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Smart Shooter has secured a $10.7m contract to supply the US Army with SMASH 2000LE fire control systems, also known as the SMASH 3000SA.

Two Air Force rescue squadrons have been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their roles in the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, including the desperate evacuation of American citizens and Afghans from Kabul in August 2021.
The Presidential Unit Citation is the highest award that U.S. military troops can be awarded for collective action as a unit, rather than individual valor.

Just when the entire U.S. Army had begun to believe the war would be over by Christmas, a surprise German offensive smashed through the Ardennes. The Allied forces were completely unprepared. What followed were the death throes of Nazi Germany; one last Hail Mary attempt to destroy the Allies’ supply lines and maybe even push them back into the English Channel. Over the course of the next six weeks, 47,000 American soldiers would be wounded, another 23,000 missing, and an estimated 19,000 killed.
So it goes.
The Ardennes was a soft target for the Germans.

Lacking much formal education because of difficult family circumstances, Percy Spencer was determined to learn on his own.
The emerging wireless technology industry of the early 20th century intrigued Spencer, who enlisted in the United States Navy in 1912 intent on becoming a radio operator. The sailor served less than two years in the military, but in that relatively short span, he acquired as much knowledge as possible while in uniform.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has publicly backed his boss, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, amid a widespread rebellion by Labour MPs.

The U.S. Navy has formally launched the BBG(X) battleship program as part of its Fiscal Year 2027 shipbuilding plan, while confirming that the vessels will be nuclear powered and thus likely very significantly more costly than previously projected. The program is reported to be replacing the long-running DDG(X) next generation destroyer program, although sources have widely speculated that a new destroyer will likely also be developed in parallel.

Terrill, MCT
The U.S.

Rempfer, Task & Purpose
The Coast Guard plans to grow its fleet of interdiction teams who hop onto…

Bloomberg
The U.S.

U.S. Naval Institute Staff, U.S.