The U.S. famously recruited Nazi scientists in Operation Paperclip, but were they really responsible for America winning the Cold War?
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This will turn some heads. (U.S. Army WTF! Moments/Instagram).
There’s not necessarily a wrong way to name a tank, at least from the crew’s perspective. This one, though, might have the heads of a few officers and sergeants major spinning.
Seen on the popular “U.S. Army WTF! Moments” page, it appears that an Army tank crew named their M1 Abrams main battle tank “Dahmer’s Fridge.”
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Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorists are slowly being neutralized in Yemen.
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Leveraging contractor-owned maritime drones to augment the Navy’s fleet could be a good long-term option for deploying robotic platforms, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told DefenseScoop.
The Navy’s 5th Fleet has been experimenting with this concept for Task Force 59, which is using unmanned surface vessels equipped with cameras to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in the waters near the Middle East. The commander of 5th Fleet, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, has referred to this deployment model as CONOCO — contractor-owned, contractor-operated, with Navy oversight.
Former UK Defense Minister, Sir Gerald Howarth
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While the U.S. used the “domino theory” with success in order to gain support from the American public during the Vietnam War, former UK Defense Minister Sir Gerald Howarth is attempting to use the same argument to justify his reasoning for inserting NATO troops in Ukraine.
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On January 22, it was reported that a major Chinese state-owned enterprise was in discussions with representatives of one of Russia’s mining and metals companies to help develop the massive Pizhemskoye titanium and quartz deposits located in Russia’s Komi Republic near the Arctic Circle.
The Wagner Group is no longer Russia’s spearhead force in the assault against Bakhmut, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
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US manufacturer Oshkosh has registered $8.28bn in net sales for fiscal year 2022, compared with net sales of $7.95bn in the year prior.
Net income for the full year was $173.9m, or $2.63 per diluted share, compared with $461.1m, or $6.68 per diluted share, in the previous year.
The decrease in net income has been attributed to higher material and logistics costs, manufacturing costs, new product development spending, and other factors.
For the 12 months that ended on 31 December 2022, adjusted net income was $228.7m, or $3.46 per diluted share, compared with $378.2m, or $5.
With the introduction of the ‘Made in India’ aircraft carrier- Vikrant, India is hoping to update its naval fighter fleet. Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III and Dassault Aviation’s Rafale M are in the running to supply the Indian Navy (IN) with cutting-edge naval aircraft. In 2017, the Indian Navy put out a request for bids for 57 fighter planes.
It was estimated that the tender was valued at $6.6 million at the time. The initial purchase for the Navy will include 18 single-seat and 8 twin-seat jets. Both the INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya will be equipped with these planes.
When defending any position, the second-to-last thing a military unit wants to know is that they’re outnumbered. The very last thing the defenders want to know is that they’re massively outnumbered. Being outnumbered leads to a losing mindset, which can be a real morale killer, which further affects a unit’s ability to fight effectively. Being so outnumbered that defeat seems certain can be a self-fulfilling prophecy – but it doesn’t have to be. There are many examples in history of units winning against the odds.