Jack Yoest, RealClearDefense
There’s a growing threat to American prosperity that too few in Washington are talking about
Author: Michael
WM
Heavier, faster, more lethal, cyber hardened and more reliable are just a few of the attributes woven into the U.S.
Aviationist
The second test of the MQ-20 Avenger with Shield AI’s autonomy software saw the UCAV conducting more complex missions with both live and virtual aircraft.
On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory over Japan, at the cost of thousands of Marines and soldiers.
80 years since the Battle of Okinawa, a memorial to the dead stands on the island, with residents commemorating the end of the fighting each year. This year, the occasion is one of the last major anniversary events marking eight decades of the last year of World War II. The fighting ended on June 22, 1945.
In the late hours of June 23 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missile strikes on Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar. Footage has confirmed the large scale use of U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to intercept the strike, with explosions filmed from the skies of Doha. The U.S. Central Command has claimed successful defence against the strike, which was launched using both short and medium range ballistic missiles, with President Donald Trump reporting that the attack was a “very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered.
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The U.S. military is going through its “reps and sets” via training, exercises, and wargames to make sure it is ready for a major war. The defense industrial base is only just getting started on serious wargaming, and that needs to accelerate.Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and guardians will need a durable industry — defense and otherwise — that can stay in the fight, especially a fight involving China, because it would likely be protracted and costly.
For centuries, infantry attacks have begun with a cacophony of eardrum-splitting gunfire. However, today, many engagements are initiated by the unflinching eyes of drones.Now the ability of infantry to effectively engage targets is no longer limited to human soldiers’ line of sight.
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U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer early Sunday local time, according to senior officials.
The event marked the first-ever operational employment of the weapon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday during a press briefing at the Pentagon.
The 30,000-pound GBU-57 bomb, also known as the MOP, is designed to be capable of attacking underground targets. It can reportedly hit locations hundreds of feet below ground level.