David Smith & Julian Spencer-Churchill, RealClearDefense
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Japanese prosecutors have charged two American military members with sexual assaults in two separate incidents in a five-month span, sparking a protest from the Japanese government.
A U.S. Air Force member was indicted in March for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on Christmas Eve. A U.S. Marine was charged in June with nonconsensual sex resulting in injury for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman in May, according to media reports.
Although both the Marine and airmen have been identified in media reports, U.S.
A retired Marine General who once oversaw all training across the Marine Corps and who recently was in Ukraine to review that nation’s military training was found dead on Twentynine Palms training center, the service’s largest training base.
Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen, 59, who retired from the Marines in 2020, was “found deceased” on June 29 on the base, the Marines confirmed in a statement to Task & Purpose.
The Marines are trying to make their Reaper drones more difficult to detect by equipping them with a high-tech pod that can counter enemy sensors, according to the service’s top officer.
The Marine Corps is acquiring MQ-9 long-endurance unmanned aerial systems to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities and to serve as a secure communications gateway and network bridge for the joint force.
Norway buys NASAMS, Netherlands to procure Patriots, and Estonia donates Mistrals to Ukraine, as attention turns to air defences.
Russian airstrikes are targeting airfields where Ukraine may house F-16 fighter jets arriving imminently from the Netherlands.
By 2029, GlobalData predicts that Poland will see an increase in defence spending, reaching $48.5bn, driven by geopolitical worries.
Lithuania has ordered counter-mobility defence structures to protect its borders with Belarus and Kaliningrad.
Dmitry Filipoff, Atlantic Council
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