Chels Michta, CEPA
The transparently aggressive decision to move Russian nuclear weapons hundreds of kilometers westward cannot be left unanswered.
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Raytheon received an $81 million contract to work on the More Opportunities with the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, or MoHAWC, program.
Elizabeth Lawrence, American Military N.
A U.S. Navy cargo ship ran aground on Saturday in Bahrain shortly after leaving a shipyard in Al Hidd.
According to 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr….
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The Pentagon is bolstering its defenses in the region as Congress presses the Biden administration to crack down on Iran’s oil and gas exports.
The Russia-Ukraine war has prompted the Bundeswehr to replace its ammunition stocks and Rheinmetall will supply its needs.
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A model of the FFX-III frigate on display at Hanwha Ocean’s exhibition stand during MADEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has emerged as the preferred bidder in a programme to supply the country with two more Chungnam (FFX-III)-class frigates, the company confirmed to Janes on 17 July.
The UK has awarded a GBP20 million contract to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for Trophy-MV APSs for testing on the Challenger 3, a prototype of which is shown at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2021 show, fitted with a mock-up of the system. (Janes/Riccardo Cociani)
The UK has awarded a GBP20 million (over USD26 million) contract to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for the Trophy active protection system (APS) for testing on the Challenger 3 main battle tank, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced in a press release on 13 July.
Aerospace and defence patents have fallen steadily in the past quarter, the industry has reached its lowest patent count since Covid-19.
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In June 2023, Russia’s expert community descended into a public debate about the wisdom of preemptive nuclear use. The exchange occurred against the backdrop of Ukraine’s counteroffensive and betrayed a fear that Russia might lose the war — if not imminently, then over time. The debate about nuclear use marked a qualitative shift compared to previous Russian debates in that select voices flirted expressly with nuclear strikes against European countries, expressing considerable confidence that the United States would not retaliate in kind.
American power and prosperity are destined to decline unless Washington can reverse the decline of U.S. manufacturing capacity and the toxic effects of decades of defense consolidation. In 2022, the Defense Department assessed that it was “increasingly reliant on a small number of contractors for critical defense capabilities” and that current policies and investments were not supportive of a defense ecosystem built for peer conflict.