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Arming Navy surface and subsurface fleets with hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles would give them critical new maritime strike capabilities.
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The Royal Netherlands Army is putting its CV90 IFV through an MLU process that will integrate a new turret, as well as anti-tank missiles.
Amid airstrikes on civilians in Gaza, the US military has promised to fund Israel’s $3bn procurement of a third F-35 squadron.
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss the nature and extent of China’s engagement in the Middle East. Should the United States be concerned about China’s growing involvement in Middle Eastern affairs? If so, what can and should be done about it? Perhaps just as importantly, what should not be done? Grievances for those who dreamed up the Gaza Pier debacle, Sen. Roger Wicker for his supposed “generational” commitment to growing the Pentagon’s budget, and for Canadian parliamentarians who are just a little bit too close to nefarious foreign actors (“semi-witting” accomplices?).
Attara, Dakka Sebbe, Nienanpela, Dioura, and Ouro Fer — these five Malian towns saw elders murdered, civilians tortured, and property looted by the Wagner Group in January and February of 2024. And they are not isolated cases. Across the Sahel, the Wagner Group and the Africa Corps perpetrate massacres, rape, torture, and arbitrary imprisonment, all in the name of counter-terrorism and regime protection. Security cooperation with Russia’s newest mercenary invention is a recipe for trouble for new partner states and their populations.
In a stark warning to Berlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined today potential retaliatory options if German-supplied weapons were used by Ukraine against targets in Russia. Should that happen, Russia could supply long-range weapons to “regions” around the world where they could be used for strikes against Western targets, he threatened.
Putin’s comments, which were first reported by the Associated Press, were given on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which runs until June 8.
U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes are one step closer to getting pods loaded with towed decoys, often referred to as ‘little buddies,’ and other defensive electronic warfare systems. The podded self-protection systems will be especially important for increasing the survivability of the P-8As, which are highly valuable submarine hunting, sea control, and intelligence-gathering platforms, during any future high-end conflict, such as one in the Pacific region against China.
Australia has decided not to go ahead with plans to add Tomahawk land attack cruise missile (TLAM) capabilities to its six Collins class diesel-electric attack submarines, leaving the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) undersea force with a firepower gap for years to come. This scaling back of the torpedo-tube-launched TLAM concept comes as Australia awaits the delivery of Tomahawk-equipped Virginia class nuclear-powered, conventionally armed submarines from the U.S. and the new SSN AUKUS class nuclear-powered, conventionally armed boats it is designing with the U.K.
A Trident pier like that deployed to Gaza during a training exercise in Virginia in 2012. The Army’s Trident piers and J-LOTS systems trace their roots to the floating causeways and ramps used in Normandy in the weeks after D-Day. US Army photo.
The makeshift pier erected by the Army off a beach in Gaza will reopen in the next week, Pentagon officials said Wednesday, reactivating one of the few systems still in use that can trace its roots directly to Omaha Beach and the 1944 D-Day invasion.
Eight decades have passed since dawn broke on the shores of Normandy, illuminating a scene of unparalleled bravery and sacrifice. On June 6, 1944, known forever as D-Day, the Allied forces launched a daring assault. As we acknowledge this incredible 80th anniversary, FOX News anchor Martha MacCallum will be there for it all.
MacCallum will broadcast live from the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, interviewing World War II Veterans and a delegation of United States Senators taking part in the ceremony about the milestone. It’s more than a story for the anchor, it’s personal.