DefenceTalkLittoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully executed the first live-fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile, July 19, during the Navy’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. The test event validated the operation of the Harpoon missile aboard a littoral combat ship and provided the necessary engineering data to support […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-conducts-first-lcs-harpoon-missile-test-at-rimpac-67913/

DefenceTalkNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE: The 9th Reconnaissance Wing is taking part in Red Flag 16-3, which is nothing new, as the wing regularly supports Red Flag exercises. What makes this Red Flag different is they are operating from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and not from their home station of Beale AFB, California. “It’s been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-2-returns-to-red-flag-67899/

DefenceTalkIn a combat theater soldiers face small arms fire and exploding ordnance attacks, but for Reserve Soldiers it can be difficult to simulate these real world threats during monthly battle assemblies. To achieve the most realistic training possible, Reserve units teamed up with Active Army and Army National Guard units here at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin […]https://www.defencetalk.com/realistic-army-training-leads-to-real-life-preparedness-67896/

DefenceTalkArtillery Soldiers got the opportunity to cross-train on other jobs inside their M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, during a recent “jump crew” training. During the live fire exercise, Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment worked with South Korean partners at Nightmare Range, near Topyong-ri, South Korea. The purpose of the exercise, which […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-train-jump-crews-work-with-south-korean-partners-67893/

DefenceTalkThe 122nd Fighter Wing has deployed eight A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and about 140 Airmen here for a month-long combined training event in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. The Airmen will conduct training and familiarization events alongside Slovak Armed Forces, a NATO ally. In addition, they will also participate in cross-border training with other deployed U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a-10s-deploy-to-slovakia-for-cross-border-training-67885/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s Shore and Expeditionary Integration Program Office (PMW 790) recently achieved an important milestone for its latest Deployable Joint Command and Control (DJC2) system. The system was set up in Hawaii for use during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, which kicked off June 30. As part of continuous modernization efforts and in response […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-next-generation-expeditionary-c2-debuts-at-rimpac-67811/

DefenceTalkBeijing must prepare for “military confrontation” in the South China Sea, state-run media said Tuesday, as it began naval drills in the area ahead of an international tribunal ruling over the maritime dispute. China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich strategic waterway despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbors — raising tensions with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-must-ready-for-military-conflict-in-south-china-sea-67790/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea, Japan and the United States held an unprecedented trilateral missile defense exercise on Tuesday, aimed at countering the growing threat from nuclear-armed North Korea which denounced it as a “military provocation.” The drill in waters off Hawaii came less than a week after North Korea flight-tested a powerful new medium-range ballistic missile that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-japan-hold-first-anti-north-korea-missile-drill-67743/

DefenceTalkUkraine on Monday launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Moscow remain high over the pro-Kremlin insurgency in the country’s east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, taking place in the western Ukrainian city of Yavoriv until July 8, involve some 1,800 soldiers from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-launches-joint-military-drills-with-nato-67731/

DefenceTalkMichigan National Guard attack aircraft practiced landing on and taking off from the Jägala-Käravete Highway, a portion of the longer road known as Piibe Highway, in Northern Estonia on Monday. The maneuvers were conducted as a part of international military operation Saber Strike wherein pilots practiced operating in a region with few actual airstrips and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a-10-warthogs-practice-landing-on-estonian-highway-67709/