Marines at formation. (Cpl. F. Cordoba/U.S. Marine Corps).
The number of service members who have faced courts-martial for sexual assault charges has dropped precipitously over the past decade, according to the Defense Department’s latest report about sexual assault in the military.
In 2013, commanders preferred charges for 71% of cases in which evidence supported charging a service member with sexual assault, the report found. That figure fell to 37% of such cases last year.
The only Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, undergoes a deep renovation before joining the combat fleet in 2024.
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
In February 2023, Admiral Kuznetsov left drydock near Murmansk on Russia’s Arctic coast. The ship is expected to enter service in 2024.
The carrier has experienced a number of accidents during her overhaul, including fires and sinking in dry dock. Admiral Kuznetsov is being equipped with advanced air defense systems, such as the Pantsir-M, and a new integrated air defense control system.
The Russian military has launched a video campaign to attract more professional soldiers to Ukraine.
Posters seeking professional soldiers have also appeared in the Russian capital recently.A new video that has gone viral on Russian social networks shows a taxi driver, a security guard and a physical trainer at work.
new russian recruitment video just droppedfor ‘real men’ onlypic.twitter.com/nH9S4JQC19
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 20, 2023
“Did you really dream of being this kind of defender?” says the video released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
In the 1990s, a Russian immigrant named Tarzan and a crook named Juan Almeida almost managed to sell a Soviet submarine to the drug cartels.
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The United States on Wednesday reinforced its commitment to defend Seoul against any attack from Pyongyang, including sending nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years.
The new expanded nuclear deterrence initiative dubbed the Washington Declaration, was unveiled as US President Joe Biden hosted South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on a state visit amid growing concerns over the increased ballistic missile testing by North Korea.
US-based tankers have begun work at their new main location in Poland as part of a US Air Force Europe activity called Copper Arrow, demonstrating the efforts of US European Command. to bolster security on NATO’s eastern flank with stationed and deployed forces.
Copper Arrow is a “Total Force” initiative involving tankers from the US Air Force Reserve Command and the US Air National Guard Continental, intended to support the resupply capability air throughout the US European Command theater of operations.
The Hungarian Ministry of Defense announced the upcoming reinforcement of its air defense with the acquisition of the advanced NASAMS missile system manufactured by the Norwegian Kongsberg.
NASAMS: Technological armor for Hungary
This missile system and the Israeli Vaskupola anti-missile system will provide the Hungarian armed forces with a state-of-the-art air defense capability capable of efficiently protecting the country’s airspace.
Joseph Zadeh / @aboveaverage.joe
If you happened to be passing by Norfolk Southern’s rail yard in Bellevue, Ohio, recently you might have come across something very usual. Two flatbed railcars were spotted there carrying what look exactly like Russian-made S-300 and Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile systems, but are very likely extremely high-fidelity mockups of them.
Joseph Zadeh, a trainspotter who goes by @aboveaverage.joe on Instagram, was kind enough to share pictures he took of these railcars and their cargo with us.
Ryan sat down with Mike Kofman at WOTR HQ in Washington, DC to talk about Ukraine’s coming offensive; the manpower, materiel, and politics behind it; and lingering questions about Team Biden’s theory of success. Are you a member yet? If not, why not? Image: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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The TR-85M1 MBT, an upgraded version of the TR-85, entered service with the Romanian army, starting in 1997. It is among the least capable MBTs serving in NATO, with lower capabilities in firepower, mobility, and survivability compared with its peers.
