When responding to a call for fire, mortar crews have to verbally yell out deflection, charge, and elevation before dropping a round in the tube, but a new mortar system being developed for the Army and Marine Corps could automate much of that process.
The Scorpion Light 81mm mobile mortar system allows crews to use a map-like device to digitally enter the information needed to hit targets, and then the tube is moved into firing position automatically, said James Knight, director of business development for Global Military Products.
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In 1995-96, the U.S. Navy sailed two aircraft carriers through the Taiwan Strait after Beijing tried to blockade Taipei. China stood down and was humiliated. Senior National Security Editor Brandon Weichert argues China spent the next 30 years building the answer. The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force’s anti-access and area-denial arsenal now includes the DF-21D carrier killer, the DF-26 Guam Killer with a 4,000-kilometer range tested for anti-ship use in 2020, and the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense has agreed a deal with Smart Shooter for SMASH Hopper lightweight remote-controlled weapon stations.
Robert Knievel was in his late teens, and he already faced a crossroads.
It was of his own making. Hell-bent on testing the limits of authority, Knievel ran afoul of the authorities in his native Montana several times. The judicial system finally tired of Knievel’s criminal antics and offered him a choice: Spend time in prison or enlist in the military.
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While Knievel was a troublemaker, he was not dumb. He joined the United States Army and became a paratrooper.
The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing since 2001. Eight hundred and thirty-eight built. Roughly 550 are still in active service. Combat missions over Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and now Iran during the opening waves of Operation Epic Fury. The aircraft Tom Cruise flew in Top Gun: Maverick. The aircraft that every American carrier strike group has built its operations around for the past two decades. Boeing is shutting down the production line in 2027, and the Navy has to make the existing fleet last into the 2050s.
The South Korean Defence Ministry has initiated the formal process to procure nuclear powered attack submarines, after the Navy submitted relevant documents to the Joint Chiefs of Staff outlining the need for the program and specifying requirements. The Joint Chiefs are now reviewing the Navy’s proposal, and are expected to hold a meeting before the end of the month to finalise the requirements for the program.
“The Dodge Durango of submarines.” That’s how a former U.S. Navy admiral described the Virginia-class attack submarine. The framing is correct by every credible technical measure. The Virginia-class is the most capable nuclear attack submarine ever built — quieter than the Russian Yasen-class, more heavily armed than the British Astute, and now carrying 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles per boat in the Block V configuration. It is also produced at half the rate the Navy actually needs.
The Cuban Armed Forces have deployed Soviet-supplied S-125M/M1 medium range surface-to-air missile systems for air defence exercises, at a time when the country faces an imminent threat of a U.S. led assault. Trump administration officials have since the beginning of the year provided multiple indications of plans to use military force against Cuba, with the bringing of charges by the United States against former Cuban leader Raul Castro, among other leadership figures, on May 20, considered a significant escalation intended to provide pretext for attacks.
Andrew White, Breaking Defense
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Somewhere between Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro on May 10, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz became the longest-serving flattop in Navy history, the service said this…