The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with German Navy frigate FGS Hessen (F 221). 07.06.2018 Video by Lt.Cmdr. Laura Stegherr and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Twiss USS Harry S Truman
The RAAF C-27J Spartan has showcased its ability to take off and land at short dirt runways as part of Exercise Hamel 2018 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area near Rockhampton. During the exercise, the C-27J Spartan has delivered troops and cargo, deployed supplies via parachute and conducted aeromedical evacuations. It’s…
By Robbin Laird During my current trip to Australia, I started with the opportunity to visit the HMAS Hobart, the first Aegis Air Warfare destroyer for the Royal Australian Navy. This was my second visit to Garden Island, and it is always exciting to see the city of Sydney in…
By Todd Miller In what seems like a sci-fi movie of only a few years ago, “artificial intelligence empowered, war fighting drones” teamed with manned command and control are shaping up as the path forward. The last few years have seen several manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) initiatives by the USAF and…
In 2015, a Japanese RFP for the development of electro-magnetic rail guns for their aegis destroyers was issued. In an article published on Navy Recognition on July 22, 2015, details of the development were highlighted. According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) request for proposal (RfP) to bidding contractors,…
U.S. Special Operations Forces and Afghan Special Security Forces remove an ISIS-K flag from a radio tower and replace it with an Afghan national flag. They also built a temporary bridge during a clearing operation to continue ongoing operations to remove ISIS-K from the region of Deh Bala district in…
According to press reports, two drones armed with explosives detonated near Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on August 4, 2018, in an apparent assassination attempt that took place while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers, while the speech was being broadcast live on television. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro…
By Robbin Laird In a new study published by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the authors, Thomas Mahnken, Ross Babbage, and Toshi Yoshihara, look at the challenge posed by the authoritarian states in shaping coercive political strategies and how the liberal democracies might respond to them. They conclude…
