The Polish navy has reignited its ambitions to bolster its fleet with state-of-the-art submarines through the relaunch of the Orka program. Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak fulfilled his May promise by officially announcing the program’s revival on July 17. In a series of tweets, Błaszczak revealed that the Polish arms agency has initiated “preliminary consultations” with potential manufacturers interested in securing the submarine contract. The submarines are expected to be crucial to the country’s military modernization efforts.
“The execution of the Orka program has begun.
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A soldier pending disciplinary action and potential separation from service reportedly crossed the heavily fortified demilitarized zone into North Korea on Thursday and is now in their custody, according to statements made by several U.S. officials and the United Nations Command. “A U.S. National on a JSA orientation tour crossed, without authorization, the Military Demarcation […]
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The new Defence Command Paper has revealed that there will be no increase to platform fleets in any domain.
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The military is too slow to field critical electronic warfare capabilities, according to a prominent member of Congress.
“I’m seeing a lot of talk, a lot of thinking going on behind closed doors. I don’t see the output, the actual combat capability output that we need in EW. We’re not there yet,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a retired electronic warfare one-star general with the Air Force, said Tuesday during an event hosted by the Hudson Institute. “A lot of planning, not a lot of output. We’re just too slow.
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A member of the U.S. armed forces is believed to be in detention in North Korea. That individual crossed the inter-Korean Military Demarcation Line at the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom and did so deliberately, though their exact motivations remain unclear. This comes amid a surge in geopolitical friction on the Korean Peninsula, punctuated by the arrival today of the first U.S. Navy Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarine to visit the South in four decades.
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Republic of Korea Army Soldiers guard the Joint Security Area inside the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjeom, Republic of Korea, 23 June 2023. (U.S. Army photo).
A U.S. service member “willfully” crossed into North Korea and is reportedly being detained there, US and South Korean officials said Tuesday.
The incident occurred at the Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom, an 800-meter wide complex of buildings along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) overseen by the United Nations Command which is used for diplomatic purposes.
One of the first two of 16 H225M helicopters for Hungary departing Airbus’ Marignane production facility in southern France. (Airbus)
The first two of 16 Airbus Helicopters H225M multirole rotorcraft were delivered to Hungary on 18 July, the manufacturer announced.
The helicopters, which are equipped with the company’s HForce Generic Weapon System (GWS), were flown directly from Airbus’ Marignane production facility in southern France to Szolnok Air Base in central Hungary.
The first Russian civil war began in a very familiar way. Russian society was so far behind the rest of the developing world, the gap between Russian aristocracy and the common people had never been wider, and it was compounded by economic hardship, short supplies, and military failures.
Russia lost a devastating war leading up to its entry into World War I as the Tsar regime became increasingly autocratic. As casualties and losses among conscripted men mounted during the great war, the people had finally had enough.
The military isn’t for everyone. Sometimes, people discover this fact during basic training and decide that they want out. From Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, busting out of boot camp is not a new idea. However, one Army trainee made his escape in an extreme way.
Fort Jackson is one the Army’s largest basic training posts (U.S. Army)
On May 6, 2021, 23-year-old Pvt. Jovan Collazo was in his third week of basic training with the 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson.
July is the most patriotic month of the year for the obvious reason that fireworks are abundantly available and there is no taboo of setting the sky on fire long into the night on Independence Day. My favorite 4th of July had to be when I was 13 looking for excitement in the streets of New York City with my cousins and some friends. Some of the older kids’ siblings went out of state and managed to smuggle some freedom for us. The city was especially chaotic that evening. I do not think I’ve ever witnessed one like it – there were fireworks fired from the streets and the rooftops.