Israel has acquired the AW119Kx (pictured) to replace the OH-58 Kiowa in the helicopter pilot training role as its systems are more representative of the country’s modern front-line types. (Israeli Air Force)
Israel has inducted the Leonardo AW119Kx Koala (named Ofer [Fawn] in national service) training helicopter, with the first flight at the Israeli Air Force (IAF) Flight Academy at Hatzerim Air Force Base.
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Netherlands cites Secretary General comments allowing NATO Allies to drop below capability targets in call for Patriot missiles for Ukraine.
A six-month hiatus in US support for Ukraine due to political infighting saw Russia seize the initiative, capturing key towns.
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of the history of strategy and military operations, to better illuminate contemporary defense challenges. [I]t remains astonishing to me that we should have failed to make Suda Bay the amphibious citadel of which all Crete was the fortress. Everything was understood and agreed, and much was done; but all was half-scale effort. We were presently to pay heavily for our shortcomings.
In explaining NATO to the American people in a March 1949 radio address, Secretary of State Dean Acheson asked “will the treaty accomplish its purpose?” “No one can say with certainty,” he answered, “We can only act on our convictions.” And Acheson was convinced that NATO was essential for the “restoration of the economic and political health of the world.” From the outset of the Cold War, this link between economic stability and security was not only pivotal in the formation of NATO but also in Washington’s broader strategy for deterring the Soviet Union.
India’s second nuclear submarine,
Arighat
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India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) will be commissioned in the next few months, Janes understands.
The vessel, which will be in service as INS Arighat once commissioned by end 2024, is going to be formally inducted almost seven years after it was launched.
According to Janes data, Arighat was launched in Visakhapatnam in November 2017. It has a length of 111.6 m, beam of 11 m, draught of 9.5 m, and a displacement of 6,000 tonnes.
Doug Cameron & Micah Maidenberg, WSJ
Pentagon officials open up about potential threats as China’s presence in orbit grows and Russia shows interest in gear that can destroy satellites.
Richard Thomas, Airforce Tech.
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John J. Waters, Nebraska Examiner Arlington’s 639 acres comprise the graves of some 400,000 souls – veterans and their families – equal to the population of an entire city.
Gary Anderson, RCDefense
It was 2012 when I first realized that our current group of four star military leaders are largely inept at best and incompetent at worst.