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ITX 5-19

09/05/2019
U.S. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment conduct a platoon-sized attack on range 410A during the Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 5-19 aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July. 29, 2019. The purpose of ITX 5-19 is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that…

The International Fighter Conference, 2019: Networked Lethality and Shaping an “Integrated Distributed Force”

09/03/2019
Last year’s International Fighter Conference provided a chance for the participants and the attendees to focus on the role of fighters in what we have been calling the strategic shift, namely, the shift from the land wars to operating in higher intensity operations against peer competitors. It is clear that combat…

HMS Queen Elizabeth Sets Sail for the US for Next Phase of Operational Trials

08/31/2019
While the winds of Brexit pick up speed, HMS Queen Elizabeth heads to the United States for the next phase of its preparations for its first operational engagements in the early 2020s. According to a story published on the Ministry of Defence website on August 30, 2019, the event was…

Reinvigorating the US-Australian Alliance: How Trump and Morrison Could Do More Than Just Have Dinner

08/31/2019
When President Trump arrived in Japan for the G-20 earlier this summer he had dinner with the newly elected Australian Prime Minister. He was especially keen to understand how the PM pulled off an upset victory. Now the President will host the Australian PM for dinner next month in the…

HIMRS Night Fire

08/30/2019
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 182 Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan National Guard, fire the M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) during a live fire training mission at Exercise Northern Strike 19, Camp Grayling Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, on July 24 and 25. GRAYLING, MI, UNITED STATES 07.25.2019 Video by…

Russian Nuclear Explosion Highlights Need to Reduce Dependence on Moscow’s Rockets

08/29/2019
By Richard Weitz The August 8 nuclear explosion of the new Russian Burevestniks cruise missile doubly reminds us of the need to end the U.S. dependence on Russian rocket boosters. America’s reliance on Russian rockets presents a major security and safety vulnerability that must be eliminated as soon as possible.…