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Russia has long been known to give some support to Iran during this year’s war with the United States. But a new report states that this cooperation has been deeper than previously known.

NBC News reported on Tuesday that Russia has been shipping “drone components, ammunition and TNT” to Iran, in part to replenish stockpiles damaged in the war.

Lancet Drone. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

NBC cited a European government document as evidence of the transfers.

On Tuesday, Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks yet on Russia.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said forces intercepted and destroyed some 791 Ukrainian drones overnight. National Security Journal can’t verify this figure.

The Army test fires a Patriot missile in a recent test. The Patriot missile system is a ground-based, mobile missile defense interceptor deployed by the United States to detect, track and engage unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles, and short-range and tactical ballistic missiles.

Rheinmetall has received an additional order of 149 mobile rescue stations from the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).

During one of the last times that Darlene Krashoc spoke with her mother, she mentioned possibly reenlisting in the U.S. Army. That conversation left Betty Lou Krashoc with the impression that her daughter was enjoying her assignment to Fort Carson in Colorado.
In a follow-up phone call, though, Darlene said something was going on at the military base. Her concerned mother asked for more details.
“I can’t tell you right now,” Darlene replied, according to a 2019 article from The Colorado Sun’s digital newsroom.
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Soldiers at a Georgia combat engineer unit can get official time off to play the new Grand Theft Auto game when it drops this fall — if, and only if, they sign up for more years of service. 
The offbeat incentive is being offered to soldiers by the commander of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia, according to a memo circulated on social media that was confirmed by Army officials. 
According to the memo signed by Lt. Col. Ryan Hodgson, the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion commander, soldiers in the unit who reenlist between Aug. 1 and Nov.

Rheinmetall has received an additional order of 149 mobile rescue stations from the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).

The U.S. Navy has brought the USS Massachusetts, its 25th Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarine, to the fleet following the completion of sea trials. Rather than undergoing the planned post-trial shipyard period, the submarine has been cleared directly for fleet tasking, allowing the Navy to bring additional undersea combat power into service more rapidly. The Navy has increasingly suffered from an acute shortage of nuclear submarines, as shipyard capacity has remained far below the service’s requirements.

Over the weekend, Ukraine launched its largest attack of the year against Russia, firing what is estimated to be over 600 drones against Moscow alone in the hours between Saturday evening and early Sunday morning.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it had downed a total of 822 Ukrainian drones across all regions of the country.

Mirage 2000 Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Last Wednesday, 12 August, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine’s armed forces had carried out a “unique operation” against Russia’s Novorossiysk port and naval base.

Ukraine’s attack hit three Russian warships docked in one of Moscow’s major Black Sea ports, according to the Ministry of Defense and Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) officials in Kyiv.

Finnish artillery units fire Howitzers At Rovajärvi exercise area In northern Finland. Image Credit: NATO Flickr.

Navy officials are investigating how the destroyer USS Benfold lost power for several days last month, prompting the ship to be towed to Subic Bay, Philippines, for repairs, said Cmdr. Matthew Comer, spokesperson for the 7th Fleet.
“There were no injuries to the crew, who demonstrated resilience, grit, professionalism, and unwavering steadiness in their response,” Comer told Task & Purpose.
USNI News first reported on the power outage aboard the Benfold. A U.S. official confirmed to Task & Purpose that the ship was in the South China Sea at the time.