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US to Resume Small, Persistent Presence in Somalia

US to Resume Small, Persistent Presence in Somalia

For 16 months now, American military personnel in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility have provided advise-and-assist support to forces in Somalia on an ad hoc basis — traveling into the country when needed and then leaving afterward. U.S. forces are helping Somali forces in the fight aga…
Iraqi MoD Visits Aero Vodochody, Talks Aircraft Procurement

Iraqi MoD Visits Aero Vodochody, Talks Aircraft Procurement

PRAGUE — Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Juma Inad visited AERO Vodochody Aerospace (Aero). The main purpose of the visit was a presentation of the L-159 modernization project, demonstration of the L-39NG prototype, and further development of business relations between the OMN…
Rafael Unveils Aerospike Stand-Off Precision-Guided Missile

Rafael Unveils Aerospike Stand-Off Precision-Guided Missile

As part of the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveils Aerospike, a new advanced air-to-surface Stand-Off Precision Guided Missile (SOPGM) for fixed-wing airborne platforms.

Aerospike is a state-of-the-art, next generation EO/IR SOPGM s…

US Navy LCS Fires Hellfire in First Land Attack Mission

US Navy LCS Fires Hellfire in First Land Attack Mission

PACIFIC OCEAN –– The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class successfully launched sea-based missiles at a land-based target for the first time during a proof-of-concept exercise, May 12.

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) fired three AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire …

French Navy Installing Additional Bow Thruster on LHD Tonnerre

French Navy Installing Additional Bow Thruster on LHD Tonnerre

When they were built, the first two amphibious helicopter carriers (Mistral and Tonnerre) were equipped with just a single bow thruster, which limited the maneuvering capacities of these vessels and therefore their area of amphibious operations. This limitation led to the decision to equip all three…
Queen’s Royal Hussars on Exercise in Finland

Queen’s Royal Hussars on Exercise in Finland

The Leopard 2 Finnish tanks had been poised in position for a few minutes, surveying what was in front of them and ready to manoeuvre.

Then all of a sudden the ground roared, the noise of gun fire erupted and everything was in play – including the British Army’s Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank.

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