... washingtontimes.com ... "U.S. counters China's bomber incursions with B-52 flight near Taiwan" ...The United States and China are escalating their military duel near Taiwan by flying strategic bombers near the island state in recent days.
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) sent several H-6 bombers near Taiwan on Feb. 10, including one that provocatively crossed the middle dividing line between the mainland and Taiwan, prompting Taipei’s military to scramble F-16 jets to intercept and shadow the bomber.
A day later, the U.S. Pacific Air Force flew two B-52 nuclear-capable bombers near Taiwan in an apparent response.
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Forse, in taluni ambienti cinesi, non si sono ancora resi conto che, in casa, hanno altri grossi problemi ...
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AGM-183A (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon - ARRW) ... il programma procede ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 55.article ...
In precedenza ... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 79.article ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 55.article ...
In precedenza ... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 79.article ...
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AGM-183A (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon - ARRW) ... il motivo della scelta ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 18.article ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing ... 18.article ...
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Un messaggio inequivocabile ...
P.S. ... "the village of Kismayo" ...
Non proprio un "villaggio" ... https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisimaio ...
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... airforcemag.com ... "US Sends Message to Russia, China in Africa" ...The Air Force recently sent an unexpected aircraft over the village of Kismayo, a rural town on the Somali coast that has been a hotbed of extremist activity by groups such as al-Shabab.
A nuclear-capable B-52, forward deployed to U.S. Central Command, flew an unmistakable show of force over the region last month.
USAF leaders said the Feb. 15 flight was a direct message, not necessarily to the violent extremist groups armed with AK-47s and pickup trucks, but to global powers working to exert their influence on a continent that is becoming increasingly important to the global power structure.
“There’s a message opportunity here, not just to al-Shabab and [violent extremist organizations] on the ground, but more broadly to Russia and China that: ‘Hey, we’re competing with you down here, we’re engaged here, we have high situational awareness as to what’s going on, and we’re going to use this opportunity to demonstrate that to the collective world,’” US Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa boss Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian told Air Force Magazine.
P.S. ... "the village of Kismayo" ...
Non proprio un "villaggio" ... https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisimaio ...
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Difesa ABM ...
Procede il lavoro sul "Long Range Discrimination Radar(LRDR)" ... https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/pr ... radar.html ...
... lockheedmartin.com ... https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2020-03 ... assets_all ...
Procede il lavoro sul "Long Range Discrimination Radar(LRDR)" ... https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/pr ... radar.html ...
... lockheedmartin.com ... https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2020-03 ... assets_all ...
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A margine della Red Flag 20-02 ...
... thedrive.com ... "F-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFB" ...
Exercise Red Flag is underway with the U.S. and some of its tightest allies fighting a mock air war over the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) in southern Nevada.
Either in conjunction with the exercise or independent of it, there is a lot of testing currently going on over the same area.
Case in point, this test F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to Eglin Air Force Base carrying an inert version of America's newest variant of its long-running B61 series of nuclear bombs, the precision-guided B61-12
... thedrive.com ... "F-15E Strike Eagle Spotted Flying With An Inert B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Out Of Nellis AFB" ...
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Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) ... importante test che apre la strada a futuri sviluppi ...
... defense.gov ... https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releas ... lide-body/ ...
... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/army-navy-h ... velopment/ ...
... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/smr/army-mo ... d-success/ ...
Anche su RID ... https://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phpp ... ,3513.html ...
... defense.gov ... https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releas ... lide-body/ ...
... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/army-navy-h ... velopment/ ...
... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/smr/army-mo ... d-success/ ...
Anche su RID ... https://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phpp ... ,3513.html ...
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Armi ipersoniche ... un pò di storia ...
... aerosociety.com ... "From Sänger to Avangard – hypersonic weapons come of age" ...
... aerosociety.com ... "From Sänger to Avangard – hypersonic weapons come of age" ...
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Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) ... una prima valutazione ...
... defense.gov ... https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Ar ... vDelivery/ ...A flight test of the joint Army-Navy hypersonic glide vehicle across the Pacific Ocean was a success, thanks to a dedicated team who managed complexity and change, officials said.
