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Earlier this month, British company BAE Systems reported that at least 60 cables [out of a total of 23,000] had been “intentionally damaged” aboard the Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow, which is being built at Scotstoun shipyards (Scotland). “We immediately launched an internal investigation, together with our suppliers, and have temporarily suspended work on the vessel to inspect all areas to ensure our high standards and quality controls are being met,” the company stated.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — As the Army seeks to modernize its network — now looking at the division as the main focus versus the brigade — one of the changes will be figuring out how to do command-and-control on the move.
Officials for years have been discussing that forces have to move much faster on the battlefield against more sophisticated nation state enemies — and even more recently, articulating that establishing communications at-the-halt may not be viable for most Army formations.

WWII Veteran Walter Stowe and his Best Defense Foundation caretaker retired Navy Seal, Jack Carr visit the many graves at the Normandy American Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of the Best Defense Foundation).

In 2006, then-NFL linebacker Donnie Edwards was talking to a group of World War II veterans who wanted to visit Normandy, but they felt they were too old to make the trip.
Edwards volunteered on the spot to take the former paratroopers to France, and they quickly agreed.

The United States has refused to sell its F-35 stealth fighters to Thailand over training issues and technical requirements, the Southeast Asian country’s Air Force said on Thursday.
Designated by the United States as a major non-NATO ally in 2003, Thailand had set aside a budget of 13.8 billion baht ($407.68 million) last year to purchase new fighters to replace the F-5s and F-16, American-made.
The goal was to purchase eight Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters.

Raytheon is being awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract worth up to $147 million contract to support the Navy’s Future Advanced Strike (FAST) effort with a modified Coyote Block 3 unmanned aerial system, the Department of Defense announced late Thursday.
The award will enable the completion of design modifications currently underway for the Coyote Block 3 drone, as the sea service pursues new intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike capabilities, according to the announcement.

The themes portrayed in “Still in Saigon” resonate with any veteran who has seen combat, no matter the era.
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The airbase of Kingsley Field, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, will now replace its current F-15C/D Eagles with F-35As. The move comes just a few years after it was officially announced that the base would convert over to the F-15EX and that its 173rd Fighter Wing would continue its mantle as an F-15 training unit.
Now, just as we have suspected would be the case, the Air Force has decided to transfer all Eagle training, both for the F-15EX and F-15E, to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina.

Iskander Tactical Missile System

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On Thursday, despite urgent warnings from the U.S. and other Western allies, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement to formalize the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory as part of the formation of what the two countries have called a ‘union state.’
Now, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that Russia is already in the process of transferring some of its non-strategic nuclear weapons to Belarus.

Excalibur Army displayed its MR-2 Viktor light air-defence vehicle at IDET 2023. (Janes/Nicholas Fiorenza)
The Excalibur Army MR-2 Viktor light air-defence vehicle displayed at the International Defence and Security Technology Fair (IDET) 2023 held in Brno, Czech Republic, from 24 to 26 May is being supplied to Ukraine.

An Excalibur Army representative told
Janes
on 24 May that two batches totalling 10 to 20 vehicles had been delivered during the fourth quarter of 2022 and that 130 to 140 were planned.

Stirling Castle
has started sea trials with the RFA after completing its conversion into a mother ship for offboard autonomous mine countermeasure payloads.
(RFA Nostalgia)
The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new minehunting mother ship started sea trials with Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) personnel after completing its military conversion from an oil rig offshore support vessel (OSV).
Stirling Castle
(ex-MV
Island Crown
) was purchased second-hand from Island Offshore Management for GBP40 million (USD49.