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The jamming capacity of Russian electronic warfare systems is so strong that NATO-aided NATO bombs and bullets cannot hit their targets.

The UK’s Royal Research Institute for Defense and Security (RUSI) recently released an analysis showing that Russia’s electronic warfare activity is becoming a growing threat to Western smart weapons aid to Ukraine, especially the US JDAM-guided bomb.
“Russian jamming does not stop JDAM bombs from working, but affects their accuracy,” wrote expert Thomas Withington in the RUSI report.

U.S. Space Command is probing government agencies for on-orbit refueling capabilities that will increase the maneuverability and lifespan of its satellites, with a goal to have a sustained maneuver capability in place before the end of the decade.
The combatant command is looking to have sustained space maneuver capabilities operational by 2028, according to Spacecom Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. John Shaw.

Lockheed Martin via NASA

Lockheed Martin’s latest photos of the experimental X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft, or QueSST, built by the company Skunk Works for NASA, provide perhaps the best view so far of its radical forward-vision system, as well as revealing the jet in an increasingly complete state. The aircraft, which provides no traditional forward visibility to its pilot, is by far one of the most incredible looking and outright exotic flying machines we have seen, with its side profile equally as impressive as its head-on view.

China Brief

The medium displacement unmanned surface vessels Sea Hawk, front, and Sea Hunter launch for the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley.

The Navy’s current efforts to test and develop unmanned and autonomous vessels are too vulnerable to espionage from China, Russia, and other U.S. adversaries, warns retired Navy Capt. Jerry Hendrix.

Yevgeny Prigozhin was spotted traveling by private jet to St. Petersburg to get back some of the weapons that Russian security officials confiscated on June 24.

The plane carrying the leader of the private military group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen moving back and forth between Belarus and Russia’s two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, local news agency Fontanka reported on July 5.
Thanks to the agreement to end the rebellion with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as a mediator, all charges against Prigozhin were dropped.

The incident has aroused the attention of experts and defense fans, who seek to understand the circumstances surrounding the event.

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The mysterious downing of Russian Air Force planes on May 13 may have involved Patriot air defense systems, a recently released video from the Ukrainian Air Force suggests.

The Patriot system shot down Russian planes.

South Korea announced that it had recovered debris from a North Korean satellite that fell into the sea after a failed launch, saying it could not be used for military surveillance.

South Korea’s military announced today the end of a 36-day campaign to search for and recover North Korean missile and satellite debris that fell into the western sea at the end of May. The operation was conducted to recover debris And analysis to determine the level of technology North Korea has achieved and whether any foreign components are used.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Divine Cox

The largest iteration to date of Exercise Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) premier training exercise, kicked off yesterday. Mobility Guardian 23 (MG23) sees major international participation from various air forces, evidenced by a Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M Atlas conducting its longest non-stop flight ever, traveling from the United Kingdom to Guam prior to the event. The exercise comes as the U.S. and its allies and partners look to challenge China in the Pacific.

America’s NGAD fighter in development may cost as much as $300 million a piece. Here’s why it may be worth the price.
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