This week, the UK and Germany agreed to the joint launch of a new main battle tank munition with the signing of an agreement taking the project into the next development phase.
The two sides signed a declaration of intent to advance the development of a 120mm Enhanced Kinetic Energy (EKE) projectile on Thursday during a meeting in London between UK National Arms Director Andy Start and his counterpart. German, Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki.
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JSC Admiralty Shipyards on Friday launched the project 636 “Mozhaisk” diesel-electric submarine, the fifth in a series of non-nuclear vessels being built at the venture for Russia’s Pacific Fleet.
Admiral Nikolai Evmenov thanked the crowd on this momentous occasion, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Russian Navy.
«In 2021, the Volkhov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky submarines were delivered, which through the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans reached the base of operations in the city of Vladivostok.
The seven-year military budget bill has allocated an initial allocation of 5 billion euros for a new generation aircraft carrier, whose construction will begin at the end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026, according to what the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, declared to the newspaper Le Parisien.
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is one of the key projects in the proposed military budget for 2024-2030, which amounts to 413 billion euros.
Recently, it was reported that an F-16 fighter jet of the U.S. Air Force and a Su-35S fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces had a close fight over Syria.
According to the captured infrared video, it can be seen that the distance between the two machines is still relatively close. Even the overall outline of the Su-35S has been photographed, so one can imagine how close it is to the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter jets.
It is said that the two planes have approached within 2000 meters, that is 2000 meters.
FILE: U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters in flight over an Alaskan mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, June 3, 2019. (CW2 Cameron Roxberry/U.S. Army).
The Army has released the names of the three soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in Alaska this past week. They are:
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, of North Logan, Utah.
Germany’s intention to purchase Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters could help ease pressure on the U.S. Army and keep the company’s production line active.
Purchase of Chinooks by Germany
The U.S. Army decided in 2019 not to purchase the CH-47F Block II for its active fleet, but Congress has funded a total of 10 Block II Chinooks over the last three budget cycles.
The announcement that Germany will purchase 60 CH-47 Chinook helicopters could be enough to support Boeing without the U.S. Army having to buy more.
Baykar, the Turkish military technology company, has unveiled an innovative cruise missile designed specifically for its TB2, TB3 and Akinci combat drones, raising the bar in unmanned warfare.
Baykar and the Kemankes: lethal allies
The missile christened Bayraktar Kemankes, was unveiled on April 27 at Istanbul’s Teknofest fair, attracting the attention of military aviation experts and enthusiasts worldwide.
Equipped with a jet engine, the Kemankes has an impressive range of 200 kilometers and an AI-based autopilot system.
The growing threat from Chinese anti-ship missiles has raised concerns about the viability of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. However, several less-recognized factors contribute to the overall threat equation.
Aircraft Carriers and the Chinese Threat
China’s DF-26 anti-ship missile poses a serious threat, with the ability to travel 2,000 miles and potentially destroy aircraft carriers. But it’s important to consider the U.S. Navy’s adaptations in response to China’s A2/AD (anti-access/area denial) strategy.
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Turkey surprises the world with a revolutionary hovercraft missile equipped with artificial intelligence technology designed to destroy strategic targets on the battlefield.
Türkiye unveils innovative missile.
Turkish manufacturer Baykar presented at Istanbul’s Teknofest 2023 fair, Kemankes, a smart cruise missile that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) for target acquisition and flight control.
This “mini light cruise missile” is designed to be used on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) developed by the same company, such as the TB-2, TB-3 and Akinci.
The United States deployed atomic sensors in Ukraine to detect possible nuclear explosions and radiation bursts in the face of the Russian threat.
The United States and Ukraine united against Russia.
The Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) installs a network of atomic sensors in Ukraine to identify and characterize any nuclear explosion. This measure denies Russia the possibility of using nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory without attribution.