Battlefield Airmen integrate with F-35, improve air ground dominance
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DefenceTalkEIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska: During the F-35 Lightning II’s pre-Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, Airmen from the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron had the opportunity to work with all three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter. Tactical Air Control Party Airmen coordinate air support with joint and international platforms, making this a unique opportunity […]https://www.defencetalk.com/battlefield-airmen-integrate-with-f-35-improve-air-ground-dominance-71487/
MIG Completes Trials of New-Generation Fighter Jet
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DefenceTalkMOSCOW: Russia’s MiG Aircraft Corporation has completed factory trials of its next-generation MiG-35 multirole fighter jet, the corporation’s press office told TASS on Friday. “The factory trials of the MiG-35 multirole fighter jet produced in the interests of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation have been completed. The certificate of the trials completion was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mig-completes-trials-of-new-generation-fighter-jet-71485/
German Military Short on Tanks for NATO Mission
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DefenceTalkThe German military is under-equipped to take on its upcoming role as leader of NATO’s anti-Russian defense force, a leaked document shows. Opposition politicians say the defense minister is to blame. The German military has secretly admitted that it can’t fulfill its promises to NATO, according to documents leaked to Die Welt newspaper on Thursday. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-military-short-on-tanks-for-nato-mission-71483/
US Army aviators testing next generation air-to-ground missile
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DefenceTalkYUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona: Aviation testers here are deep into testing the latest Army aviation missile, known as the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The complex JAGM test was a collaborative team effort between the West Fort Hood, Texas-based Aviation Test Directorate of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command, Yuma Test Center at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-aviators-testing-next-generation-air-to-ground-missile-71480/
US wants UN action over report on Iranian missiles to Yemen
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DefenceTalkUS Ambassador Nikki Haley said today that it was “time for the Security Council to act” following the release of a report by UN experts concluding that Iran had violated the arms embargo on Yemen. The report found that Tehran had failed to block supplies to Yemen’s Huthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-wants-un-action-over-report-on-iranian-missiles-to-yemen-71478/
Pentagon looks to counter rivals’ hypersonic missiles
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DefenceTalkEven as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea’s fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat. These weapons under development by China and Russia — as well as by the United States — can fly at many times the speed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-looks-to-counter-rivals-hypersonic-missiles-71476/
US Air Force outlines future of bomber force
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DefenceTalkThe Air Force outlined plans for its bomber fleet in its Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget Request February 12, 2018. In line with the service’s bomber vector, the budget request detailed the Air Force plan to update the B-52 Stratofortress fleet and continue modifications to the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit fleets while continuing to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-outlines-future-of-bomber-force-71473/
Coalition destroys Russian-made tank in Syria
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DefenceTalkA US-led coalition drone has destroyed a Russian-designed tank in eastern Syria close to the scene of last week’s attack on pro-regime forces that left more than 100 Damascus loyalists dead, officials said Tuesday. The strike on the T-72 tank occurred Saturday near Al Tabiyeh, in Deir Ezzor province, the Pentagon said in a statement. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/coalition-destroys-russian-made-tank-in-syria-71471/
US concerns over EU defence pact cloud NATO meet
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DefenceTalkUS concerns over the EU’s landmark defence cooperation pact and increasingly strained relations between Washington and Turkey look set to loom large as NATO defence ministers meet for talks on Wednesday. The US and Ankara, two of the transatlantic alliance’s most important members, are at loggerheads over Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria, which US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-concerns-over-eu-defence-pact-cloud-nato-meet-71469/
DoD Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Proposal
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DefenceTalkToday President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request of $716 billion for national security, $686 billion of which is for the Department of Defense. The National Defense Strategy, which aligns with the National Security Strategy, connects strategy to the FY 2019 budget priorities, enabling the Department to compete, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/dod-releases-fiscal-year-2019-budget-proposal-71467/