Afghan National Defense and Security Forces work to clear northern and southern Marjah of Taliban fighters, from the ground and in the air, since Dec. 23, 2017. Maiwand 10 is a joint operation with maneuver elements from the Afghan National Army, National Directorate of Security and Afghan National Police forces. (Video contains interviews by U.S. …
Aimpoint, has announced the launch of a limited run of Micro T-2™ carbine ready sights in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) color. This is the first time the company has offered an FDE finished sight to the US market. The sights are being finished with Cerakote® H-Series surface coating – an advanced thin-film ceramic coating that …
Aimpoint, has announced the launch of a limited run of Micro T-2™ carbine ready sights in Flat Dark Earth (FDE) color. This is the first time the company has offered an FDE finished sight to the US market. The sights are being finished with Cerakote® H-Series surface coating – an advanced thin-film ceramic coating that …
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah yesterday at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said in a readout today. At the meeting, the leaders discussed the South Asia strategy and United States’ commitment to Afghanistan, she said. Mattis …
Infantry Task Force Looks to Overmatch Potential Foes By Jim Garamone, DoD News The United States already has the best infantry soldiers, Marines and special operators on the face of the Earth, but Defense Secretary James N. Mattis wants them to completely overmatch any potential foes. Joseph L’Etoile, the senior advisor in the …
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to replace H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser, The Washington Post and VOA reported. VOA Report Continues: McMaster’s ouster is part of a major shake-up at the top levels of the administration, prompting fears that there will be other departures at the White House according to the reports. …
A comparative between the medium allied tank, M4 Sherman, and his german opponent, the heavy Tiger armed with a 88 mm gun. A world war two duel.
As the US approached entry in World War II, armored employment was doctrinally governed by FM 100-5 Operations (published May 1941, the month following selection of the M4 tank’s final design). That FM stated that: The armored division is organized primarily to perform missions that require great mobility and firepower. It is given decisive missions. …
SOM-J is an air-to-surface missile to be used against heavily defended, high-value anti-surface warfare and land targets. Lockheed Martin is teamed with Roketsan and is delivering experience and expertise to the SOM-J development team for F-35 internal carriage integration.SOM-J is an air-to-surface missile to be used against heavily defended, high-value anti-surface warfare and land targets. …
This the Only Plane That Could Crush the F-35 Stealth fighter: Defense News Built to the same specifications, the X-32 and the F-35 had relatively similar performance parameters. Deciding to compete on cost, Boeing designed the X-32 around a single-piece delta wing that would fit all three variants. The X-32 lacked the shaft-driven turbofan lift …
This is All the New Aircraft Carriers That Are Under Construction, US, UK, China, India, Japan, Italy and South Korea. Building an aircraft carrier is a long and laborious process, one that costs billions of dollars and takes years to complete. Since we last cataloged every aircraft carrier in the world, the world’s navies have …
Forces TV had the chance to join the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Gulf as it launched its planes on operations against the Islamic State terror group in Syria. It’s exactly the type of operation Britains twin aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, could perform when they enter service in …