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…
Five helicopters conduct a Multi Spot Operation Exercise on the Flight Deck of HMAS Adelaide, which includes the embarked Royal Australian Navy MRH-90 Helicopter, two United States Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper Helicopters and two United States Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom Helicopters during Exercise RIMPAC 18. Exercise Rim of the Pacific…
During the RIMOAC 2018 exercise, RAAF air traffic controllers enhanced their experiences in managing maritime air traffic onboard HMAS Adelaide. According to a story published by the Australian Navy on August 3, 2018 and written by Stephanie Anderson: Two Air Traffic Control Officers posted to HMAS Adelaide are taking advantage of an…
By Stephen Blank Not a day passes without a fresh revelation of Russian probes against the West somewhere in the world. By now audiences are possibly accustomed to this fact but it remains difficult for elites, ot to mention ordinary citizens, to grasp that Moscow has been waging a war,…
