The British Army’s Global Response Group (GRG) has conducted a simulated response to international crises on Salisbury Plain. The exercise was designed to test the integrated performance of infantry alongside other UK armed services.
The GRG brigade has gained additional artillery, engineer, and logistic sub-units to create a third battlegroup built around its existing Royal Gurkha Rifles battalion (GRB) while the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) joined as a light reconnaissance strike infantry.
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The UK has expanded Operation Interflex, the UK-led multinational programme currently training thousands of new Ukrainian recruits in combat infantry skills, to include a platoon commanders’ course to teach tactical battlefield techniques.
Responding to questions in the UK House of Commons on 11 May, UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace said that the platoon commanders’ course had “just started”, with plans to train a total of 20,000 Ukrainian military recruits through Operation Interflex this year.
Are you tired of having to change all your passwords frequently? So is the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is trying to come up with a solution to the annoying problem.
Since its inception in the mid-20th century, DARPA has helped generate many of the capabilities that transformed the U.S. military and in some cases, the civilian world, including stealth tech, precision weapons, the internet and GPS, to name just a few.
The KTSSM, pictured above from a test in 2021, features a payload section carrying a small-diameter penetrator warhead filled with a high‐blast or thermobaric explosive intended to attack protected, underground artillery emplacements. (ADD)
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) conducted a quality certification shooting test (QCST) of the Korean Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile (KTSSM).
The ANAO said the country’s project to construct Hunter-class frigates – an artist’s impression of which is pictured above – faces an 18-month delay, with the first vessel now expected to be delivered in mid-2032 rather than early 2031. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The future of the AUD45 billion (USD30.2 billion) programme to build nine Hunter-class anti-submarine frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was called into question, with a report by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) warning of further delays and significant cost increases.
After his first ride through the city, Capt. George McClellan remarked that “Sebastopol is knocked into a cocked hat.” The siege works outside the Crimean city had been “ploughed & reploughed up by shot & shell–exploded magazines–ruined traverses–broken guns, disabled carriages–charred timber.” Cockaded caps, bent bayonets, and bloodied blouses lay around the French, British, and […]
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A rendering of the Chinook in Luftwaffe markings. Germany has been approved to buy 60 such helicopters for an estimated USD8.5 billion. (Boeing)
The US has approved the sale of Boeing CH-47F Block 2 Chinook helicopters to Germany for an estimated USD8.5 billion.
Announced on 11 May, the US Department of State’s approval for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) covers 60 extended-range helicopters, as well as mission equipment, spares, training, transportation, and support.
“The proposed sale will improve Germany’s heavy-lift capability.
Amid violent riots sparked by the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan, a country with more than 150 nuclear weapons, faces the threat of civil war.
The tension adds to the economic crisis the nation is going through, raising concerns about the safety of its arsenal. Recent events have unleashed a climate of uncertainty and the possibility of a change in the balance of power in the region.
Pakistan is on the Brink of collapse.
The rioters have spread violence across Pakistani territory, from Lahore to Karachi and Peshawar.
US President Joe Biden announced that Ukraine would receive 31 US-made M1A2 Abrams tanks to strengthen its defensive capability against Russia, marking a major policy shift.
This delivery, aimed at improving Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory and achieve its strategic objectives, has aroused great interest in the military arena.
M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams: A Marvel of warfare engineering
The M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams, developed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) in the 1980s, has established itself as the main battle tank of the US Army.
When you see the FAMAS rifle for the first time, you may be attracted by its unique appearance. The front end of this French rifle is one of its most distinguishing features, with a distinctive shape that makes it instantly recognizable.
Apart from this, FAMAS has many other impressive features, including its historical background, technical specifications and fields of application. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into every aspect of the FAMAS Rifle so you can fully understand this unique weapon.