Yearly Archive: 2022

Swiss Voters Could Have Final Say On Buying New US Fighter Jets

Swiss Voters Could Have Final Say On Buying New US Fighter Jets

ZURICH — A left-wing coalition has gathered enough signatures to challenge the Swiss government’s plan to purchase F-35A fighter jets from the United States.

Political groups behind the “Stop F-35” initiative, which opposes the government’s plan to buy 36 new F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Mar…

Marine Corps Orders 8 Extended-Range MQ-9A Reaper UAVs

Marine Corps Orders 8 Extended-Range MQ-9A Reaper UAVs

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy recently awarded a $135.8 million contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for eight MQ-9A Extended Range (ER) Unmanned Aircraft Systems that are scheduled for delivery to the Marine Corps in late 2023.

MQ-9A ER will provide a large scale, l…

Westerners Sponsor Slogans Written on Bombs Aimed At Russians

Westerners Sponsor Slogans Written on Bombs Aimed At Russians

KYIV, Ukraine — At a military position near the front line, members of a Ukrainian military unit snickered as a soldier with tattooed arms scrawled a phallic symbol on an artillery shell designed for an M777 howitzer cannon.

At a separate position, a Ukraine soldier loaded a shell that read “He…

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