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NMESIS fires from a remotely operated JLTV-based launcher in November 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo.).

The Marine Littoral Regiments that the United States will establish on Okinawa and Guam in the coming years will be armed with the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, which will allow the Marines to destroy enemy ships.
NMESIS is currently still being tested, but it is on schedule to be delivered to the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in Hawaii at the end of fiscal 2023, said Ashley M. Calingo, a spokeswoman for Marine Corps Systems Command.

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(Washington D.C.) The Air Force Research Laboratory is in the early stages of developing a breakthrough-level hypersonic drone, something it appears the world has not yet seen….

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The Pentagon had a very merry Christmas but all the American taxpayers got was a lump of coal.
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Dan Gouré, RCD

The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the Puma infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), which faced technical failures last month, have now been repaired. 
The announcement was made by the German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht on 13 January, in the presence of German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) inspector general Eberhard Zorn, and representatives from Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW).
The statement claimed that 17 out of the 18 Puma armoured IFVs have received the required repair works.

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The UK has authorised an additional military assistance package to support Ukraine, days ahead of the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to the UK Prime Minister Office’s statement on 14 January, the new tranche will include a total of 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks, followed by the delivery of approximately 30 AS90 Braveheart large self-propelled guns.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov (L) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) at the National Defense Center in Moscow, Russia in 2016. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images).

Eleven months into the war in Ukraine and Russia has already seen an obliteration of much of its tank corps, a mass mobilization of 300,000 reservists and World War I-style trench warfare. Now it can also count its second major shakeup of military leadership since the invasion began.

The HMAS Waller. (Photo courtesy Royal Australian Navy).

The former chief of Australia’s navy is under fire after it was confirmed he used an at-sea submarine as the location for proposing to his girlfriend. The incident happened last year, just before Vice Adm. Michael Noonan retired from the service, but members of Australia’s government are criticizing the decision to bring a civilian onboard for personal reasons.
Australia’s Department of Defence confirmed that Vice Adm.