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In yet another blow to military service members, those who did not meet the full term of their contract due to being kicked out of the military for not complying with the Covid vaccine…
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The Biden administration’s decision to send Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine is being heralded as a sign that the United States and its Western allies will back Kyiv’s efforts…
Chris Booth, Strategy Bridge
Republic Day is celebrated nationwide on January 26th annually. The day is traditionally celebrated with a parade of colour along Delhi’s Kartavya Path. Still, many individuals also took the opportunity to celebrate the significant national holiday by sharing online declarations of patriotism.
An Egyptian military contingent participates at India’s Republic day parade in the presence of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. pic.twitter.
The practice of turning disparate information into battlefield insights is an old one. Military cartography dates back centuries, with data collectors and designers collaborating to create now-famous maps of prominent battles; Robert Adams’ visualisation of the Spanish Armada, published in 1590, is one early example.
Data continues to aid strategic planning and public understanding of conflict. But the sheer amount of data pumping out into cyberspace, ease of access and the imperative to process it in real time is asking new questions of defence planners.
Global aerospace and defence company General Dynamics has registered $3.4bn in net earnings for the full year 2022, a 4.1% increase compared to 2021.
The company’s diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $12.19 in 2022, up 5.5% from 2021.
Revenue for the full year rose 2.4% to $39.4bn against 2021, and the operating margin was 10.7%.
In the fourth quarter, the company reported net earnings of $992m, a 4.2% increase from the same quarter a year ago.
Its EPS was up 5.6% from the same quarter in the previous year to $3.58. Revenue was $10.9bn for the quarter, up 5.
Ukraine is to join the CV90 user club, as a result of the Swedish donation of IFVs of the type to Kyiv. (BAE Systems)
Ukraine is to join the CV90 user club, Janes learnt at Defence iQ’s International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2023 conference being held in London on 23–26 January. Ukraine is becoming the latest user of the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle, as a result of the Swedish donation of CV90s to Kyiv.
The CV90 user group currently numbers seven countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
In the marginalia of his copy of On War, influential fighter pilot-theorist John Boyd laments that Carl von Clausewitz never thought about inducing friction for the adversary: “Overcome friction, yes—but also why not magnify friction for the adversary commanders?” Perusing his pencil marks, “He does not imply that it may be beneficial to increase friction.” […]
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A file image of PNS
Saad
, one of the Pakistan Navy’s three Khalid-class submarines. The service recently took delivery of another modernised boat, PNS
Khalid
, from STM. Another vessel, PNS
Hamza
, completed its modernisation programme with STM in 2021.
(Naval Group)
The Pakistan Navy has received its second modernised Khalid (Agosta 90B)-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) from Turkish company STM.
An artist’s impression of the Global Combat Air Programme aircraft formed as a result of a merger of the UK-Italian Tempest and Japanese F-X projects. (Crown Copyright)
Japan and Sweden have signed an agreement that could enable the Scandinavian country to play a role in the new Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).
The two countries signed the ‘Agreement on the Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology’ in late December 2022, about two weeks after GCAP partners – Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom – announced the joint fighter aircraft programme on 9 December.