TOKYO, JAPAN – A US Air Force bomber has been deployed to the Sea of Japan in a joint exercise with the Japan Self-Defense Force.
This comes just two days after a Russian Federation Pacific Fleet ship assault group fired a P-270 Moskit anti-ship supersonic cruise missile at a conditional target. We recall that the Russian missile hit a target 100 km away.
The joint US-Japan exercise has been deployed over part of the waters of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Along with 12 F-15 fighters and four F-2 fighters, the American B-52 bomber joined the exercise.
Author: Michael
The Air Force has successfully fired its air-launched hypersonic rapid response weapon (ARRW) from a B-52 with initial success. This promising development suggests rapid weapons development for the service as it tries to close the gap between China and Russia.
Lockheed Martin leaves the ARRW
However, although early tests indicate initial success, the service is canceling the ARRW program with Lockheed Martin.
Several KS-19 guns fire at targets in Ukraine. (Screenshot via @UAWeapons on Twitter).
The war in Ukraine has seen a large amount of anachronistic weaponry. For every new drone or high-tech targeting system fielded in the fighting, there are older, outdated weapons being used. Drone jammers are used alongside World War I-era Maxim machine guns. Old Cold War-era T-55 tanks are being dusted off to replace destroyed modern armor pieces.
And now Ukraine is using the KS-19, an anti-aircraft gun that first entered service more than seven decades ago.
The advanced WS-15 afterburning turbofan engine, designed for the Chengdu J-20 fighter of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Forces, has entered series production.
This engine not only enhances the capabilities of the J-20 but also puts China on par with the United States in terms of engine technology for fifth-generation fighters.
The WS-15 and its advantages
The WS-15 promises longer life, lower maintenance, and more power than its predecessor, the WS-10C.
The Falcon 9 rocket that carried the Space Development Agency’s new satellites, shortly before launch. (photo courtesy Space Development Agency).
The U.S. military’s Space Development Agency hit a major milestone today, conducting its first launch to space. The mission sent 10 new communications and missile tracking satellites into low-Earth orbit in a test of the agency’s mission to quickly create a new orbital network of satellites.
The satellites, carried aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
After multiple postponements, SpaceX successfully launched the first set of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 satellites on Sunday, the Defense Department announced.
The launch had been scheduled for Thursday, but the mission was auto-aborted just three seconds before liftoff. It was rescheduled for the following day, but on Friday the SDA announced that it was being postponed again, tweeting that SpaceX was “working quickly to resolve issues discovered during yesterday’s launch attempt.
A member of the Arkansas National Guard stands in front of damaged areas following a series of tornadoes. (photo courtesy Arkansas National Guard).
After a series of tornadoes hit the Midwest and South on Friday, leaving at least 26 people dead, the National Guard is helping rescue and recovery efforts in Arkansas.
The state mobilized 100 National Guardsmen to help with rescue efforts, declaring a state of emergency on Friday. They’re assisting Arkansas State Police in helping people evacuate from damaged areas, directing traffic and pointing people to safe locations.
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According to a recent report issued by a think tank in Beijing, the United States engaged in “intense military action” in China’s backyard despite the war in Ukraine.
In its yearly assessment of U.S. military activity in the South China Sea, the Beijing-based South China Sea Strategic Situation Survey Initiative (SCSPI) claimed that the U.S. military emphasized military deterrence against China despite the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine in Europe.
The Russian military is flying two prototype S-70 “hunter” stealth drones that are expected to be operational by 2024, a significant and potentially worrisome development for the Pentagon.
S-70 Okhotnik: Explained
The Okhotnik is not only stealthy but is also reported to be an armed attack drone, according to numerous reports, including 2018 one on Russia Beyond citing Russian experts discussing the drone.