Iran’s pro-government media on Wednesday gave extensive coverage of the Saqr missile, saying it has been used in Iraq to target US soldiers in Syria and Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi militia. This links Iran to all these attacks without giving direct credit to Iran.
The Saqr
According to the Tasnim source, this “mystery” missile has been used in numerous places connected to pro-Iranian forces in the Middle East. The fact that the missile can detect targets using optical and thermal technologies explains its function as a cruise missile and “loitering” munition.
Author: Michael
After delivering the last Boeing 747, Boeing reached the mark of 1,000 deliveries of the Boeing 737 MAX family, although it has not communicated this fact.
Irish leasing company Avolon announced on Twitter that it had recently delivered the 1,000th 737 MAX produced by Boeing to a customer. However, it also did not say which customer and when the delivery occurred.
Boeing delivered the first 737 MAX, a 737 MAX 8, to Malindo Air (Batik Air Malaysia) on May 16, 2017.
The contract signed by the Ukrainian defense ministry, the French defense ministry, and Thales covers the delivery of complete short-range air defense systems, including a GM200 radar, a command-and-control center, a radio communications system, and air target designators. The visit to Limours by the two defense ministers included a tour of Thales’s military radar design, production, and support facilities.
Thales’s facility in Limours, France, is now Europe’s biggest air defence research and development hub.
Bryan Clark, Defense One
Despite all the calls to boost production, the U.S. military will be short of key missiles for at least two years. It needs ways to win with what it has now.
Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics
Ukraine needs new fighter jets. Here’s how it would use them.
T&P
The Wagner Group has been designated as a “significant transnational criminal organization” by the US government.
James Lariviere, NIPP
James Lariviere is a retired Marine Corps Major General with more than 20 years of senior civilian and military experience in national security affairs.
Seth Cropsey, RealClearDefense
The RoK Army has created an Army Tiger Demonstration Brigade to test manned-unmanned operations that leverage technologies including AI and unmanned systems such as this 6×6 unmanned surveillance vehicle developed by Hanwha Defense. (Hanwha Defense)
The Republic of Korea (RoK) Army has showcased a new combat unit known as the Army Tiger Demonstration Brigade (ATDB) in a training exercise with the United States.
The exercise was held in Paju city, near the North Korean border. The US Army’s quick reaction unit known as Stryker Brigade Combat Team also participated in the drills.
Al-Monitor
Training exercise represents the tightest collaboration ever, but a deputy commander of CENTCOM tells Al-Monitor the U.S.