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Nov 19, 2025
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is trump allowing qutar to build a military base in the usa

The U.S. has approved construction of a Qatari Emiri Air Force training facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho — but reporting repeatedly states this is a facility hosted inside a U.S. base...

Jan 12, 2026
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During US attacks on Venezuela was there any Air Defence resistance by Venezuela?

Venezuela mounted only limited and largely ineffective air-defense responses during the U.S. strikes and the raid to seize President Nicolás Maduro: multiple analysts and after-action reporting descri...

Dec 3, 2025
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Has the US officially approved F-35 sales to the UAE and when?

The United States formally notified Congress in 2021 of a planned F‑35 sale to the United Arab Emirates under a reported roughly $23 billion package; the Biden administration reviewed and then moved t...

Nov 22, 2025

How do the procurement costs of the Gripen compare to the Eurofighter Typhoon?

Across available reporting, the Gripen is consistently presented as the lower-cost option versus the twin‑engine Eurofighter Typhoon on a simple procurement-unit basis and in many lifecycle-cost compa...

Nov 21, 2025

How does the Gripen's cost per flight hour compare to the Eurofighter Typhoon?

Available reporting consistently says the Saab Gripen has a substantially lower cost per flight hour than the Eurofighter Typhoon, but the exact numbers vary widely between sources and depend on what ...

Dec 3, 2025

What lessons learned from ALIS development informed ODIN’s design and deployment timeline?

ODIN was developed to replace the much-criticized ALIS by reducing operator/administrator workload, improving F‑35 mission readiness, and enabling rapid software updates — goals explicitly cited by Do...

Nov 28, 2025

What statements by Trump prompted public disagreement from senior U.S. naval officers?

Several recent public statements by former President Donald Trump about Navy policy — notably his suggestion of rebuilding “battleships” and his moves to remove or intervene in senior naval leaders — ...

Nov 22, 2025

Did Trump's presidency see any significant reductions in US military personnel deployed overseas?

Available reporting shows President Trump both announced and implemented some troop reductions in specific theaters—most notably rotations out of Romania (about 1,000–1,200 troops) and announced conso...