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This week, recently retired US Navy Adm. Mark Montgomery and his co-authors, Bradley Bowman and Elaine Dezenski, spoke to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) about their recent book, Axis of Aggressors.

Their theme is that the growing strategic partnership between the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is turning into the most pressing security challenge facing the United States and its allies.

China’s Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

On 25 June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the beginning of a 40-day pressure operation headed by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).

The objective of the campaign is to hit enough facilities of the oil industry and other strategic targets that Russia would be forced to sit down at the table to negotiate a peace settlement.

Ukraine Cruise Missile Ministry of Defense Photo

Unfortunately for Ukrainians, the 40 days were up on 4 August, but there are no indications that the Russian side is ready to sit down and agree to a settlement to end the hostilities.

Senior Russian military officials have disclosed new details regarding one of the most successful periods of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ air defence operations during the war in Ukraine, revealing that S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems destroyed 24 Ukrainian aircraft in the space of a single week in 2023 using a previously undisclosed over-the-horizon engagement tactic.

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The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 15 nuclear-powered battleships would cost $275 billion

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The Air Force awarded Boeing a $75 million production contract to begin supplying long-range

Chinese state media has for the first time released footage showing J-20 fifth generation fighters escorting new H-6N strategic bombers configured to carry the JL-1 air-launched ballistic missile. Released to mark the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has, the footage has drawn attention to the J-20’s new role, as the advanced fighter type has seen its production scale expanded considerably.

When Anduril announced a $910 million drone production facility in Ohio, it was not politics as usual. The main message came from Ohio’s governor, Mike DeWine, while Representative Mike Carey’s press release thanked the governor. Members of Congress usually take substantial credit for defense industrial jobs, but Carey did not because he could not. Anduril sited Arsenal-1 near Columbus partially because of state subsidies.