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		<title>Most aircraft losses happen not in the air but on the ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wargame after wargame exploring a Taiwan scenario has reached the same conclusion: Most aircraft losses happen not in the air but on the ground. Airbases across the Western Pacific sit within range of PLA missiles. Active air and missile defenses at forward bases cannot reliably defeat salvos at the scales China can generate, and passive [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The evolution of firepower warrants deep reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evolution of firepower warrants deep reflection, Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations explains: The development of the torpedo at the beginning of the twentieth century enabled an inferior force to defeat a superior one because the new weapons delivered a highly effective pulse of firepower that could be delivered from many small torpedo boats or [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>There is no compelling rationale for sending large, expensive, and highly capable warships into contested coastal waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations looks at modern tactics and operations: If Trident submarines could be targeted, they would go down with many warheads—more than the number of nuclear weapons that would be expended to sink them. These huge submarines seem to have been designed on a cost-effective basis—that is, economies of scale drove the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Because of the way that CRAM lights up the night sky and how much noise it makes, it is hard to keep its operation secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Hambling explains why U.S. Gatling guns are not stopping Iran’s Shahed drones: The Centurion C-RAM (“Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar”) was first deployed in Iraq in 2006 and is a land-based variant of the original Phalanx CIWS (“Close In Weapon System”) used by the Navy since 1980. It is the last line of defence [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Many people in this country believe secret weapons are proper public news</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations explains the trends and constants of technology: DePuy, in unpublished papers, accumulated evidence that in ground combat the impact of a new weapon upon the outcome of a war usually has been local and almost always has been transitory. He believed that a technological surprise by itself never has won [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The ascendancy of the ship lasted a mere moment</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/04/the-ascendancy-of-the-ship-lasted-a-mere-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations discusses great trends. On maneuver: During the age of fighting sail, ships used to stay in a tight column for cohesion and sought to be to windward or leeward of the enemy. Battleships maneuvered to cross the enemy’s T. Picket submarines are pre-positioned to scout and attack in waters through [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>To this day, most warships have little staying power</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/04/to-this-day-most-warships-have-little-staying-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The development of Germany’s V-1 and V-2 and the US’s atom bomb led the Navy, Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations explains, to develop missiles — first Regulus and then Polaris — that could deliver warheads at very long ranges with reasonable accuracy.: The new missiles were called “strategic” weapons because, much like strategic bombers, their [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The idea behind the SCAMP was similar to that of modern personal defense weapons</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/03/the-idea-behind-the-scamp-was-similar-to-that-of-modern-personal-defense-weapons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This piece on five firearms that died at the prototype stage features the usual suspects — SPIW, HK G11, HK XM8, XM25 — and one I wasn’t familiar with, the Colt SCAMP: SCAMP (which is such a rad name for a gun) stands for Small Caliber Machine Pistol. The idea behind the SCAMP was similar [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The A-10 wasn’t designed for drones</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/03/the-a-10-wasnt-designed-for-drones/</link>
		<comments>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/03/the-a-10-wasnt-designed-for-drones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The A-10 Warthog is the ultimate drone hunter for the modern battlefield: In an era where cheap, slow-moving drones like Iran’s Shahed-136 (and its Russian Geran-2 cousin) are flooding the skies flying at just 115 mph while costing as little as $20,000–$50,000 apiece traditional air defenses are bleeding money dry. […] Here’s why the A-10 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes</title>
		<link>https://www.isegoria.net/2026/03/us-confirms-first-combat-use-of-lucas-one-way-attack-drone-in-iran-strikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Central Command has confirmed that the airstrikes on Iran involved the first combat use of the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone: The LUCAS platform is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136. Built by the Arizona-based SpektreWorks, the drone, which can be launched via catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff and mobile [&#8230;]]]></description>
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