The U.S. military’s latest airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria underscores how difficult it has become to get basic information about American forces deployed to the Middle East.
U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, announced on Monday that the airstrikes were “in response to several attacks on U.S. personnel in Syria over the last 24 hours.”
This was the first time that U.S. military officials had acknowledged that American service members in Syria had been attacked recently.
On Monday, a defense official told Task & Purpose that no U.S.
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North Korea has ratified a mutual defence treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia, reported state radio Voice of Korea.
Raytheon, an RTX business, and the US Army have concluded a successful live-fire demonstration of the advanced, 360-degree Lower Tier Air and Missile Defence Sensor (LTAMDS).
The UK Ministry of Defence is exploring ways to improve its SATCOM terminals on land and at sea amid a congested electromagnetic spectrum.
Troops stationed at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado might notice an odd four-legged robot loping around the base. That’s CHAPPIE. The Space Force has a robot dog that hunts down dangerous material. And yes, it is apparently named after “Chappie,” the 2015 Neil Blomkamp-directed science-fiction movie where a police robot is stolen by members of the South African rap group Die Antwoord and becomes a criminal-slash-revolutionary.
Space Force’s CHAPPIE has been in use on the base since July, according to the dates on some photos released by the service.
It had previously been reported by Army Technology that the Boxer AMV could have an IOC with the British Army by 2030.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for the withdrawal of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, and headlines of rocket attacks resulting in numerous casualties, have brought to the forefront questions about the safety of U.N. peacekeepers and the utility of today’s peacekeeping enterprise. These developments highlight perennial challenges faced by peacekeepers worldwide: operating in volatile environments where escalating tensions can place them in harm’s way.
Perfect Bore Manufacturing is a winner in the Business Expansion and Product Launches categories in the 2024 Army Technology Excellence Awards.
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On a remote hilltop in a farm field above the tiny French hamlet of Chaumont-devant-Damvillers sits a unique memorial from World War I. The monument honors SGT Henry Gunther of the 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division. What makes Gunther’s death unique is not the manner of his death but rather the timing. He was killed by a German machine gun at 10:59am on 11 November 1918, making him the last known soldier to be killed on the Western Front of The Great War.