The Russian Navy has deployed the Slava class cruiser Varyag to participate in Joint Sea-2026 exercises with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, with the warship arriving at the Chinese port of Qingdao on July 5. The exercise will be carried out in three phases which focus on force assembly, planning at the harbour, and maritime operations respectively, with both countries planned to conduct joint reconnaissance, air and missile defence, and maritime strike operations.
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The U.S. Air Force has announced that the first B-21 next generation strategic bombers in active service will be based at Ellsworth Air Force Base, with the facility also expected to host a Formal Training Unit, meaning it will be central not only to operational deployment but also to training aircrew and maintenance personnel for the new aircraft. The airbase is being transformed under a $2 billion infrastructure modernisation program, which will provide the maintenance, training, and mission support facilities required for the highly complex stealth aircraft.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have deployed A-50U airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems to provide to provide support to missile defence efforts, in particular to help intercept FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile strikes which are being launched from Ukraine against high value strategic targets. This gained particular attention after Russian air defences in shot down more than five of the missiles in the early hours of June 5, with these missiles having followed a Volga route via Volgograd towards Votkinsk in Udmurtia.
The Polish government carried out a discreet transfer of surface-to-air missiles from the MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence system to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with this reported by multiple regional sources to have occurred in the spring of 2026. The missiles were taken from the Polish Armed Forces own operational inventory, and had been relied on to sustain the country’s long-range air defence readiness.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s newest aircraft carrier the Fujian has been widely reported by local sources to be the world’s first aircraft carrier with an operational hard-kill anti-torpedo defence system, with Chinese defence publications and analysts highlighting that launchers visible on the ship are almost certainly intended for the system.
On 3 July, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported that overnight it had successfully attacked two Russian military air bases on the illegally occupied Crimea peninsula. The Ukrainian service stated that this drone strike had damaged or destroyed at least seven military aircraft in what was the second reported attack on the Saki air base within a week.
…better leaders will have fix it, at greater cost, later…
Barely a month after a rash of resignations from Labour’s defense cadre, we’re starting to see what this is about.
The details only confirm what we have all seen coming: those given stewardship of the defense of the United Kingdom do not think it worth defending, nor do they think she should have the ability to effectively do her fair share in the collective defense with her allies.
Two members of the Tennessee National Guard shot and killed an armed man early Sunday in Memphis, law enforcement said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said today that Memphis police and National Guard soldiers who are in the city as part of a federal task force responded to reports of gunfire just before 4 a.m.
Memphis police officers were chasing a man armed with a hand gun. Tennessee National Guard soldiers joined the chase for the armed man, identified as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson.
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The Navy suspended its search for a sailor who went missing after their helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea at the start of the month.
The Navy’s 5th Fleet said in a post Sunday afternoon that several ships and Air Force aircraft spent more than four days looking for the sailor, who was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5. The sailor was one of four onboard a Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, which crashed into the water on July 1. Three crew members onboard the helicopter were recovered shortly after the crash and reported in stable condition on Wednesday.