Alex Hollings

The F/A-18 Super Hornets employed by America’s Navy as carrier based air-to-air and ground support fighters have earned their reputation among the most effective military aircraft ever to take to the skies. Over decades of service, the Hornet and Super Hornet platforms have proven invaluable to American defense strategy and force projection around the globe, […]

In March of this year, NEWSREP reported on a new Navy proposal that sought to double its standing order of Ford class super carriers from one to two, creating a larger initial cost but a dramatic reduction in overall costs for the two vessels’ construction. The intent behind the proposal was simple: by building two […]

As far as space heroes of the Soviet Union go, Valery Ryumin is among the most prolific. An experienced cosmonaut throughout the Cold War, including two long duration stays aboard the early generation Salyut-6 space station almost twenty years before the International Space Station came online. Once the Soviet Union fell, Russia’s space program, Roscosmos, […]

This past Friday, President Trump’s lawyer and famed former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani posted what has become a run of the mill tweet from members of the Trump administration: accusing Special Counsel Robert Mueller of using his position to negatively affect the president’s national and international endeavors. The tweet in itself wasn’t extraordinary, but a […]

In the movie “Hunter Killer,” which hit theaters this past October, a fictional stand in for Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself captured by his rogue defense minister. The ensuing coup attempt promises to ignite a third world war, and as such, U.S. Navy SEALs and submariners are dispatched to save the Russian president and, […]

This past October, NATO troops joined forces with nations friendly to the alliance to conduct the largest joint military exercise assembled by the organization since the end of the Cold War: Trident Juncture 18. The drills, which took place in and around the Baltic and Norwegian Seas, were meant to offer the varied military forces […]

Famed defense contractor Lockheed Martin has its hands in just about every facet of the American defense apparatus. From the nation’s flag-ship fighter, the F-35, to hypersonic missiles and hardened GPS satellites, the contracting giant’s wide array of specialties are counted on by the U.S. government to maintain the leading edge (or occasionally play catch […]

Read Murder in America: How cops may have caught the most prolific serial killer in US history at a homeless shelter (Part 1). A 2012 arrest of Samuel Little on narcotics charges at a homeless shelter in Kentucky resulted in a DNA match for three unsolved Los Angeles murders. Now, Little has claimed to have […]

Amid what would appear to be a steady march toward war with Ukraine, tensions between Russia and member nations of NATO continue to ratchet up. On Monday, the head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, delivered a pointed message to the Kremlin regarding Moscow’s recent behavior that many in the West characterize as both aggressive […]

Although it was introduced way back in 1966, and retired from service a whopping eighteen years ago, the SR-71 Blackbird remains among the most popular military aircraft of all time — and for good reason. Despite its relative old age when compared to modern feats of aviation ingenuity like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter or […]

Defense Secretary James Mattis spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum over the weekend, taking the opportunity to discuss critical elements of the U.S. national security strategy, dispel misconceptions about the nation’s defense apparatus, and notably, take a few shots at Russian president Vladimir Putin and even China. When asked directly about Russia’s recent aggression […]

For the first time since relations have begun to warm between the two Koreas, a North Korean soldier defected across the militarized border dividing the nations on Saturday. While the defection may offer strong indications that the quality of life among North Korea’s people has not improved under continued economic sanctions, North Korea’s formal reaction […]