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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.
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.
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A growing body of reports has indicated that the Bohai Shipyard in the Chinese city of Huludao has launched the first Type 095 class nuclear powered attack submarine, marking a major milestone on the modernisation of the People’s Liberation Army Navy as the first of a large fleet of planned third generation submarines. The Type 095 class is intended to succeed and significantly outperform the earlier Type 093 class ships that currently form the backbone of the nuclear powered combat fleet.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-35S long range air superiority fighters from the state run United Aircraft Corporation, as sustained wartime efforts to expand production have allowed for significantly higher delivery rates. The fighter type has increasingly formed the backbone of the Russian combat fleet, with continued deliveries since the aircraft’s service entry in 2014 now bringing estimated numbers to over 150 aircraft.
U.S. forces carried out attacks on multiple Iranian targets along the Persian Gulf Monday night, in what U.S. Central Command called “self-defense strikes.”
“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said in a statement. “Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.
Summary and Key Points: NASA received an SR-71 Blackbird in the 1970s despite being officially prohibited from possessing the strategic reconnaissance variant. To conceal the jet, the agency disguised it as a YF-12A interceptor and assigned it a fake tail number — 60-6937 — that actually belonged to a classified Lockheed A-12 whose existence remained secret until 1982.
-The primary visual difference between the two aircraft was the nose shape and forward chine configuration.
-The jet was eventually returned to the Air Force.