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John J. Waters, The American Spectator
For most of us, the reality of war doesn’t match what we expect.

Originally published on 10/14/23
Host L Todd Wood talks with USAF Brigadier General Robert ‘Earthquake’ Titus, who was a squad leader for the 82nd Airborne as an enlisted man at the end of WWII, flew F-51, F-86 in the Korean War, F-4 in the Vietnam war where he shot down three MiGs, and a test pilot for the F-100 series of aircraft.
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(photo courtesy U.S. Army/DVIDS).
Even in a war zone, Spc. Rudolph Ryan Hizon was cheerful. Upbeat, smiling, occasionally sick of military food, but overall cheerful. That’s how his comrades remembered him.
Hizon was an Army soldier, serving in Afghanistan with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. On Feb. 28, 2011, his unit was operating in the Logar Province, patrolling the Charkh area of the province when it was suddenly attacked by insurgents.

The L-SAM is a part of the Korea Air and Missile Defense system, which consists of several layers of capability designed to intercept missiles from North Korea. The L-SAM can intercept missiles at an altitude of 50–60 km, and the Patriot and Cheongung II can intercept missiles at around 40 km altitude. (Janes)
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has completed the development of its long-range surface-to-air missile (L-SAM) system, the country’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on 27 May.

The Type 74 MBT (pictured above) – firing a round during an annual live-fire exercise in 2015 – is armed with a locally manufactured L7A3 105 mm rifled gun as its main armament that is fitted with a fume extractor at the rear. (AFP via Getty Images)

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has decommissioned its Type 74 main battle tanks (MBTs) manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), a spokesperson for the Japan Ministry of Defense (MoD) told
Janes
on 27 May.

Originally posted 2/27/24
Host L Todd Wood speaks with Maj Gen ‘Hawk’ Hollingsworth about his experiences flying A-4s in Vietnam.
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A US Army soldier launched an AeroVironment Switchblade. The loitering munition is the only system publicly identified as being selected to be part of the Replicator initiative. (DVIDS)
The first systems under the Replicator initiative, intended to manufacture small unmanned systems en masse, have been delivered, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said in a 22 May statement.
“The delivery of Replicator systems to the warfighter began earlier this month,” Hicks said.

UK Royal Navy Type 31 general-purpose frigate design (artist’s impression). The MoD is expected to launch the competition for Type 31 TLS in late 2024. (Babcock)
KBR, Frazer-Nash Consultancy, and V Group have allied to bid for the delivery of through-life support (TLS) for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new Type 31 frigates.

Opening in stern for large towed array on Russian Navy Project 1454 Mod Sorum-class research/intelligence-gathering ship
Tchusovoy
GS 31, seen here on a rare voyage to the Baltic on 13 May 2024.
(Michael Nitz)

On 13 May the sole member of the Mod Sorum-class (
Tchusovoy
) transited the Great Belt and entered the central Baltic Sea on its way to Kronstadt, Russia. This ship is on a very rare visit to the Baltic as
Tchusovoy
spends most of its time in the cold waters of the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea.

Hanwha hopes to set up a new user club for its Chunmoo MRL, seen here as a scale model at BSDA 2024, suggesting that it expects the customer base for the system to grow. This will be aided by the integration of new munitions into the system, including the GLSDB. (Janes/Sonny Butterworth)

Hanwha is planning to set up a user club for its K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launcher (MRL) and integrate third-party munitions into the system,
Janes
learnt at the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) 2024 exhibition held in Bucharest from 22 to 24 May.