The U.S. Army has confirmed that the M270A2 rocket artillery system has for the first time been involved in live-fire testing in South Korea, marking its debut in a forward-deployed environment. The deployment reflects the prioritisation of positions in Korea for the receipt of the most capable equipment available in the U.S. Armed Forces, as the Korean People’s Army deployed north of the inter-Korean demilitarised zone continues to field one of the most capable land forces in the world and to rapidly modernise its capabilities.
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Eighty years ago, American troops were home for Christmas for the first time in years. For the previous four years, troops had faced holidays away from family, and in whatever conditions the war presented, from snowless tropics to brutal winters of northern Europe. But even in the most expansive footprint of the war, cooks, supply troops, and even frontline leaders did their best to make sure Christmas dinner wasn’t forgotten.
During World War II, some 9,000 chaplains served in the U.S. military, representing a wide spectrum of faiths, including Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish traditions. These men did not carry weapons, yet they repeatedly placed themselves in harm’s way to comfort the wounded, counsel soldiers, and uphold morale in the most dangerous theaters of the war. They marched with infantry units across Europe, stormed beaches under fire in Normandy and the Pacific, parachuted behind enemy lines, and ministered in muddy foxholes under relentless artillery bombardment.
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The announcement on December 22 that the U.S. Navy is scheduled to procure ten unprecedentedly large missile armed surface combat ships has fuelled considerable speculation regarding whether there will be a turning point in fleet capabilities in the 2030s. Informally referred to by U.S. President Donald Trump as ‘Trump class’ warships, and otherwise as ‘battleships,’ the vessels are expected to be large missile cruisers that succeed the Ticonderoga class cruisers which are currently being phased out of service.
The Belarusian Defence Ministry has signed a new contract with Russia’s leading producer of air defence equipment Almaz-Antey for the maintenance and repair of Belarusian Armed Forces air defence equipment at a new centre in the country. The ministry reported regarding the agreement: “The air defence repair service centre, established this year in the Republic of Belarus, will begin servicing and repairing Minsk-owned air defence equipment in the coming months in cooperation with Russian companies.
A new batch of Su-35 fighter aircraft has ben delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces, marking the latest delivery of the year following successful efforts to significantly expand the type’s scale of production. Russian state defence conglomerate Rostec reported regarding the delivery: “The United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation has manufactured and delivered another batch of Su-35S multirole fighters to the Russian Defence Ministry.
North Korean state media on December 24 published the first images of the country’s long anticipated first nuclear powered submarine, revealing that the ship is currently under construction and displaces 8,700 tons. This follows reports from South Korean military sources in October 2024 that the North had begun construction of the first nuclear submarine, an reports for several years from North Korean government sources that the development of such a ship is planned.