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A provision in the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the annual defense policy bill aims to develop a better understanding of redundancies in how U.S. military services train and fund forces for cyber operations.
The specific item, which was included in the chairman’s mark for the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, directs the comptroller general and the Government Accountability Office to review the Department of Defense’s management of cyber operations.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense has released a video showing a German-made Leopard 2 main battle tank and U.S.-made M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles that it says were captured by its forces in Ukraine. The footage provides us with our closest yet look at examples of these vehicles lost in the recent counteroffensive, with the scene showing the aftermath of the failed breaching operation last week, an incident that we have since looked at in depth.
Dnipropetrovsk Region Governor Serhiy Lysak said the cruise missile attack hit a five-story residential building, injuring at least 25 people.
Serhiy Lysak said the cruise missile attack hit a five-story residential building early on Tuesday, engulfing the area in flames. In a message posted on Telegram, Lysak claimed that people were trapped under the rubble and that rescue operations were underway.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
The Pentagon’s latest plan for the F-35 stealth fighter includes putting a stop on deliveries this summer while it holds out for production jets with the required Technology Refresh 3, or TR-3 hardware to support a range of future improvements.
You can read all about TR-3 and how it is critical to the F-35’s future here and here.
The much-delayed TR-3 upgrade is critical to supporting the Block 4 modernization for the Joint Strike Fighter.
Kyiv said its army had retaken four villages in the eastern Donetsk region as it seeks to push south and threaten the Kremlin’s main defensive lines.
Ukraine has claimed the first battlefield gains since launching its counteroffensive against Russian forces, saying it liberated a number of villages over the weekend after heavy fighting on the southern and eastern fronts of the war.
The Ukrainian 35th brigade released a video on Monday of soldiers raising the blue and yellow national flag over what they say is the reclaimed village of Storozheve in the eastern Donetsk region.
The war in Ukraine has relegated some “hot spots” to the background, such as Syria, where the situation remains complicated, with the involvement of various actors (an anti-terrorist coalition led by the United States, Russia, Turkey, and Iran) and the presence of various jihadist organizations, including the Islamic State [IS or Daesh].
The Ukrainian army reported the recapture of a southeastern town on Sunday, as Russian forces claimed to have repelled multiple attacks in the area. The president’s top adviser Volodymyr Zelenskyy said six people had been injured after Moscow troops opened fire on a ship evacuating people from Russian-occupied areas to Ukrainian territory along a flooded front line far to the south.
The clash on the southeastern battlefield and chaotic scenes in flooded southern Ukraine marked the latest turmoil and bloodshed in Russia’s 16-month-old war in Ukraine.
How many random American flag facts do you know? Flag Day is June 14, a day to celebrate the American flag’s adoption and brush up on some fun history. While July 4 is always a reason to wear red, white, and blue, so is the day when the Stars and Stripes became forever known as […]
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Raytheon, the main contractor of the Patriot air defense system, has announced it plans to deliver five more of them to Ukraine by the end of next year. So far, Ukraine has received two Patriot batteries, one from the U.S. and one from Germany (consisting of German and Dutch components), to bolster its air defenses. The Netherlands agreed in January to also supply a pair of Patriot launcher components.
The announcement from Raytheon represents a drastic expansion of air defense capability for the embattled nation.