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If war breaks out, American forces could target Iran’s small navy as well as the vessels belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps militia.

A less dramatic test of North Korea’s heavy artillery that occured at the same time as the May 4 rocket launch arguably is more important.

If war breaks out, American forces likely will attempt to secure Gulf air space by destroying or suppressing Iran’s air forces. The IRIAF’s 1970s-vintage F-14s could be U.S. forces’ first targets.

Fighters arguably are the least important system for Taiwan's new strategy, although they could play an important role firing anti-ship missiles at Chinese invasion ships.

In 2007, U.S. agents even seized four intact ex-U.S. Navy F-14s in California—three at museums and one belonging to a producer on the military-themed T.V. show JAG.

The Finnish air force operates some 62 Hornets, 62 F/A-18Cs and seven F/A-18Ds — the latter a two-seat variant — for a total of three squadrons. That is the same type of fighter that touched down onto the Abraham Lincoln.

A North Korean artillery barrage could inflict as many as 250,000 casualties in Seoul alone, RAND reported, citing a U.S. Defense Department estimate.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin would buy scores of Su-57s over the next eight years in 2019.

The Chinese regime recently carried out a live-fire bombing in the contentious waters of the South China Sea. According to Chinese state-backed media outlet

Any military action in Venezuela would be costly and put American citizens in the country at risk.