China Coast Guard vessels conducting a blockade operation on 22 August 2023 to prevent the Philippines from sending provisions to its garrison on Second Thomas Shoal. (Philippine Coast Guard)
China and the Philippines would be ‘crossing the Rubicon’ should a Filipino citizen be killed by Beijing’s ongoing actions in the South China Sea.
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The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea, Feb. 3, 2024. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers).
After more than seven months in the waters around the Middle East intercepting and targeting Houthi munitions, the USS Dwight D.
US soldiers parachute land during the celebration in Carentan-les-Marais, northwestern France, on June 2, 2024, as part of the D-Day commemorations to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP) (Photo by LOU BENOIST/aFP/AFP via Getty Images).
The skies above Normandy were once again filled with Western soldiers jumping out of planes. 80 years after the Allied forces launched the massive D-Day invasion, veterans and civilians leapt out of C-47s, this time in celebration and not in the face of enemy fire.
Host L Todd Wood sits down with Lt Gen Paul Vallely (USA, Ret) on how to prepare and protect your community from what is coming.
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(Screenshot via @Shaihuluddedune on X).
For certain gamers, a video game needs a level of immersion or realism. It’s why some people gravitate to simulators or why others sometimes leak classified information (over and over and over) in fights over how accurate to reality a game is. And that commitment to accuracy is what makes this “World of Tanks” gaming system so impressive.
The video, posted to X by user @Shaihuluddedune, shows the three-person gaming setup. The gaming rig is so detailed that it features a functioning tank gun. Well, kind of.
With two GlobalEyes now under contract, Sweden is to acquire an additional aircraft and accelerate the type’s entry into service. (Saab)
Sweden is to add to its order of two Saab S 106 GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, at the same time as fast-tracking the type’s entry into service.
The Swedish government made the disclosures as part of a wider announcement of military aid to Ukraine published on 29 May.
FILE: A Somali soldier patrols next to the burnt-out wreckage of a car that was used by suspected al-shabab fighters on April 16, 2017. (Mohamed Adbiwhab/AFP via Getty Images).
The U.S. military’s fight against ISIS continues, even outside of the Middle East. , according to U.S. Africa Command. On Friday, May 31, the American military killed three ISIS members operating in inland Somalia.
U.S. Africa Command announced the strike on Saturday, June 1. The three militants were killed near the town of Dhaardaar. No civilians were killed or injured in the airstrike, AFRICOM said.
A Soldier assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School stands in formation during a Regimental First Formation at Fort Bragg, North Carolina January 28, 2021. (U.S. Army photo).
The U.S. Army is apologizing after a livestream of the change of command ceremony for the 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) was interrupted by “highly inappropriate content.” Now Army investigators are looking into how the incident happened.
The change of command ceremony took place on Thursday, May 30 at the John F.
Get smart on Chinese satellites
Several caught my attention.
Jilin series of satellites – they are building up to 138 in orbit. They can re-image any location on earth, 15 – 17 times a day. These are listed as civil satellites, no way to independently confirm, so must be presumed as dual use. 15 -17 times a day is almost every hour which is good enough for basic situational awareness to launch long range missiles that can use their on board sensors for the terminal phase to hit the target.
TJS series of GEO Stationary satellites – these stay in one location.
McNeil, Naval Technology
Austal’s T-AGOS 25 class ship is a cue of progression in naval surveillance capabilities for the U.S. Navy.