Chris Servello, RealClearDefense
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, it is worth remembering a simple truth: our nation’s prosperity, security, and global influence have…
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Sam LaGrone, USNI News
Fleet Exercise 250 Combined 32 Ships from 15 Navies in a Once-in-a-Generation Naval Exercise
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Time to ‘kick’ Putin when he is down? So reads the headline in one of the United Kingdom’s major daily newspapers. The smart money is that as the heads of the NATO alliance member states meet in Ankara this coming week, this is precisely the proposition that will be part of the discussions.
That Russia’s situation in this war worsens by the day is no longer an op-ed columnist’s wish fulfillment or a fantasy prediction.
Two British Armed Forces F-35B fifth generation fighters operating from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales intercepted and escorted a Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine warfare aircraft in the Norwegian Sea. According to the British Ministry of Defence, the Russian aircraft passed close to the aircraft carrier at low altitude and dropped a large number of sonobuoysin close proximity. The deployment of a Tu-142 near a NATO carrier group is significant because the aircraft’s primary mission is not conventional attack, but maritime intelligence gathering and anti-submarine warfare.
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Russia’s largest tank producer Uralvagonzavod has elaborated on ongoing efforts to modernise the T-80 main battle tank, as the vehicles continue to play a significant role in the war effort in the Ukrainian theatre. “The upgrade of the T-80BVM tank continues in all the military-technical aspects: firepower, protection, mobility and crew control. However, the final parameters of these upgrades remain beyond the framework of public disclosures. The main result should be the increased effectiveness of this armoured vehicle’s use,” the Uralvagonzavod press office stated.
What do you do when two identities that make up your deepest self find themselves on opposite sides of a moral and spiritual battlefield?I am Catholic. I have been one for over 20 years since I made the life-altering decision to join a friend for Mass one day. My faith became a spiritual and ethical foundation at a time I sorely needed it, so much so that for a time, I contemplated entering the priesthood, which replaced my previous career goal of entering the CIA.
Footage from the Ukrainain theatre has shown a new configuration of the Russian T-72B3 main battle tank integrating improved armour protection and the Arena-M active protection system, with the vehicle seen concealed in a firing position. The tank was operating with Battlegroup Centre in the Dnipropetrovsk area, and appears to have been deployed defensively. It was previously reported that when Battlegroup Centre assault troops were conducting pre-combat preparation at a rear training ground in May 2026, they were equipped with T-72 tanks with the Arena-M system.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has announced that, at 12:01 on July 6, a strategic nuclear submarine successfully launched a ballistic missile carrying a training simulated warhead into the Pacific Ocean, with the missile having accurately landed in its designated target area. The missile in question is reported to have been the JL-3, which was introduced into service near the beginning of the decade to modernise the capabilities of the Navy’s Type 094 class strategic submarines.