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AFA 2019: US Air Force seeks to tailor airworthiness process for low cost attritable aircraft
The US Air Force believes it could save itself and contractors money by tailoring the airworthiness process for unmanned low-cost attritable aircraft such as the Kratos XQ-58A. As these types of aircraft do not have human pilots and are not designed to last for decades, the service could save money by certifying fewer items. Source: US Air ForcePentagon asserts that 1,000 US troops in Syria is sufficient
A US military convoy participates in joint patrol with Turkish troops in the Syrian village of al-Hashisha on the outskirts of Tell Abyad along the border with Turkish troops on 8 September. The US has approximately 1,000 troops inside Syria on safe zone operations and operations to defeat the Islamic State. Source: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty ImagesDozens killed in Afghanistan as violence intensifies following collapse of peace talks
Afghan security forces investigate the site where a Taliban car bomb exploded near an intelligence services building in Qalat, Zabul Province, on 19 September. Source: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia joins maritime security mission
US 5 Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Jim Malloy delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the IMSC main planning conference on 16 September. Source: US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Hooper
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US Army vows to maintain funding for modernisation programmes
US Army leaders are proposing additional cuts to legacy weapons programmes in the forthcoming fiscal year 2021 (FY 2021) budget request to pay for new weapons but funding challenges could be on the horizon, according to Lieutenant General James Pasquarette, the deputy chief of staff in charge of
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USAF B-2s form strike packages with F-15Cs and RAF F-35s
US Air Force B-2 bombers deployed to Europe have been operating together with F-15C combat aircraft and UK Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B Joint Strike Fighters, the deputy commander of US Air Forces Europe and Africa has said. Lieutenant General Steven Basham stressed during a phone-in roundtable with
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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
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USFK says it is committed to returning military bases to South Korea
US Forces Korea (USFK) has announced that it is committed to returning US military installations to the South Korean government “as expeditiously as possible” amid Seoul’s push for an early return of more than two dozen US bases in the Northeast Asian country. USFK said in a
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Philippines flexes amphibious capabilities at country’s first joint military exercise
Key Points The Philippines has received all amphibious vehicles it ordered from South Korea, and is now putting the equipment through its paces at a joint exercise These drills will be used to further refine the Philippine Marine Corps’ amphibious assault doctrines and procedures The
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Narco-sub design evolves to evade detection
So-called 'narco-submarines' have become increasingly sophisticated, even though they ship only a fraction of the total cocaine entering the United States. H I Sutton analyses the innovations and evolutions that the vessels have undergone -
Eastern Mediterranean hydrocarbon competition intensifies amid rising Turkish activity
A renewed international focus on exploring the hydrocarbon potential of the Eastern Mediterranean has multiple security implications for Cyprus and its relations with Turkey. Chris Deliso examines how the current spike in tensions is likely to play out -
Missile diplomacy: North Korea enhances tactical weapons as nuclear talks stall
Whether or not a nuclear deal is reached between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea's drive to improve its tactical weapon systems has highlighted its ability to respond to what it calls "military provocations" by the United States and its regional allies. Gabriel Dominguez reports
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Raytheon discloses Peregrine AAM development
Raytheon has disclosed details of the development of a new, compact supersonic medium-range air-to-air missile (AAM) that, it says, is faster and more manoeuvrable than legacy medium-range AAMs. Primarily an internally-funded initiative, Peregrine is being developed as a day/night all-weather
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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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Co-ordinated insurgent offensive in northeastern Myanmar threatens trade with China, potentially increasing its role in peace talks
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
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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
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Co-ordinated insurgent offensive in northeastern Myanmar threatens trade with China, potentially increasing its role in peace talks
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
