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A batch of artillery rounds destined for the Ukrainian battlefield twists and turns its way down a serpentine production line in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Foreign Policy
The Pentagon has learned painful lessons in the past—and may have to do so again.
At its core, a country’s defense strategy is a very expensive gamble.

L3Harris Technologies has announced that its Intelligence and Cyber International (ICI) team was selected for the UK’s Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) – Urban Series 2022-24.
Based in Tewkesbury, UK, the ICI team, as one of the participating companies, demonstrated their technology that aims to prepare the UK Armed Forces for various future conflicts in an urban electromagnetic environment (EME).
The company said an urban EME has ever-changing physical characteristics that hamper overall threat detection.

The demonstration was conducted over a period of two weeks.

The FK-3 air-defence system, an example pictured above in service with the Serbian Armed Forces, was unveiled by the Royal Thai Navy’s Air and Coastal Defence Command. The FK-3 is the export variant of China’s HQ-22 medium- to long-range semi-active radar homing/radio command guidance air-defence system. (Serbian MoD)
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has unveiled its Chinese-made FK-3 air-defence system during a visit by Commander-in-Chief Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengphaet to the Air and Coastal Defense Command (ACDC) stationed in Chonburi province.

North Macedonia plans to increase its defence spending from $317m in 2022 to $542m by 2027 to facilitate the transition from the ageing Soviet-era equipment, some of which has been donated to Ukraine, to more modern systems.
According to GlobalData’s “North Macedonia Defence Market 2022-2027” report, while North Macedonia’s current spending of $317m is low compared to other NATO nations, the country is spending a high percentage of its GDP on defence (2.6%) – higher than some countries with greater economies such as a France and Germany, who spend a respective 1.9% and 1.8%.

Law enforcement agencies are always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to boost public safety in their communities, and many districts already have LPR technology, used for traffic control, parking and as a deterrent against crime. But there are many other ways to use the data that is collected.

With each passing day, the possibility of Ukraine receiving German Leopard tanks is growing. Although Germany has refused to allow them to be sent, many European countries are pressuring Berlin to do so. In this article, we will not reflect on the political decisions still pending.
Suppose Ukraine already has Leopards. Also, let’s assume they will be mod 2. Who would prevail in a fight that didn’t happen but still could happen?
The human factor
Tank crews have a key stake in the outcome of such a battle.

Lockheed Martin has successfully carried out a live fire demonstration of the Spike non line-of-sight (NLOS), all-up rounds (AURs) missile from the US Army’s Apache helicopter.
The demonstration was executed by the company’s Precision Strike team at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, US, on 26 January.
As part of the live fire test, which involved two different scenarios, a total of two Spike NLOS AURs were fired from a US Army Apache Echo Model V6 attack helicopter against a pre-destined stationary target.

Amid drastic negative changes to its security environment and fundamental questions about the long-term reliability of the United States, South Korea is drawn — as it once was in the 1970s — to nuclear weapons. On Jan. 11, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative who has been outspoken about North Korea’s nuclear threats, voiced […]
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Amid drastic negative changes to its security environment and fundamental questions about the long-term reliability of the United States, South Korea is drawn — as it once was in the 1970s — to nuclear weapons. On Jan. 11, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative who has been outspoken about North Korea’s nuclear threats, voiced […]
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