France’s latest nuclear-powered attack submarine has entered its final testing phase ahead of its scheduled delivery to the armed forces later this year.
The SSN Duguay-Trouin, belonging to the new generation of Barracuda-class nuclear-powered submarines, began its sea trials on March 27 and 28 at the Cherbourg naval base in Normandy (France), according to the Ministry of French defense and submarine manufacturer, NavalGroup. After several months of testing, it should be delivered to the French Navy in the summer of 2023.
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In this April 9, 2003 file photo, Iraqi civilians and U.S. Marines pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, Iraq.(Jerome Delay/AP).
Two decades after a U.S.-led military coalition ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Senate has repealed the authorization from Congress to launch the Iraq war and subsequent military actions.
In a 66-30 vote, senators rescinded the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force that gave then-President George W. Bush the power to “defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Units of the Russian Pacific Fleet conducted a live-fire exercise in Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan.
According to a Russian Defense Ministry press release, the exercises were conducted by the missile boat assault group of the Littoral Fleet [part of the Pacific Fleet]. The boats launched P-270 Moskit cruise missiles.
What was the target of the missile?
The exercise was planned, the press service of the Pacific Fleet said. The target of the missile attacks was a major naval target. The target was a naval shield imitating an enemy warship.
The Defense Department has awarded the first task order for its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), according to the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
The Pentagon awarded spots on its enterprise cloud contract to Google, Oracle, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft in December. As part of the $9 billion program, each vendor participating in the program must compete on individual task orders that will be rolled out in batches.
“We just awarded the first task order last week, and many others are working through the process,” DISA Director Lt. Gen.
There’s a myth going around the web that claims the Nazis invented stealth, or more specifically, that the Horten brothers did. It’s not true.
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Steve Rainey is the test pilot for the largest airplane in the history of the world in terms of wingspan, and he has made it clear that operating it comes with its fair share of intricacies.
The behemoth, owned by Stratolaunch, is known affectionately as the Roc — named after a bird of giant proportions from ancient mythology. It was originally designed to launch payloads into orbit, but now, Rainey and his team are aiming to for the Roc to launch recoverable hypersonic vehicles that the aerospace industry will use for high-speed flight testing.
Nashville police have released body camera footage of Marine veteran Michael Collazo (right), firing at a school shooter. (Video footage and photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.).
When a shooter attacked a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Marine veteran Michael Collazo ran toward the sounds of gunfire to quickly stop the armed assailant’s rampage.
Collazo served in the Marine Corps from 2010 to 2016 as an 0311 Infantry Rifleman, according to his service record.
The UK and Sweden have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for a contract to deliver 14 Archer 155mm self-propelled artillery systems, announced earlier this month, as well as Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles, in replacement of systems granted to Ukraine.
Since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the UK has moved to grant a significant quantity of weapons and munitions to aid in Kyiv’s fight. In total, the combined value of military support topped £2.3bn in 2022, with a commitment made recently to sustain this level of support through 2023.
The Patriot missile system is fast becoming the standard backbone for a country’s air defence system in an age of wide-ranging strike capabilities. The Swiss are the latest in a string of countries that have adopted the Patriot system in earnest.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has procured Patriot missile system fire units from Raytheon Missiles and Defence in a military foreign sale contract on behalf of the Swiss Government on 28 March. The production of Patriot missile systems is a costly process, with funds reaching $1.2bn.
An illustration of an extended-range Precision Strike Missile. Lockheed Martin is one of two industry teams working on the US Army’s Precision Strike Missile Increment 4. (Lockheed Martin)
US defence companies have begun competing for the fourth increment of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM Inc 4), officials said on 27 March.