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America’s Navy is kicking development of its next-generation stealth fighter into high gear with its 2024 budget proposal.
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One of the most vexing tasks faced by leaders in democracies is the challenge of dealing with dangerous generals.
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Dan Gouré, RCD
Slovakia is to receive new AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters in exchange for transferring its MiG-29s to Ukraine. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Slovakia is to receive Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the United States, in exchange for transferring its MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ fighter fleet to Ukraine.
Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď made the announcement on 22 March, saying that 12 helicopters would be provided, as well as Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-surface missiles.
By Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans and Kemal
Those expecting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine to be a spectacle of Russian military might were soon left sorely disappointed. Yet the degradation of its combat abilities has continued apace, and one year into its war the cracks in the Russian military machine are starting to widen into chasms.
Egyptian naval special forces display weapons that include an Akeron MP to a Qatari delegation at their base in Abu Qir. (Egyptian Ministry of Defense)
An Egyptian naval special forces unit is the first confirmed export customer for the MBDA Akeron MP anti-tank guided missile system, a video released by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense on 18 March revealed.
Around 1,000 personnel and 270 vehicles from the British and Canadian armed forces have completed a six-week-long training package, called Exercise Wessex Storm.
The exercise was conducted in the Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire, south-west England.
Wessex Storm is a routine validation exercise, which continues throughout a year to prepare the participating units for undertaking future deployments under a larger battlegroup.
In Greek mythology, the ship of Theseus slowly replaces individual pieces over time. Eventually, all of the pieces that comprise the ship are replaced, presenting a philosophical question: Is it still the same ship? One could argue the United States military’s approach to personnel policy reform through the continued use of incremental, patchwork policy updates […]
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The carrier-launched F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III has already exceeded expectations. It has flown years beyond its intended useful life and may continue to fly and fight in the future.
F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet, Explained
In recent years, the famed fighter has received new cockpit displays, infrared targeting technology, shaped fuel tanks, weapon upgrades, external gun pods, and special glide-slope carrier landing software called “magic carpet.” This is not an exhaustive list.