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History and specifications of the TBF Avenger
The TBF Avenger made its maiden flight on August 7, 1941, and officially entered operational service in the US Navy in January 1942. The aircraft was manufactured by the Grumman Corporation, now known as Northrup Grumman, and also known for legendary warplanes. like the F6F Hellcat and the F-14 Tomcat.

With the war in Ukraine entering its second year, the impact of the first year is still being felt by the defence industry. It is a common moniker to say, “This war is the most watched war” and it is true of the war in Ukraine. We have seen in real time from a public point of view how the conflict has evolved. During the first months of the war Russian military was being defeated by small mobile teams of Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers utilising portable anti-tank weapons to halt the invasion, that was initially meant to last three days.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak approved a framework agreement between the Polish Armaments Agency and a consortium of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa companies led by Huta Stalowa Wola for the delivery of 1,400 Borsuk IFVs and specialised variants.

The US Navy has begun the development of a successor to the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. It plans to break ground on what is currently known as DDG(X) in 2030 to replace all of its remaining Ticonderoga-class cruisers and its older Burke destroyers—49 warships in all.
DDG(X) will therefore be the Navy’s largest surface combat ship construction program until mid-century.

Saudi Arabia has said it intends to join the UK in its Future Combat Air System programme, although it is unclear if this includes involvement in the Tempest/Global Combat Air Programme it will ultimately deliver. (BAE Systems)
Saudi Arabia signed a declaration of intent (DOI) to join the United Kingdom’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme.
Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman announced the DOI was signed with his UK counterpart, Ben Wallace, on 1 March during a meeting in Riyadh on wider defence co-operation between the two countries.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – When will Russia receive the first Su-57 regiment? Serious Western experts called it a “super fighter” and “the pearl of the Russian military-industrial complex.”
“In 2021, they manufactured only three serial Su-57s. In 2022 there were eight more, and now, in 2023, there is talk of ten, although Moscow seems to have fourteen in mind.
 If so, by the end of the year 2023, they will have a whole regiment of these devices at their disposal, because each Su-57 is like three conventional fighters of the 4++ generation.

On February 21, Russia suspended its participation in the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( New START Treaty ), which had been extended from January 2021 until 2026. At the same time, Moscow stated that it would continue to abide by the treaty’s terms despite the suspension.
However, one of the main problems in this regard is that few know the real state of the Russian strategic nuclear arsenal since the inspections were discontinued almost three years ago, in March 2020.

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The often repeated cliche about war being defined as long periods of boredom punctuated by brief moments of sheer terror most likely originated in the trenches on the Western Front during World War I. An incredible video from the trenches of the war in Ukraine shows one individual weathering a moment that looks particularly terrifying with a level of apparent composure that seems more suited to one of the boring stretches.
We are talking about an individual nerves of absolute depleted uranium here.

Rolls-Royce video screengrab

Now that testing has begun, Rolls-Royce has provided first looks at the F130 turbofan engines in their dual-pod configuration that will replace the outdated TF33 engines currently equipping the U.S. Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress fleet. Rolls-Royce has offered this imagery as part of an update on the years-long effort to re-engine and modernize the service’s bombers. In fact, the fight to get the B-52 new engines is a saga that dates back decades.

Photo courtesy of Ivan Vinnyk

With little fanfare, Ukraine has developed and used a guided artillery rocket in combat with a longer range and heavier warhead than the vaunted Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) munitions provided by the U.S. and allies.
Called the Vilkha-M, it is a modified 7.6m (25-foot) long Soviet BM-30 Smerch multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) artillery rocket.
The Vilkha-M is a modified version of the Soviet-era Smerch multiple launch rocket system munition, seen here.