Madelyn Creedon, Eric S. Edelman, Franklin C. Miller, Vipin Narang & Keith B. Payne, RealClearDefense
Defining U.S.
Author: Michael
The WarZone
LTC Alan Wood, SOCOM’s Program Manager for Lethality, offers some exclusive insights into the future of SOCOM small arms.
Brent D.
BrDef
Armed drones, loitering munitions…
Global Defense News
The U.S.
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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.
In 2004, I was a boot (translation: brand new) first lieutenant in 1st Battalion, 7th Marines at a retransmission site in the middle of nowhere, al-Qa’im, Iraq. I heard a sudden explosion and small-arms fire two kilometers away. The battalion radio net burst with chatter, with someone saying there were three casualties: two urgent surgicals (send help quickly!) and one routine (no rush to provide aid). Someone in the operating center asked about the status of the routine casualty, and the radio crackled with the kind of transmission that changes everything.