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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball arrives in Kagoshima, Japan, Feb. 10, 2023. (Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi/U.S. Coast Guard).

The U.S. Coast Guard is playing an increasingly important role in the U.S. military’s efforts to protect freedom of navigation and commerce in the Western Pacific amid rising tensions with China.
In 2023, the service plans to send three times as many cutters to the Pacific as it did last year, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mike Ryan, deputy commandant for operations policy and capabilities, told Defense One recently.

The A-50 AEW&C aircraft is a key enabler for Russian air operations over Ukraine, and the loss of an airframe to a UAV strike in Belarus will be keenly felt by Russian forces. (United Aircraft Corporation)
A Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) Beriev A-50 ‘Mainstay’ airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft has reportedly been put out of action by saboteurs in Belarus.

The Ukrainian defence intelligence displays the UH-60A. (Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine)
Imagery released by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine shows that the service is operating a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter.
Two images of a UH-60A in a paint scheme that features the Ukrainian flag and roundels were posted by the directorate on social media. In one image the helicopter is pictured next to an Mi-24.

Afghan Army commandos attend their graduation ceremony after a 3 1/2 month training program, at the Commando Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press).

Aerojet Rocketdyne has achieved a milestone with the delivery of the 830,000th attitude control motor (ACM) for the Patriot missile system.
The record achievement was possible due to investments made by the company that enabled it to expand its ACM production by 40%.
In addition to moving from two to three production lines for ACMs, the company made investments in expanding manufacturing space, new advanced equipment, building upgrades, automating processes for production, and more.

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The first four Leopard 2A4 tanks were delivered to Ukraine on 24 February in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (second from left), Poland’s Council of Ministers Chairman Mateusz Morawiecki (centre), and Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov (second from right). (Ukrainian MoD)
The first four Leopard 2 main battle tanks arrived in Ukraine on 24 February, the country’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website the evening of the same day.

Ukrainian Forces in Donbass

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On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv is preparing to launch attacks in an effort to recapture Crimea. The plan for the attacks includes forming new military units and sending forces to train in other countries.
“There are military steps, and we are preparing for them. We are ready mentally.

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After a claimed attack by a Belarusian partisan group on Sunday using drones, we have obtained satellite imagery of Machulishchy Air Base, located south of Minsk from Planet Labs. The image, taken this morning on February 28, 2023, shows the A-50 Mainstay airborne early warning and control aircraft that was supposedly attacked still largely intact on the flightline at the base.
You can read our full initial report on this claimed incident here.
Russian Air Force A-50U Mainstay.

Thuraya 4-NGS satellite (pictured) will be launched in 2024 onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (Thuraya)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies Yahsat and Thuraya will exercise their contract option with Airbus for an additional dual-use telecommunications satellite, Sulaiman Al Ali, chief commercial officer (CCO) at Yahsat and CEO at Thuraya, told Janes at IDEX 2023, held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February.
The satellite – Thuraya 5-NGS – will be identical to the 4-NGS telecommunications satellite being developed by Airbus.