Think about the World War II shows and films that stuck with you, like “Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific,” or “Saving Private Ryan.” Now consider that not one of them is about the division that spent more days in combat than any other American unit in the war.
It’s hard to deny the long-term effects World War II had on the United States. We are sitting close to the 100th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and are still making movies about the events that took place.
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The crew of a malfunctioning MQ-9A drone worked for more than 7 minutes last August to keep their stricken aircraft aloft, but a damaged wire in the fuel system had irreversibly killed its newly installed engine, dooming the $23 million drone after a day-long mission in the Middle East.
Flying from a base in South Dakota, the Predator’s pilot guided the powerless drone for nearly 10 minutes before making a “forced landing” that buckled the landing gear. Rather than recover the drone inside the undisclosed country in which it landed, U.S. forces destroyed it.
The Strait of Hormuz, despite President Donald Trump’s frequent claims to the contrary, remains almost completely closed, and the president has also said that no talks are planned between the U.S. and Iran. The president has even been musing of late about declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory.
However, one new report says the United States has made a clandestine move, with some success, to get oil through.
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 15, 2022) A U.S. Navy aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Thales and Systematic have established a strategic partnership aimed at delivering advanced, interoperable air defence solutions to the Danish Armed Forces.
Defence tech company Castelion has secured $1bn in Series C funding to ramp up production of its Blackbeard hypersonic missile and further develop advanced weapons technology.
Dzirhan Mahadzir, USNI N.
Rempfer & Pomerleau, BrDef
The Army is toying with new ways to deal with communication disruptions on the battlefield
Global Defense News
U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded X-Bow Systems a $10.
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews
Company founded by former SpaceX executives aims to produce a low-cost hypersonic weapon and a broader portfolio of longer-range strike and missile defense weapons
Emily Ryan Miller, Defence Blog
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