Browsing: All news

The military also has a long tradition of adopting hunting weapons and seven of them have left their mark over the decades.
The post 7 great hunting weapons chosen by the US military appeared first on Sandboxx.

Zvezda TV screencap/Fighterbomber/via Telegram

More and more evidence is emerging of Russia’s latest Mi-28NM combat helicopters being used in the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. These helicopters also appear to be increasingly employing the new-generation LMUR, or izdeliye 305 missile, in combat. While The War Zone previously looked at the use of LMUR in Ukraine, we had not definitively seen the missile in action until now.
Before we get to the first iron-clad visual documentation of the LMUR’s employment in the conflict, here is some key background on its launch platform.

The Department of Defense has not yet determined exactly what existing and future desired capabilities will be needed to realize its vision for JADC2, its new way of fighting wars, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
GAO’s audit, which was part of a congressional ask to examine DOD’s goals, found that DOD is still in the early stages of defining what existing systems will contribute and what future capabilities are needed to be developed for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2).

Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), a joint venture between India and Russia, has started producing AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh, according to Alexander Mikheev, the Director General of Russia’s Rosoboronexport. 
General Manoj Pande, chief of the Indian Army, announced last week that the service would get its first shipment of 5,000 rifles in March. 
“The first 7.62 mm Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles have been made at the Korwa Ordnance Factory in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. In a statement from Rosoboronexport on Tuesday, Mr.

Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take personal action to prevent the implementation of the Indian government’s move to make helmets mandatory for Sikhs in the country’s armed forces. 
Terming this move as provocative, harsh, and insensitive, Badal said that this has never happened before in history and is absurd because Sikh soldiers have always been at the forefront of protecting the country. They never needed helmets in the past.

In a new series of war games, America’s ability to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion seems assured… but it would come at great cost.
The post The US military would likely prevail against a Chinese invasion of Taiwan (but at great cost) appeared first on Sandboxx.

The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based innovation hub is on the hunt for advanced flight-training capabilities that use emerging technologies like extended reality to teach the next generation of fighter pilots in synthetic environments.
The Defense Innovation Unit issued a new commercial solutions opening to acquire “best-in-class commercial immersive training solutions for synthetic training environments and extended-reality training devices to produce the next generation of fast-jet pilots.

On December 31, 1918, Colonel Luke Lea of the 114th Field Artillery Regiment handed his commanding officer, General R.L. Spaulding, a request for leave from his dreary posting in Allied-occupied Luxembourg. He would not say where he was going or what he intended to do, though he assured the general he had nothing to worry about. General Spaulding called it the strangest request for leave he had ever read, but approved it anyway. After all, Luke Lea was not just an excellent officer, he was also a successful lawyer, newspaper publisher and one-term senator from Tennessee.

The Republic of China Navy is also called the ROC Navy and, colloquially, the Taiwan Navy.
Taiwan Navy, WWII. It was called the Chinese Navy during World War II and before the Republic of China left the country. Due to Taiwan’s ambiguous political position and not to be confused with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, the phrase is used locally but less worldwide.
The primary task of the Taiwanese Navy today is to protect and defend the remaining areas of Taiwan and the sea lanes under its jurisdiction from any possible attack or invasion.

When George C. Scott delivered his tour de force as American General George S. Patton in the 1970 move Patton, the media had one main question for veterans that watched the film: “Was he like the real Patton?”
Almost to a man, the dogfaces that served with Patton, especially the vaunted Third Army, said that oh yes, Scott seemed to be Patton and Patton seemed to be Scott.