Russian media outlets have confirmed the service entry of a new type of main battle tank, the T-72B3A, with military units operating in the Ukrainian theatre confirmed to have already received the vehicles. The armoured vehicles and crews are currently being actively trained for combat use, with local media reporting that their new capabilities will be “required to support our assault groups attacking enemy fortified areas.
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has for the first time revealed the anti-shipping configuration of its new long ranged carrier-based fighter, the J-15T, with the aircraft seen carrying four YJ-83K anti-ship cruise missiles. The image highlights the significant anti-surface firepower that China’s latest carrier air wing is able to bring to bear, with the fighters having been procured both to modernise the air wings of the Navy’s two older aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong, and its new supercarrier the Fujian.
The United States launched a second consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, July 9, as Washington responded to Tehran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the memorandum of understanding (MOU) ceasefire collapsed.
Overnight, U.S. fighter aircraft struck around 90 military targets throughout southern Iran, targeting missile batteries and drone facilities, as well as Iranian logistics hubs and naval infrastructure.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) sails in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 31, 2023. The U.S.
The Marine Corps is standing up two new organizations focused on drone warfare at its major training bases on the East and West coasts. Based at Marine training hubs at Twentynine Palms, California, and Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, the two units will develop and test drone tactics, technology, and training for Marines headed to real-world deployments.
Both new units are part of the Marine Corps’ full court press to adapt to new battlefield realities as small, inexpensive drones become prolific in war zones.
The two units will have different missions.
Oman Breaks With Iran, Opposes Hormuz Transit Fees: Oman has informed the United Nations that it opposes the introduction of transit fees for commercial vessels using the Strait of Hormuz. The news, announced on Thursday, July 9, marks a significant split with neighboring Iran over the future of the embattled waterway. It also comes only weeks after Tehran indicated it intended to move away from the pre-war, toll-free system and instead introduce a package of “service fees” for ships passing through the strait.
Ukraine continued its long-range drone and missile campaign overnight into Thursday, striking yet more oil facilities throughout Russia and setting ablaze two oil tankers in the Sea of Azov.
It is the continuation of a weeks-long campaign that risks crippling Russia’s energy industry and has already forced the country to halt diesel exports.
T-14 Armata. Image Credit: Russian State Media.
T-14 Armata Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The attacks also come just one day after Ukrainian drones reached deep into Russian territory again, and after U.S.
Passing the Torch: B-21 Raiders Are the Future of American Bomber Power – The American 250th Fair featured a flyover from some of America’s most iconic military aircraft, including the renowned B-52. The B-52 has been a key asset to the U.S. Air Force for the past 74 years and remains one of the most prominent bombers in modern military history. But the B-52s are aging rapidly, so the United States must build many more B-21 bombers—if it wants to keep the peace.
Currently, there are 74 operable B-52 bombers in the U.S. air fleet. The Air Force plans to upgrade 51 of them by 2032.
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Once a bad theory is adopted because it makes sense to one cohort (GOFOs who went to a two-week MBA camp) and is encouraged by others (influential civilian companies looking for another income stream), at the expense of what the first cohort should have been focused on but is an unpopular topic (winning wars), it spreads and develops its inertia.
Even when one area discovers the theory does not survive contact with reality, other areas carry on because, well, going along is easier than admitting error and changing.
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranThree weeks after it was signed, the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran seems to be quickly unravelling. The two sides skirmished after an April ceasefire and continued to do so after the memorandum of understanding was reached, but had managed to keep those tit-for-tat exchanges from escalating into a full-on return to hostilities.
Accenture Federal Services was selected for a five-year task order worth up to $821 million to supply core integration support for the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office-managed War Data Platform, which grew out of the Advana enterprise data and analytics program.
According to government open source and online market intelligence trackers, and three sources familiar with the recent award, Accenture beat out four other commercial bidders to secure the deal. The Defense Department is listed as the funding agency and the CDAO is named as the funding office.