The Ukrainain Special Operations Forces Command has reported a successful operation to target a radar from an S-400 long range air defence system on the Crimean peninsula on September 30. The command described the radar as the “eyes” of the system, stressing that it was vital both for detecting targets and for missile guidance, and that without it the entire complex would lose combat capability. It added that its units “continue inflicting significant losses on the enemy, accelerating its inability to conduct further combat operations.
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The Marine Corps formally decommissioned the last of its “workhorse” amphibious landing vehicles in a ceremony in California last Friday, bidding farewell to the machines that have carried Marines from ship to shore and through combat zones around the world for more than 50 years.
The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) became part of the Marine Corps’ repertoire in 1972. It saw action from Grenada to Iraq, and was a critical tool in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as one of the only vehicles adept at navigating the flooded streets of the Gulf Coast.
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The Enduring High Energy Laser system is a high-powered, vehicle-mounted directed energy weapon designed to engage and destroy a broad spectrum of aerial threats…
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I’m thrilled because, after years of pushing against the tide, it feels like the tide is finally turning.
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The burly, tracked vehicles that shuttled Marine grunts from ships to shore for more than five decades were retired from the service last week, making way for the Corps’…
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FN America is one of several companies that have been vying to supply the Army’s future Precision Grenadier System.
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Contemporary conflict is increasingly defined by the demands of protracted competition and high-intensity warfare.
The Republic of Korea Armed Forces are preparing contingencies for the possibility of hostilities erupting on the Korean Peninsula as a direct consequence of a war in the Taiwan Strait, with a senior South Korean military officer stating that the country’s General Staff is actively studying scenarios for such a security crisis. “We are exploring multiple possible scenarios for how events might unfold if a major military conflict occurs around Taiwan in 2027 or 2028, one in which the United States is heavily involved,” the officer stated.
The Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 was the first significant engagement between German and U.S. forces in World War II. The fight delivered a harsh reality check to U.S. military leaders. Early American confidence after Operation Torch collapsed as Axis forces, led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, inflicted an embarrassing setback. In multiple engagements in the Atlas Mountains of west-central Tunisia between Feb. 19 and 24, unprepared U.S. forces retreated chaotically.