Michael Peck
Defense writer. Contributor to Business Insider and the Center for European Policy Analysis. Email: [email protected]
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dailyherald.com | Michael Peck
Posted June 16, 2025 1:15 pm Submitted by Michael Peck Allen Lynch and Colonel Mike Peck display the Colonel Robert McCormick plaque for permanent display at Cantigny.
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19fortyfive.com | Michael Peck
Key Points – South Korea has reportedly scrapped its 2021 plan to build a $5 billion, 30,000-ton light aircraft carrier for 20 F-35B stealth fighters. -Instead, Seoul will pursue a similarly sized “multi-purpose command ship” primarily armed with numerous strike and reconnaissance drones, alongside some helicopters.
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businessinsider.com | Sam Fellman |Michael Peck |Henry Blodget
In the Global War on Terror, America's MQ-9 Reaper was the most terrifying weapon. Armed with missiles and able to stay in the air for 24 hours, the Reaper — and its older cousin, the MQ-1 Predator — became the symbols of Drone Age remote-control warfare. But the skies are not so Reaper-friendly anymore. The Reaper built by General Atomics has a 66-foot wingspan is almost double that of small, crewed planes like the Cessna 172.
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yahoo.com | Michael Peck
Threats to medium-altitude drones like the MQ-9 Reaper are growing. These types of drones are suffering mounting losses in wars from Ukraine to Yemen. These persistent and armed eyes in the sky face a cost-benefit dilemma. In the Global War on Terror, America's MQ-9 Reaper was the most terrifying weapon. Armed with missiles and able to stay in the air for 24 hours, the Reaper — and its older cousin, the MQ-1 Predator — became the symbols of Drone Age remote-control warfare.
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1 month ago |
19fortyfive.com | Michael Peck
Key Points – President Trump’s May 15th suggestion in Qatar of developing an “F-55″—a twin-engine “super upgrade” of the single-engine F-35 because he “doesn’t like single engines”—is as an overly simplistic and impractical concept. -Aircraft design necessitates complex trade-offs between weight, thrust, stealth, and cost; simply adding a second engine to the F-35 would require a complete airframe redesign, effectively creating a new, costly aircraft and negating F-35 commonality benefits.
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Why would NATO want to expand into Asia? Doesn't NATO have enough problems in Europe? My latest for the Center for European Policy Analysis. @cepa https://t.co/ai4rapmi2O
For 30 years, the Reaper and Predator have symbolized the Drone Age. But have modern air defenses ended the Reign of the Reaper? My latest for Business Insider. https://t.co/t6gYfAdgNM
America's M10 Booker light tank project was a fiasco. As European nations rebuild their armored forces, they can't afford to make the same mistake. My latest for the Center for European Policy Analysis. https://t.co/nimpuTFcH1