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US amphibious assault ship in Sweden sends a clear signal to Russia
US sailors and Marines aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in Sweden amid a "Russian threat". The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution approving Finland and Sweden's request to join...
US Navy amphibious assault ship arrives in Finland
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Helsinki, Finland for a scheduled port visit, August 5, 2022. The...
US Army deploys latest version of Abrams tank to Poland
The U.S. Army has deployed a state-of-the-art System Enhancement Program Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration of its Abrams main battle tank to Poland. Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, arrived...
US Air Force F-22 stealth fighters arrive in Poland
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs announced on Thursday that U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors arrived at the 32nd Tactical Air Base, Łask, Poland. Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron, 3rd...
Unnamed NATO customer orders Rheinmetall’s 155mm artillery ammunition
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced just this week that a NATO customer has just placed an order with the Group’s South African subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition to supply 155mm ammunition from its tried-and-tested Assegai product line. According to...
China deploys hypersonic weapon near Taiwan
The Chinese Dongfeng-17 (DF-17) missile systems were filmed moving across a beach in Fujian province, close to Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed its newest DF-17 solid-fuelled road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile equipped with a hypersonic glide...
Azerbaijani forces destroy dozens of Armenian vehicles in precise strike
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces releases footage on Wednesday showing what it said were successful strikes against Armenian forces using the Turkish-made Bakar Bayraktar TB2 armed drones. According to a press release from the Ministry Of Defense Of Azerbaijan, illegal...
North Macedonia’s military receives initial batch of new JLTV vehicles
The first six of 33 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) bought by North Macedonia from Oshkosh Defense are on their way from Thessaloniki port, Greece. The Minister of Defence of the Republic of North Macedonia, Slavjanka Petrovska said...