The Wagner Private Military Company (PMC), a notorious Russian paramilitary organization, has come to the fore for its role in the war in Ukraine, but the group has been politically active in many countries for years.
Since its inception in 2014, Wagner Group contractors have been deployed in numerous wars abroad, including those in Syria, Yemen, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and Libya, where they protect leaders and commanders of ruling or incoming militias to fill loopholes. of security.
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The U.K.-supplied Storm Shadow missile, with a 155-mile range and claimed pinpoint accuracy, is having a “significant impact” for Ukraine, the U.K. says.
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Lockheed Martin has won the first phase of the Army’s long-range electronic warfare program.
The contract is for Phase I of the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade, a capability that will be designed for higher echelons — primarily division and corps — that will need to monitor and sense the battlefield across greater distances than lower, more tactically focused echelons. It will be used by the Army’s Multi-Domain Task Force.
Unit 684 was a black ops team with a mission to assassinate the leader of North Korea. However, they met a tragic end.
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Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighter jets reportedly approached the 24-nautical mile line of the island of Taiwan on Sunday, a move that experts say is entirely legitimate and will become more frequent if the “Taiwan independence” secessionist forces continue to provoke.
In a press release Sunday morning, Taiwan’s island defense authority said it had detected 21 PLA planes and five ships around the island in the past 24 hours, including eight J-10 fighters that had crossed the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced the launch of the ELM-2060PES, a new generation AESA SAR/GMTI combat pod recently developed by its defense systems subsidiary, ELTA Systems Ltd.
The ELM-2060PES builds on the legacy of the combat-proven ELM-2060P system, which has been in service for decades with air forces around the world.
The ELM-2060PES module is an airborne Active Electronically Scanned Radar (AESA) system, providing state-of-the-art Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) capabilities with a two-way data link.
In the first of a series of conversations on the topic of the defense industrial base and capital, Ryan is joined by Dan Gwak of Point72 Private Investments and James Parker of Leonid. If you’re a policymaker, founder, technologist, in finance, or a defense acquisitions professional this is a must-listen episode. Image: Department of Defense
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Yevgeny Prigozhin has spoken for the first time since his Wagner Group mutiny ended in a murky peace deal, expressing “regret” for shooting down Russian military planes but saying he was given no choice.
Wagner’s boss, normally prolific in posting posters, had been conspicuously silent a day and a half after abruptly halting his march on the Russian capital following an alleged deal brokered by the Belarusian president.
The Marines have an illustrious history of storming enemy beaches. But as it prepares for future conflicts, the service isn’t where it needs to be for incorporating robotic systems into all stages of its amphibious operations, Commandant Gen. David Berger suggested.
In recent years, the Corps has been undergoing a transformation in pursuit of Force Design 2030, which includes acquiring cutting-edge tech and jettisoning older platforms, such as tanks.
This poster shows the four prototypes for the Army Tactical Brassiere that are being tested. (U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center).
Women who serve in the U.S. military can and will tell you often how their body armor and uniforms were clearly not designed for the female anatomy, so it seemed like a positive step last year when the Army announced it was testing a better fitting brassiere that would give women more support when they wear their combat gear.