NATO enlargement from 1952 to the present. (NATO/Janes)
Allied leaders meeting on the second day of the 11–12 July NATO summit in Vilnius agreed to a multi-year assistance programme for Ukraine until it meets the conditions of alliance membership. “Our new multi-year programme of assistance for Ukraine will help you transition from Soviet era to NATO equipment and standards and will make Ukraine’s forces fully interoperable within NATO,” the alliance’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, announced at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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A California Air National Guard Pararescue team parachuted to a fishing vessel more than 750 miles off the coast of Costa Rica on July 8, 2023. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Duane Ramos.
As an HC-130 fired off flares to light up the black ocean below, a team of four California Air National Guard Pararescuemen, or PJs, parachuted into the Pacific Ocean July 8 on a daring night time mission to reach a badly injured crew member of a Costa Rican fishing boat.
The F-35 stealth fighter is a game changer in nuclear delivery with its advanced stealth capabilities.
Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki has announced Poland’s plans to join the Nuclear Sharing Program with the United States, considering the inclusion of B61 nuclear bombs in its fleet of F-35s.
The triggers for Poland’s change of position
This significant change in Polish policy comes as a response to Russia’s recent deployment of nuclear weapons and the nuclear arms-sharing agreement with Belarus.
SOCOM may not be Marvel, but some of their special operations gear blurs the line between superpowers and warfighting reality.
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Belarus’ air protection mantle has taken on a new dimension since June 30, with the activation of the second unit of the S-400 Triumf.
The Belarusian Ministry of Defense has deployed its second battalion of the relentless S-400 air defense system, thus reinforcing its heavenly guard.
Art of War: Belarus and its New Air Shield
Belarus’ air protection mantle has taken on a new dimension since June 30, with the activation of the second unit of the S-400 Triumf, a long-range air defense flying fortress.
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The French-made Rafale M from Dassault Aviation is set to be the Indian Navy’s next-generation carrier fighter after New Delhi gave the initial go-ahead to purchase 26 of the jets. The navalized Rafale M — the land-based is already flown by the Indian Air Force — seems to have fought off competition from Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and is planned to be acquired as part of a major French arms package that will also include three Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines.
Russia is in the final stage of development of the fifth-generation PAK-DA bomber, also known as the Izdelie 80.
The Izdelie 80: Last steps of its design
British authorities have disclosed substantial progress in the design of the Russian Izdelie 80 bomber. According to the words of James Heappey, British Armaments Secretary, this prototype would be close to completion.
Russia currently maintains a fleet of strategic bombers, such as the Tu-95, Tu-22, and Tu-160, supplemented by missile carriers.
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The Navy has posted new pictures of its Seawolf class nuclear fast attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22), which was badly damaged when it struck a seamount while on patrol in the South China Sea on October 2nd, 2021. The Connecticut is currently in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, undergoing a long series of repairs that will last until 2026, at the soonest.
Now that Turkey has caved in, Sweden’s NATO membership is within reach. What does the Western military alliance expect from accession? And what does Sweden itself expect?
Like Finland, Sweden applied to join NATO last year after the Russian military aggression against Ukraine started. But while Finland is already a member of the Western defense alliance, Turkey has so far used its veto power against Sweden and, together with Hungary, has blocked the Scandinavian country’s accession.
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The Biden administration is calling up select veterans of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) for deployment to the European theater.
The IRR is typically those who have left the armed services altogether but have a long-term military commitment in times of emergency.
It seems ‘Old Joe’ wants to escalate the Ukraine conflict to a higher level, serving his globalist masters, as it’s definitely not in the national security interests of the United States at this time.