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The Trump class “battleship” has breathed new life into the Navy’s railgun ambitions, which it previously shelved after hitting technical hurdles.
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Why is Southeast Asia becoming more vulnerable to nuclear risk even as it remains formally non-nuclear?Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone has long been treated as a stabilizing firewall in an otherwise volatile region. Yet despite the continued legal compliance and strong anti-nuclear norms, the region is increasingly exposed to nuclear danger.Across East Asia, nuclear dynamics are shifting in ways that extend beyond overt weaponization.
“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” Gen. George S. Patton’s quip shows that he not only understood the advantage of audacious combat leadership, but the necessity to develop leaders and organizations that think critically and challenge assumptions. Military education is at the forefront of this endeavor in professional militaries.
Footage released by an Israeli fighter pilot overflying his country’s territory during the ongoing air campaign against Iran has clearly shown an Iranian ballistic missile releasing submunitions during a strike on Israel. Although multiple images of missiles releasing submunitions have been released in the past, this particularly clear footage has highlighted how advances in Iranian missile technologies have posed new challenges to Israeli and U.S. missile defence efforts.
A new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, the Xigaze, has made its public debut with its first training exercise since entering service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, completed combat-oriented training including joint maritime search, rescue and replenishment-at-sea, and special situation disposal training including ship damage control. Exercises were conducted jointly one the new Type 055 class destroyer Anqing, a larger type of ship which integrates many of the same technologies and the same weaponry and vertical launch system as the Type 052D class.
The U.S. Air Force has surged the operational tempo of E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control systems (AWACS) over the Middle East, with the aircraft reported to have been flying in unprecedented density over Jordan, northern Saudi Arabia, southern Iraq, and the eastern Mediterranean. The AWACS are reportedly being relied on to provide a persistent detection capability against Iranian drones and missiles being fired at targets in Jordan and Israel, to compensate for the destruction of much of the network of high value ground-based radars.
An Iranian-aligned Iraqi paramiltiary group, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has claimed responsibility for two successful surface-to-air attacks on U.S. Air Force KC-135 tankers that were overlaying Iraqi airspace. This occurred as attacks on Western forces within Iraq, including U.S. and Italian military bases, have escalated as part of the ongoing U.S.-Iranian war. The U.S. Armed Forces Central Command confirmed the loss of a KC-135, attributing it to a technical issue, while the second KC-135 targeted reportedly managed to land in Israel after sustaining damage. With U.S.
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A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker supporting Operation Epic Fury against Iran crashed in western Iraq after a refueling incident involving two aircraft March 12, U.S. Central Command announced.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing,” CENTCOM said in a statement. “Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
It is unclear if there are casualties. U.S.
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A U.S. KC-135 aerial tanker has gone down over western Iraq, military officials announced Thursday. Rescue efforts are ongoing, according to a brief news release from U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM.
The incident took place in uncontested airspace while it was flying in support of the ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran that began on Feb. 28, the news release says.
“Two aircraft were involved in the incident,” the news release says. “One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.