The USS Connecticut (SSN-22), one of only three Seawolf-class submarines ever built, struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea in October 2021, causing damage severe enough that early speculation suggested it might never return to service. After more than four years of repairs at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the boat is now scheduled to rejoin the fleet by the end of 2026.
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LTC Alan Wood, SOCOM’s Program Manager for Lethality, offers some exclusive insights into the future of SOCOM small arms.
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Armed drones, loitering munitions…
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has deployed its first frigate of the new heavily enhanced Type 054B class, the Luohe, as part of the carrier task group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, marking the new class of warship’s first far-seas mission since entering service. The ability of Chinese frigates to contribute to the operational capabilities of carrier groups has long been overshadowed by the capabilities of the much larger Type 052D and Type 055 destroyers, which carrier larger sensor and armaments suites and more diverse arrays of more capable missiles.
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In 2019, the Missouri River flooded at historically high levels and damaged 137 facilities, destroyed 1.2 million square feet of workspace, and flooded 3,000 feet of runway at Offutt Air Force Base. Repairing the installation cost $1.2 billion. The Trump administration and Department of Defense justified $1.2 billion in budget reductions to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Defense Department climate programs as cuts to “woke” climate or environmental initiatives, but a singular event caused sufficient damage to erase those savings.