Author: Michael

The German arsenal of main battle tanks, which is barely around three hundred Leopard 2, will be further reduced with the announced deployment of units in Ukraine. This comes at a time when these weapons are again arousing the interest of Western arms procurement authorities.
Local ground systems company Rheinmetall revealed its ability to renew these arsenals a few months ago, amid the war in Ukraine, and has recently offered more details.

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Zunyi, the seventh Type 055 destroyer in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army [PLA] fleet, has made its first public appearance since commissioning. This is reported by the Chinese publication Global Times.
According to journalists, the newer ship was shown in a television report on the occasion of the Lunar New Year celebration in Zunyi, after which the destroyer is named.

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The McCain Neocons

Guest post by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) need to shut-up and sit the hell down on Ukraine, NOW!  I don’t care if they are Senators and veterans, they show ignorance about military strategy and operations, especially in the context of Russia’s ‘near abroad’. They certainly are totally clueless on the history of the region.

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Ukraine MoD

Unlike the recent influx of promises for western tanks, Ukraine has yet to receive any solid offers of modern fighter jets from allies like the U.S., France, the Netherlands, Denmark and others. But it’s preparing airfields across the country in anticipation of deliveries of multi-role jets like U.S.-made F-16 Fighting Falcons or French Mirage or Rafale fighters.
To integrate jets like those into the Ukrainian Air Force would not only require training for pilots and maintainers, but it would also require making sure more modern jets have safe places to operate from.

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