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Aug 22 • digest This Week: Rearming Fast, Striking Deep, Buying Foreign Ukraine and Russia bombed each other's fuel and rocket plants, the Pentagon raced to scale missile output, and allies bought around US-built systems.

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Norway's $2.3B Black Hawk Buy Closes Out Its NH90 Rebuild South Korea Clears $125M Buy of 103 AIM-9X Sidewinders Air Force One Contract Grows to $4.49B, Delivery Slips Navy Weighs Moving Carrier Islands to Match Trump's Taste Navy Reveals Modular Missile Family for Ships, Subs This Week: Rearming Fast, Striking Deep, Buying Foreign Golden Dome Could Halt Oct. 1 Without New Funding, Chief Warns Norway's $2.3B Black Hawk Buy Closes Out Its NH90 Rebuild South Korea Clears $125M Buy of 103 AIM-9X Sidewinders Air Force One Contract Grows to $4.49B, Delivery Slips Navy Weighs Moving Carrier Islands to Match Trump's Taste Navy Reveals Modular Missile Family for Ships, Subs This Week: Rearming Fast, Striking Deep, Buying Foreign Golden Dome Could Halt Oct. 1 Without New Funding, Chief Warns

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The Air Force Wants a $500K Missile. None Exist Yet.

Aug 23 • news The Air Force Wants a $500K Missile. None Exist Yet. The Air Force wants 3,500 supersonic counter-air interceptors at $500K each. WeaponSpecs' own database shows no fielded system occupies that price and capability tier. air defenseprocurement Read more →

Aug 22 • comparison F/A-XX and the Range Gap No Carrier Jet Has Closed The Navy picks an F/A-XX builder this month citing 'longer range.' WeaponSpecs data shows why: no carrier jet in the world clears China's DF-21D threat radius.
Aug 22 • industry Golden Dome Needs 7,800 Satellites to Stop 10 Missiles The Pentagon calls Golden Dome's latest test a success. The CBO's own math says its space layer needs 7,800 satellites to stop just 10 missiles.
Aug 21 • industry GCAP's $6.1B Contract Still Doesn't Price the Jet GCAP is the only next-gen fighter with real, dated government contracts on record, and the £4.6B/$6.1B deal still only funds design, not a jet.
Aug 21 • news The Navy's $76.6B Submarine Deal Isn't a Unit Price The Navy's $76.6B submarine contract implies $4.68B per Virginia-class boat and $5.9B per Columbia-class boat, but neither figure is a real unit price.
Aug 20 • industry Navy's Hypersonic Missiles Span $300K to $67 Million Navy hypersonic missiles range from a $300K target price to $67M a round. The 150x gap reflects two competing theories of hypersonic warfare.

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The Air Force Wants a $500K Missile. None Exist Yet.F/A-XX and the Range Gap No Carrier Jet Has Closed Golden Dome Needs 7,800 Satellites to Stop 10 Missiles GCAP's $6.1B Contract Still Doesn't Price the Jet The Navy's $76.6B Submarine Deal Isn't a Unit Price Navy's Hypersonic Missiles Span $300K to $67 Million The Tomahawk's Promised 17x Production Jump The Air Force Wants a $500K Missile. None Exist Yet.F/A-XX and the Range Gap No Carrier Jet Has Closed Golden Dome Needs 7,800 Satellites to Stop 10 Missiles GCAP's $6.1B Contract Still Doesn't Price the Jet The Navy's $76.6B Submarine Deal Isn't a Unit Price Navy's Hypersonic Missiles Span $300K to $67 Million The Tomahawk's Promised 17x Production Jump

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The Air Force Wants a $500K Missile. None Exist Yet.
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