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The current battle force is in the range of just below 300 vessels, and it is retiring more ships from service than it is building.
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A fuze malfunction, the second ever in the model’s service history, likely caused a M795 155mm artillery round to explode early in a live-fire demonstration at Camp Pendleton last fall, raining shrapnel onto a civilian highway, the Marine Corps found.
The Marine Corps released its own internal investigation into the Oct. 18 incident on Friday. The incident last fall saw an artillery shell prematurely detonate over Interstate 5 while Marines carried out a live-fire barrage as part of an amphibious assault demonstration.
The U.S. Air Force has identified the F-47 sixth generation long range fighter as a future launch platform for the AGM-88J Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW) currently under development, indicating that the aircraft previously expected to be deployed primarily for air superiority roles is intended to be much more versatile than its direct predecessor the F-22.
The U.S. Department of War has confirmed that Wasp class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and its embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are redeploying from Japan to the Middle East. The 40,000 ton ship will be accompanied by the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group, including the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Robert Smalls, Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Rafael Peralta, and approximately 2,200 Marines. The Tripoli itself can deploy up to 20 F-35B fifth generation fighters, as well as MV-22B tiltrotor transports.The U.S.
A crew member from a civilian ship sailing through the Gulf of Oman filmed two Iranian ballistic missiles striking oil facilities at the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, and efforts by the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces to use a U.S.-supplied MIM-104 Patriot air defence system to intercept them. Iran has launched retaliatory strikes targeting key infrastructure across multiple U.S.-aligned Middle Eastern countries, after the U.S. and Israeli initiated a large scale air assault on Iran on February 28 with support of multiple regional strategic partners.
The Korean People’s Army has conducted a firepower strike drill involving its unique KN-25 600 millimetre rocket artillery system, which saw twelve rockets described as having “ultra-precision” capabilities fired. “A long-range artillery sub-unit of the Korean People’s Army in the western area conducted a firepower strike drill” on March 14 involving “600mm calibre ultra-precision multiple rocket launchers and two artillery companies,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The Republic of China Ministry of National Defence has announced a response to the new perceived threat posed by hostile missiles, rockets, and drones, specifically citing the lessons from the ongoing U.S.-Iranian War that began on February 28. The Ministry announced plans to develop develop and acquire low-cost air defence weapons capable of intercepting long-range rockets based on existing missile technologies, and other unspecified steps to establish appropriate defensive capabilities and ensure defensive combat resilience.