Editor’s Note: This is part of a short series examining maritime geography and strategic challenges in specific bodies of water, ranging from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea and the South China Sea. With Finland and Sweden joining NATO, there has been renewed focus on the strategic situation in the Baltic Sea. By joining the alliance, the two Scandinavian countries almost complete its encirclement of the Baltic and help consolidate allied defense efforts in the region. Yet the Russian Federation persists in the Baltic, and its influence remains threatening.
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EventOn 19 May Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash near Uzi in East Azerbaijan Province. A screengrab captured from a video shows the location of the wreckage of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his delegation in Iran on 20 May 2024.
The Russian offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, in the east of the country, continues to see efforts focused on the border town of Vovchansk, which has come under heavy bombardment in recent days, forcing the evacuation of several thousand residents. Previously, Russia claimed its forces had entered Vovchansk, something that Ukraine has denied.
Russian Volunteer Corps units engaged in street fighting in Vovchansk. pic.twitter.com/zngrLzwlFZ
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According to the latest assessment from the U.S.
China has posted video recently showing members of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) training to defend against first-person view (FPV) drones. The footage underscores how critical the need to fend off these types of munitions has now become for military forces the world over. Weaponized FPV drone capability was rapidly incubated in the war in Ukraine, and the danger posed by it is driven home on a daily basis along the frontlines in that country. These drone capabilities are now showing up in other hotspots around the globe as the technology and techniques used to employ them proliferate.
The Navy has a new unit aimed at helping the service integrate small maritime drones into its forces.
Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron Three, which was stood up May 17 at Naval Base San Diego and put under the command of Capt. Derek Rader, will oversee a “fleet” of small uncrewed surface vessels, including Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) built by Maritime Applied Physics Corp., according to a release.
The establishment of USVRON Three is the latest move in the sea service’s journey to build a so-called hybrid fleet of manned and unmanned systems.
Navy commander of the USS Carney told reporters following thhe crew’s return from an almost eight-month deployment that they were put to the test with the need respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles, ASBMs, launched by the Houthis in mere seconds. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau).
FILE: Soldiers prepare to ruck to bring awareness to the Wounded Warrior Project. (Sgt. Jennifer Spradlin/U.S. Army).
A woman claims in a lawsuit that the Wounded Warrior Project wrongfully fired her due to a disability caused by cancer and the medical care required by her cancer treatments.
The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit group and veterans service organization that offers several services to veterans of the post-Sept. 11, 2001 wars as well as military families.
Lockheed Martin has test-fired a Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptor from a Mk 41 Vertical Launch System-derived containerized launcher and used it to down a mock cruise missile. This combination offers a valuable additional air and missile defense option for use in a slew of existing and future launchers, and not just on ships. It is also one that might help, in part, address broader growing concerns within the U.S. Navy about keeping up a steady supply of surface-to-air and other missiles during a future high-end conflict, such as one in the Pacific against China.
Headlines swirled after high-level envoys from the U.S. and Chinese governments met in Geneva last week for their first-ever official bilateral dialogue on artificial intelligence, following an agreement Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping made in November.
At the same time, over in Thailand, a lesser-known, well-planned, and deeper-diving exchange on AI also unfolded between professionals from America and China, outside of official channels.
JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. — An annual National Guard exercise known as Cyber Yankee helps demonstrate gaps in policy and partnerships — an initiative that’s proving useful for the Army’s active duty force, especially as it looks to combat threats to critical infrastructure.
“If we were to go back to 10 years when we started this, there were a lot of challenges working through what to do in this space. You have eliminated the gaps where law or policy or public private partnerships have stretched,” Lt. Gen.