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CNO sees continued need for sea-based aviation and unmanned platforms
US Navy leadership now says more land-based prototypes should have been built for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). Source: US NavySingapore commissions Special Operations Command Centre
Singapore army commandos advance to a target during an urban operations training exercise. Singapore has commissioned a new command centre to enhance the military’s ability to respond to terror attacks. Source: Jane's/Kelvin WongNATO improves force readiness
The UK will make its Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers available to NATO under the alliance’s Readiness Initiative. Source: BAE SystemsSeoul lodges complaint with Pyongyang over firing drills near inter-Korean maritime border
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (centre) talking with soldiers during a visit to a military unit on Changrin Islet near the western sea border with South Korea. Source: KCNA
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Extremists experiment with decentralised social networks
Key Points Decentralised networks offer Islamist and far-right extremists online resilience, providing them with a back-up in the face of online crack-downs. Extremists have not yet flocked to such platforms in large numbers because of their obscure nature and current lack of reach when compared
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First ERCA prototype nearly complete, US Army prepares for ‘shakedown’ testing
The US Army is set to ‘accept delivery’ of its first Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) prototype and move into the next testing phase. Brigadier General John Rafferty, the service’s head of the Long Range Precision Fires Cross-Functional Team, spoke with Jane’s on 4
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Washington bolstering Indo-Pacific alliances amid growing rivalry with Beijing, says Pentagon official
The United States is bolstering its alliances and partnerships with countries in the Indo-Pacific region amid what it describes as growing “military, economic and political high-end threats emanating from China”. John C Rood, the US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, said during a 5
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Northern Fleet Naval Aviation re-organised
Two aviation regiments have been re-established at the Russian Northern Fleet’s main air base near Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula as a major re-organisation of the country’s naval aviation branch continues to be rolled out. In ceremony on 2 December at Severomorsk-1, the 7050th Air Base
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Washington looking to restart peace talks with the Taliban
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad began on 3 December a trip to Afghanistan and Qatar to meet with Afghan leaders and government representatives and rejoin talks with the Taliban about the steps that could lead to intra-Afghan negotiations and a peaceful
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Arctic innovation: Military developments in the High North
Climate change has heightened focus on the Arctic in recent years, with newly accessible sea routes and resources attracting the attention of neighbouring countries. Armed forces are responding in a number of ways, boosting training efforts and investing in specialised equipment, writes Gerrard Cowan -
Good enough: China’s military exports to the Asia-Pacific region
China has expanded its defence exports across the Asia-Pacific region in recent years and entrenched its position to meet regional requirements for 'good enough' military equipment. Jon Grevatt reports -
Growth of commercial satellite imagery analysis raises ethical challenges
The commercial availability of high-resolution satellite imagery raises ethical questions, with practitioners increasingly concerned about the lack of professional standards for open-source imagery analysts. Allison Puccioni and Neil Ashdown examine the evolving debate
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CNO sees continued need for sea-based aviation and unmanned platforms
Admiral Mike Gilday, the new US Navy (USN) chief of naval operations (CNO), said the USN will continue to depend on sea-launched aviation platforms despite the uncertainty over what those future assets will look like. Speaking on 5 December at the Defense Forum Washington, hosted by the US Naval
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Russia’s Ka-52M combat helicopter to receive AESA radar
Russia’s new Ka-52M combat helicopter will receive new targeting sensors instead of upgraded versions of present systems. The new V006 Rezets (Cutter) active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is being developed by the St Petersburg-based Zaslon company for the modernised helicopter.
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Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
The Taliban militant group launched attacks on Puli Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, on 1 September just a day after it overran several parts of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz Province, as the militants ramp up combat operations across the Central Asian country in an
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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence looks to OSINT
Publicly available data will be the backbone of the UK military’s situational awareness in future conflicts and crises, according to the country’s Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Lieutenant-General James Hockenhull. Speaking at a briefing at the Defence & Security Equipment
