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Racial preferences compromise combat effectiveness, dilute merit, and are unfair.
uring oral argument in the college admissions racial preferences cases (Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC), Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts inquired of United States Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar whether the service academies should “rise or fall” with the court’s ruling regarding Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
The Japanese government has been negotiating with the US for several weeks about the possible purchase of 400 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida confirmed the fact of such negotiations during his speech before the lower house of the parliament.
The head of the Japanese government did not disclose the details, taking into account “national security considerations.” However, it is known that Japan has already budgeted 1.5 billion dollars to purchase a large batch of long-range cruise missiles in the budget for next year.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the Brookings Institute last month that developing and advancing the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program remains a top priority for the Army.
This “family of systems” is meant to produce a successor to the iconic Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in the role of air superiority fighter.
The Air Force intends to utilize unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a unique manner to fly alongside piloted jets in a configuration known as Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
The publication Bloomberg writes that on December 12, 2022, the Russian “Rosatom” supplied China with 6.47 tons of uranium at one time, and during September-December last year, a record 25 tons of uranium.
The Chinese need this nuclear fuel to run the strategically important CFR-600 research reactor, which will produce weapons-grade plutonium. And thus, in just 3 months last year, the Russian Federation delivered to the PRC 6 times more materials for the creation of nuclear weapons than the USA and the IAEA managed to remove in the last 30 years.
The columnist of the “Information Resistance” group, Konstantin Mashovets, cited, in particular, data on the production of some types of cruise missiles in service with the Russian Armed Forces. And these data show such a picture.
In particular, as Mashovets points out, approximately on February 7, 2023, representatives of the Russian design bureau “Novator” handed over a batch of approximately 20 cruise missiles 3M-14 “Kalibr” to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, in the period approximately until February 28, a batch of up to 20 cruise missiles of this type was sent.
Since neutrality is one of the hallmarks of its national identity, Switzerland refrains from supplying military equipment and ammunition to countries involved in a conflict. Based on this principle and his Federal Law on War Materiel, he vetoed the supply of 35 mm shells for the Oerlikon KDA L/90 guns of the Gepard anti-aircraft armored vehicles delivered by Germany to the Ukrainian army.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley (Department of Defense).
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an unexpected visit to U.S. forces in Syria. The top general visited American troops in the country’s northeast to hear from them about how the fight against ISIS is going. The visit also comes after recent attacks on bases housing American soldiers.
Milley was asked by reporters if the mission in Syria was worth the risk, per Reuters. He directly connected U.S. presence in the country with the nation’s national security.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Killian
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) recently made the decision to remove most of the markings and tail numbers from its refueling and cargo aircraft, according to a recent statement by the service. Ostensibly, AMC suggests the reason behind the change relates to operations security (OpSec), although some have questioned this rationale.
Confirmation of the change was first reported by Aviation Week on February 28, citing a recent emailed statement written by AMC spokesperson James Stewart.
Superstar Tom Cruise recently boarded an American aircraft carrier to film sequences for his upcoming film “Mission Impossible – Judgment Day – Part Two” off the coast of Italy.
Antonio Parente, head of the Apulia Film Commission, confirmed on March 2 that Cruise arrived in Bari, the capital of the Apulia region, on February 25.
The article goes on to say that on February 26, after spending the night at the Hotel Delle Nazioni in Bari, Cruise boarded a private chopper and headed to a US aircraft carrier to film scenes for the eighth “Mission Impossible” film.
The first headline and report represented a declaration by the Saudi government that it would join the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program as part of a new military arrangement with Britain. Hours after its publication, the UK issued a statement denying that the Saudis would play any role in the FCAS. This article has been updated to reflect the new information.
On Wednesday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it would join Britain’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, but the UK backed down hours later.