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Production Workers Strike Against Major US Navy Shipbuilder

Production Workers Strike Against Major US Navy Shipbuilder

BATH, Maine — More than 4,000 workers went on strike against one of the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilders Monday after rejecting a three-year contract. It was the first strike by production workers at Bath Iron Works in 20 years.

Pickets formed at midnight when the old contract expired in a disp…

First US-Supplied Javelin Missiles Arrive in Ukraine

First US-Supplied Javelin Missiles Arrive in Ukraine

On June 16, as part of a pilot project under the US Government’s “International Military Sales” program, Ukraine received the first consignment of cargo under the contract signed in December 2019, namely missiles for Javelin anti-tank missile systems and auxiliary equipment totalling more than $ 27 …
Pentagon Pulls Photos of F-35 Drop Tests of B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

Pentagon Pulls Photos of F-35 Drop Tests of B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

Photos recently released by the Pentagon show the F-35A Lightning II stealth aircraft testing its ability to drop the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb. The plane’s next phase of upgrades will enable it to deploy the variable-yield weapon.

In nearly a dozen photos published by the F-35 Joint Prog…

Chinese Spy Plane Enters S. Korea’s Air Defense Zone

Chinese Spy Plane Enters S. Korea’s Air Defense Zone

A Chinese military plane entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) earlier this week, prompting Seoul to scramble a fighter jet in response, military sources said Wednesday.

The Chinese plane, presumed to be a Y-9 aircraft, entered the zone Monday morning in the area south of …

NATO Begins RQ-4D Test Flights Over Mediterranean

NATO Begins RQ-4D Test Flights Over Mediterranean

NATO has begun testing the first of five new RQ-4D Alliance Ground Surveillance drones through a number of flights over the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month, advancing the alliance’s implementation of the aircraft, which activists have argued is potentially dangerous for civilians in the area.
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