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Christine Fox, Jamie Morin & Bob Daigle, Defense One
The storied Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office is invaluable to the Pentagon. Three former directors explain why.

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US intelligence, since mid-June, received information that Wagner was planning armed action in Russia, although the scale is unknown.

The Washington Post on June 24 quoted US officials as saying that US intelligence two weeks ago urgently informed the White House and other agencies in the government so that they would not be surprised about Wagner’s actions.

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The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian army repelled more than 20 attacks on Ukraine in a day, causing heavy damage to the enemy.

Ukrainian forces continuously launched attacks across the front lines in a day, being repelled and suffering heavy casualties. The Ukrainian army lost more than 800 soldiers and a lot of military equipment in these attacks, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on June 25.
The heaviest fighting took place in the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk Oblast and its vicinity.

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North Korea accused the United States and South Korea of ​​pushing states of capabilities to the “brink of nuclear war,” vowing to continue to strengthen self-defense capabilities.

“America’s belligerent moves have pushed military tension on the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia, which is very unstable, closer to the brink of a nuclear war,” the North’s foreign ministry said in a statement. Announced on June 26.

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India is planning to equip its navy with 15 MQ-9B SeaGuardians while its army and air force could receive eight SkyGuardians each. (General Atomics)
The Indian government has accorded an Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for the procurement of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS).
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on 25 June that the country’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) had accorded the AoN on 15 June to acquire 31 MQ-9Bs for the three services of the military.

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