Michael Peck
Defense writer. Contributor to Business Insider and the Center for European Policy Analysis. Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
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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3 weeks ago |
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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3 weeks ago |
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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks ago |
19fortyfive.com | Michael Peck
China’s Encroachment In the Yellow Sea Is Making South Korea Nervous: As if tensions aren’t already running high between China and its neighbors, Beijing is provoking yet another crisis. China is building structures in the middle of the Yellow Sea, in a bid to assert sovereignty over waters that are also claimed by South Korea. South China Sea 2.0 in the Yellow Sea? Now South Korea may respond in kind by building its own structures in the Yellow Sea.
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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
What does Littoral Commander -- a board game available on Amazon -- tell us about a U.S.-China war? Long-range missiles and missile interceptors are key -- and the best way to survive is not being detected by the enemy. My latest for Business Insider. https://t.co/8AZCWOcQDO