(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Though Ukraine is bracing for a looming new Russian offensive, it won’t come through Belarus or be directed against Kyiv, Ukraine’s parliament announced Wednesday.
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China has surpassed the United States in the number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers it possesses. The assessment comes amid growing concerns over China’s efforts to rapidly expand its nuclear arsenal. On top of that, relations between the U.S. and China are at a particularly low point after a surveillance balloon belonging to Beijing was discovered in American airspace last week.
The data about Chinese ICBM launchers came in a brief letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees authored by U.S.
The U.S. military’s mission to recover the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast on Saturday is ongoing. But even ahead of its full retrieval of the system’s payload, the Defense Department has already drawn a number of key insights about what officials are calling a much “larger Chinese surveillance balloon program,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
The U.S. could train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s in a matter of months. Jamie Hunter
Ukraine still has not receiving a solid offer for donated Western fighter jets to improve the capabilities of its air force. However, of the types available, it seems one has been consistently the forerunner, and understandably so — the F-16. This is primarily due to the type’s availability, ease of support and sprawling logistical infrastructural, the capacity to train its pilots to fly it, and its highly adaptable multi-role capability.
FILE – Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with lawmakers. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press).
With President Joe Biden set to release his fiscal 2024 budget in early March, Republicans in the House of Representatives may be headed for a civil war over an issue that has traditionally unified conservative lawmakers: defense spending.
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office has developed a new tool that could ultimately help Defense Department components write contracts using artificial intelligence and speed up the acquisition process.
The “Acqbot” prototype is part of the CDAO’s Tradewind initiative.
“Speed to contract in my functional lane is extremely important. And I think it’s going to be a differentiator in whatever cyber wars are going to happen in the next couple [or] few years,” Bonnie Evangelista, Tradewind execution lead, said at the ATARC federal IT modernization summit on Wednesday.
Aviation Survival Technician Third Class Branch Walton, center, along with the crew of an MH-60 Jayhawk after rescuing a man off the coast of Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard).
Last Friday, U.S. Coast Guard personnel conducted an audacious rescue, pulling a man from the big waves and choppy seas of the Oregon Coast. For the rescue swimmer, Aviation Survival Technician 3rd Class John “Branch” Walton, it was a fitting way to complete the Coast Guard’s Advanced Helicopter Rescue School, as he and his classmates were set to graduate just a few hours later.
Imagine you’re a fighter pilot, and your F15E is shot down in enemy territory. You yank your ejection handle before you too become a great ball of fire. Your unit has equipped you with lifesaving gear to give you the best survival odds. The minute your parachute opens, you immediately put in your critical comms earpiece to contact combat search and rescue. Kapow, it blows out your eardrum, proving more painful than the actual ejection from your jet.
Jameeka Green Aaron is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Customer Identity at Okta. Aaron has 25 years of experience in information technology roles in the public and private sectors, including 18 years with the U.S. Navy and defense industry organizations. Aaron has a passion for helping U.S. military organizations modernize their technology offerings and improve the digital experience for their users.
The Department of Defense (DOD) has a diverse user population like no other organization in the world. The scope of DOD personas includes active-duty U.S.
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