Difference

ByDavid HamblingContributor

Nuclear Sub Club: Do Rising Powers Like India Really Need Nuclear Attack Submarines?

ByMichael PeckContributor

Russia Is Trying To Restore a Giant Nuclear Battlecruiser—It’s Not Working Out

ByDavid AxeForbes Staff

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U.S. Will Start Leaving Afghanistan In 2 Weeks, Biden Says

The U.S. military will begin its final withdrawal from Afghanistan on May 1, and it will end its 20-year-long presence in the country by Sept. 11 of this year, President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

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Delta Touts A Big Increase In Leisure Travel Demand Even As It Posts Another Huge Loss

Delta's revenue earned per available seat mile fell a staggering 46% to just 9 cents per seat mile. That huge drop illustrates the challenge ahead for U.S. airlines as they prepare to fill their cabins with low-spending leisure travelers.

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Royals Will Reportedly Forgo Military Uniforms At Prince Philip’s Funeral, Sparing Prince Harry Embarrassment

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China Blinks As American, Philippine Fleets Challenge Possible Reef Seizure

In the past few months, a growing fleet of Chinese boats anchored around the Philippines' Whitsun Reef, threatening to add it to its holdings of outposts in the region. Here's how a strong joint response by U.S. and Philippine naval forces made Beijing back down.

13 hours ago

Biden’s Assault Weapon Ban Faces Long Odds As States Battle Over Gun Control

President Joseph Biden’s executive actions on gun control are a shot across the bow for the gun industry, but his more ambitious plan for an assault weapon ban faces long odds in Congress.

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America’s Longest Foreign Wars [Infographic]

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Apr 14, 2021

Why Is Australia Building Missiles? Because America Might Hoard All Its Missiles For Itself

Australia depends on U.S. missiles. But Australia fears that if war comes, the U.S. will keep all its missiles for itself.

Apr 14, 2021

‘U-Boat Or Whale?’ Secret WWII Report Explains The Difference

A secret 1943 Australian anti-submarine warfare report notes that whales were often being confused with submarines and vice versa, with fatal results for whales. New biomimetic designs for underwater vessels could make that a problem again.

Apr 14, 2021

Air Combat Is Hard, Air Combat Over Water Is Harder—So The Chinese Air Force Is Practicing

It’s not clear that many of the PLAAF’s crews possess the skills and support they need reliably and safely to fly many hundreds of miles across the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

Apr 14, 2021

Airlines Will Sing About A ‘Recovery’ In Earnings Reports But Dance Around Absence Of Business Travel

Airlines will speak glowingly about the strength of leisure demand they expect this summer -- but big U.S. airlines cannot cover their costs even if they fill every one of their available seats with passengers paying the average leisure fare.

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In the past few months, a growing fleet of Chinese boats anchored around the Philippines' Whitsun Reef, threatening to add it to its holdings of outposts in the region. Here's how a strong joint response by U.S. and Philippine naval forces made Beijing back down.

‘U-Boat Or Whale?’ Secret WWII Report Explains The Difference

Nuclear Sub Club: Do Rising Powers Like India Really Need Nuclear Attack Submarines?

Russia Is Trying To Restore a Giant Nuclear Battlecruiser—It’s Not Working Out

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