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The US Navy has completed the deployment of the second aircraft carrier strike group (ACG) in the eastern Mediterranean, as reported by the US Sixth Fleet. The newest US aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford was joined by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (Nimitz-class), which departed Norfolk Naval Base in the United States on […]
The U.S. Navy has tested the T38 Devil Ray unmanned boat, which carries Switchblade 300 barrage munitions. This was reported by the CENTCOM press service. The Digital Talon exercise took place last week in the Persian Gulf. Soldiers of the Task Force 59 unit took part in the training. They tested the T38 Devil Ray […]
The US Air Force failed to complete the last test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile in 2023. It had to be destroyed. As usual, the intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The flight was aborted at approximately 09:06 (EET) due to an anomaly. Minuteman III was […]
The U.S. military has carried out a controlled destruction of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean due to an anomaly during testing. This was reported by the website of the Vandenberg Air Force Base, from which the launch was carried out. “An unarmed Minuteman III missile was destroyed over the Pacific […]
A California jury has ruled that Tesla is not responsible for a fatal accident that occurred in 2019 due to the autopilot system. The lawsuit claimed that Tesla knowingly released cars with a defective autopilot system, which led to the death of the Model 3 owner and the injury of two passengers. The trial was […]
The Pentagon has decided to expand the capabilities of the Marine Corps to repel air attacks. Marines received an advanced air defense system MADIS Mk1. Its integration tests took place last month at the Yuma Test Site in Arizona. The multi-sensor air defense system has a modular design, which makes it extremely flexible. MADIS Mk1 […]
The House Republican majority introduced a separate bill to fund $14.3 billion in aid to Israel. This Republican initiative does not include aid to Ukraine and has different funding sources than the Biden administration proposed. This was reported by Ukrinform. “To cover this foreign aid, the legislation would cut $14.3 billion in funding for the […]
On Monday, October 30, a trial begins in Colorado to determine whether former US President Donald Trump will be disqualified from the 2024 election due to his alleged role in the deadly attack on the Capitol aimed at keeping him in office. Trump is facing similar lawsuits filed by human rights groups in Michigan and […]
The US Department of Defense has announced that the United States has begun developing a modern version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb with a higher yield, designated the B61-13. The adoption of the B61-13 reflects the current assessment of the changing security situation. The purpose of B61-13 is to provide more capabilities against particularly […]
The U.S. Navy conducted an exercise involving the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28). During the event, he launched the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) for the first time. The exercise was a demonstration of the possibility of integrating a containerized launch system on LCS littoral combat ships. The SM-6 can be used both […]