The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Ground Force has for the first time equipped a unit operating under the Eastern Theatre Command with Type 99 main battle tanks, providing a significantly superior combat potential to the much lighter Type 96 and Type 96A tanks which units operating under the command have relied on for decades.
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Fifty years after its service entry in the Soviet Army in July 1976, the T-80 remains the most complex main battle tank ever serially produced in Russia, and was developed under one of the most ambitious armoured vehicle programs of the Cold War. Unlike the more numerous and economical T-72 main battle tank, which was designed as a relatively simple, low maintenance, and low cost effective backbone for the Soviet Army and for export clients, the T-80 was developed as a high-end platform for elite Soviet armoured formations.
The Defense Innovation Unit is undergoing a major reorganization effort that will overhaul and collapse its operational portfolios from seven to three technology priorities “where speed, scale, and lethality intersect,” two sources told DefenseScoop on Monday.
One senior defense official and one defense official familliar with this realignment said the Pentagon would likely reveal DIU’s near-term plans and new internal structure publicly this week.
The officials requested anonymity to speak freely ahead of the Defense Department’s official, forthcoming announcement.
Why Ukraine and Russia Can’t Agree On This Donetsk City: Russia claimed on Friday, July 3, that its forces had captured the strategically important city of Kostiantynivka, located in eastern Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin described the industrial city as a “key transport and large industrial center of Donbas” – but within hours of the Russian leader making the claim, Kyiv was mocking it.
Ukraine Needs Patriot Missiles – But The U.S. Can’t Supply Them All: Russia’s latest missile strike on Ukraine has exposed what Kyiv has been saying is one of its most critical vulnerabilities for weeks now: a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles capable of stopping Russian ballistic missiles.
When Russia launched one of the largest aerial attacks of the year overnight into Monday, July 6, a total of 68 missiles and 351 drones were fired across the country, primarily targeting Kyiv and the surrounding region.
2 Rifles triumphed over 14 teams vying for the
In an intriguing article in the New York Times by Amanda Taub, she openly wonders whether the Iranians are playing with fire vis-a-vis the Strait of Hormuz and in the process force the rest of the world, not to submit to its blackmail attempts to control and make nations pay to transit the waterway, but ultimately overplay their hand and be left controlling nothing when the world moves on to alternatives.
Iran’s closure of the Strait gave it important leverage in negotiations with the United States to end the current conflict.
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The Royal Navy has launched a strike-capable dr
As economic pressures ramp up in Moscow, more and more analysts are certain that the war in Ukraine will end via a truce settlement as the Kremlin looks to cut its losses from the war. With Russia increasing its fuel exports to make up for domestic shortages and regular Russians expressing frustration with the war, something has to give way for the war to end. Contrary to the optimistic reports emanating from the pro-Ukrainian side, however, Putin shows no sign of wanting to slow down his costly war, even as Ukrainian drones continue to strike deep behind enemy lines.
U.S. airmen and Marines have been helping to staff the air traffic control tower at Venezuela’s main international airport, the primary lifeline for airlifted aid following a major earthquake, according to U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM.
Recently published U.S. military photos show airmen with a Contingency Response Element from the 621st Contingency Response Wing and Marines from Littoral Combat Force-24 in the control tower at Simón Bolívar International Airport. The pictures show both Venezuelan air traffic controllers using the control tower’s equipment and U.S.