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Two Royal Navy Minehunters Arrive in Bahrain for 3-Year Tour

Two Royal Navy Minehunters Arrive in Bahrain for 3-Year Tour

Royal Navy minehunters HMSs Chiddingfold and Penzance have arrived in the Gulf after a 6,000-mile odyssey from their home ports in the UK.

The duo, who are replacing HMS Blyth and Ledbury, were at sea for two-and-a-half months as they sailed through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Bab El M…

US Air Force Launches Minuteman III ICBM in Test

US Air Force Launches Minuteman III ICBM in Test

BARKSDALE AFB, La. — A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 12:03 a.m. Pacific Time Sept. 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

The test demonstrates that the United St…

Australia’s New Fleet Supply Ship Leaves Spanish Shipyard

Australia’s New Fleet Supply Ship Leaves Spanish Shipyard

FERROL, Spain — Navantia celebrated today the farewell to AAOR “Supply”, which left this morning from Pier 9 of the Ferrol shipyard, on her way to Australia, where she is expected to arrive in about 35 days of navigation.

Under constrained circumstances due to Covid 19, Navantia dispatched “Sup…

DoD Official Outlines U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Strategy

DoD Official Outlines U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Strategy

There is broad, bipartisan support for the modernization of the nuclear triad, which includes bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and the systems that control them, a Defense Department expert said.

Robert Soofer, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and miss…

US Air Force Tests New BLU-136 Fragmentation Bomb

US Air Force Tests New BLU-136 Fragmentation Bomb

NELLIS AFB, Nev. — The 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted a Force Development Evaluation to operationally test the BLU-136 Next Generation Area Attack Weapon from July 8-24, 2020 at the Nellis Test and Training Range. The fragmentation of the BLU-136 is non-explosive, making it a less-haz…
United States Bombers Train in Australia’s Top End

United States Bombers Train in Australia’s Top End

United States Air Force B-1B Lancers and B-2 Spirit bombers have recently participated in a combined United States-Australia exercise in the Northern Territory.

The B1-B and B-2 aircraft flew from Guam and Diego Garcia respectively, and operated over Delamere, Bradshaw and Mount Bundey training a…


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