KNDS Deutschland has entered into a contract with TATRA DEFENCE for the production of 150 hulls for the LEOPARD 2 A8 main battle tank.
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Sweden’s Land and Environmental Court has granted approval to Sweden Ballistics (SWEBAL) for the construction of a new trinitrotoluene (TNT) production facility in Nora.
In January 2007, a group of Royal Marines threw together a crazy mission to rescue a wounded Marine trapped inside the compound. To get him back, four Marines strapped themselves to the outside of Apache helicopters and rode back into the compound.
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The situation arose after an attack on Jugroom Fort went sour quickly. During Operation Glacier, the Brits assaulted in armored vehicles with artillery and Apache support, but the insurgents returned a heavy volume of fire when the Marines dismounted.
Sgt. Maj. Keith Platt was closely watching as a stream of Army paratroopers hustled out the door of a C-130. As one of the mission’s jumpmasters, Platt stood in the final safety position, closely scanning each of the soldiers for any potential problems in the last moments before they jumped.
After four jumpers safely passed Platt, he saw that the fifth soldier in line had something very wrong: the paratrooper’s static line was cutting across his neck.
Growing up in the 1980s, “M*A*S*H” was more than just a television show for me. It was a window into history, humor, and humanity. I remember sitting in front of the TV, captivated by characters like Hawkeye Pierce, B.J. Hunnicutt, Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan, Radar O’Reilly, and the ever-absurd Frank Burns. Their humor, irreverence, and courage made the horrors of war somehow accessible, balancing laughter with the harsh realities of conflict.
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The U.S. Marine Corps is slated to implement a sex-neutral physical fitness test scoring system for Marines with combat military occupational specialities beginning Jan.
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The Aviationist
A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was launched from the flight deck of littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara