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The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force is scheduled to commission the world’s most heavily armed destroyer into service in 2027, which will be the first of two ships built under the Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) program. While original plans for the called for a 20,000 ton ship, this was later revised to 14,000 tons, with a planned 190 metre length and 25 metre beam giving the ships larger dimensions than any other destroyers in the world.

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China stole a march on us.
In any multiplayer game, you cannot get scope-locked. While you may focus on one enemy or one particular part of the game, others are not standing by idly, politely waiting their turn to move. No, they will encourage your distraction. They will let you indulge yourself in other problems. Meanwhile, they move through the unguarded gates into fertile fields.
We live on a large, round ball—but we think right and left because that is what our maps look like on our wall, across our screens.

New satellite imagery has confirmed that the Russian Aerospace Forces have completed the construction of multiple protective aircraft shelters at Marinovka Air Base in the Volgograd Region, which is one of the of the country’s principal bases supporting tactical reconnaissance missions over the Ukrainian theatre. The hardened structures are intended to improve the survivability of high value aircraft, as Ukrainian forces continue expanding their long-range strike capabilities against Russian airfields.

The United States and France are playing a central role in facilitating Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes against Russian infrastructure, housing and military facilities, with the two NATO members providing intelligence used to identify targets and avoid Russian air defences. A report by the Financial Times has shed new light on the extent of Western intelligence support for Ukraine’s expanding deep-strike operations, which have increasingly targeted critical infrastructure hundreds of kilometres inside Russian territory.

Sustained Ukrainian long-range drone strikes are beginning to take their toll on Russia’s oil industry to a dramatic extent.

The country’s refining capacity has been degraded to a degree that few would have predicted when Ukraine’s drone army first began striking Russian refineries months ago.

Vladimir Putin in Syria. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Putin in Briefing. Image Credit: Russian Government.

According to the energy industry analysis firm EA Analytics, Russia had been processing an average of 3.91 million barrels of crude oil per day.

A number that is now down to 3.

In the seemingly never-ending Russia-Ukraine War, Vladimir Putin’s losses just keep on piling up, in terms of ships, tanks, aircraft, and most significantly, personnel alike.

Yet instead of finally relenting and deciding that enough is enough after 4.

The war in Ukraine is entering another troubling stage of escalation. In recent weeks, the Russians have moved into one of the four main Ukrainian “Fortress Cities” in the contested eastern part of the country.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has launched a seemingly relentless wave of drone attacks on critical infrastructure, transportation, and energy nodes throughout the Russian Federation.

Tim Murry, a foreign threats compound contractor, drives a T-72 battle tank into position to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 30.

Ukrainian President Zelensky has declared that he needs 300 PAC-3 interceptor missiles to fend off future Russian attacks before winter arrives.

In the past, Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure before and during winter, when the country is most in need of heating.

Skyfall Missile Russian Flying Chernobyl. Russian Government/Screenshot.

Image Credit: Creative Commons. Image is of a Russian missile being tested.

U.S. Patriot Missile Stockpiles Fall Below 1,000, New CSIS Report Warns: The United States military’s stockpile of Patriot and THAAD missile interceptors has fallen to alarmingly low levels following almost two weeks of consecutive nightly strikes against Iran, according to a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The new report potentially reveals the thinking behind Washington’s decision last week to pause strikes amid reports that the White House was concerned about the diminishing stockpile of valuable weapons.

In a somewhat unusual episode, Ukraine briefly came under threat of a ballistic missile attack from Iran. Following an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian, the Foreign Ministry of Iran threatened to respond militarily.

After some harsh rhetoric traded back and forth, Telegram channels linked to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) began reporting that the Military was preparing for a strike from Iranian missiles.

Russian T-72 Tank Ukraine War. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Su-34 Fullback. Creator: Vitaly V. Kuzmin. Credit: Vitaly V.