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Armi ipersoniche ... l' USAF assegna un contratto relativo a studi sull' impiego di razzi sonda per test di vario tipo nell' ambito dello sviluppo di armi nuove ipersoniche ...
... flightglobal.com ... "US Air Force looks at using small sounding rocket for hypersonic testing" ...The US Air Force (USAF) is studying using a suborbital sounding rocket to test materials, sensors and flight controls at hypersonic speeds.
Exos Aerospace Systems and Technologies, maker of the commercial Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with Guidance (SARGE), was granted an $50,000 Small Business Innovation Research phase I contract by the service to examine whether its sounding rocket can be repurposed for hypersonic testing, the company says on 27 March.
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La verniciatura si è screpolata ...
... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2020/04/09/veneer ... t-incident ...
... news.usni.org ... https://news.usni.org/2020/04/09/veneer ... t-incident ...
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India ... acquisti autorizzati ...
(*) ... https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/i ... i-missiles ...
(*) ... https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/i ... orpedoes-0 ...
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... defensenews.com ... "India cleared to buy two anti-ship munition packages" ...The U.S. State Department has cleared India to buy two packages of sea-based munitions, with a combined $155 million price tag.
New Delhi seeks to purchase 10 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles, with an estimated price tag of $92 million, as well as 16 Mk 54 All-Up-Round Lightweight Torpedoes, worth an estimated $63 million (*).
The notifications were posted on the website of the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
DSCA notifications are not final sales; once cleared by Congress, the sales enter negotiations, during which quantities and costs can shift.
(*) ... https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/i ... i-missiles ...
(*) ... https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/i ... orpedoes-0 ...
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Il Marocco è stato autorizzato all' acquisto di dieci missili antinave "Harpoon" da impiegare sui suoi F-16 ...
(*) ... dsca.mil ... "Morocco – AGM-84L Harpoon Air Launched Block II Missiles" ...
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... flightglobal.com ... "Morocco approved to buy 10 Harpoon anti-ship missiles for its F-16s" ...The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 10 Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon Block II air-launched missiles for Morocco’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
The sea-skimming missiles and related equipment are estimated to cost $62 million, according to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency notice posted on 14 April (*).
Associated equipment includes containers, spares, and repair parts, support and test equipment, as well as publications and technical documentation.
(*) ... dsca.mil ... "Morocco – AGM-84L Harpoon Air Launched Block II Missiles" ...
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Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ... il contratto per la realizzazione del missile balistico intercontinentale di nuova generazione potrebbe essere assegnato a Northrop Grumman prima del previsto ...
... defensenews.com ... "Northrop could get $85 billion award to make next-gen ICBMs sooner than expected" ...An award for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program is slated to granted by the end of September, but it could happen earlier, the service’s acquisition executive said Thursday.
“I think early award is possible on GBSD,” Will Roper told reporters during a teleconference.
“I’m very hopeful, but because GBSD has a large component of classified work, that team is having to go in and maintain workforce in our [sensitive compartmented information facilities] and in our classified spaces. So we’re watching very carefully to make sure the installations are open to allow that work.”
As the sole bidder on the GBSD program, Northrop Grumman is anticipated to win an estimated $85 billion to design and build the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Fine (temporanea?) di un' era ...
(*) ... andersen.af.mil ... "Andersen Remains Ready" ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Air Force Ends Continuous Bomber Presence in Guam" ...The Air Force announced April 16 it will no longer base strategic bombers outside of the continental United States, marking an end to the service’s 16-year continuous bomber presence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
But before the last bomber left the island, USAF reminded the world of its combat power with an impressive “elephant walk” that included five B-52 strategic bombers, six KC-135 tankers, an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter, an RQ-4 Global Hawk, and a U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton (*).
“U.S. strategic bombers will continue to operate in the Indo-Pacific, to include Guam, at the timing and tempo of our choosing,” said Air Force Global Strike Command in a statement.
“We will maximize all opportunities to train alongside our allies and partners, to build interoperability, and bolster our collective ability to be operationally unpredictable.”
(*) ... andersen.af.mil ... "Andersen Remains Ready" ...
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Non passa giorno che non appaiano nuovi progetti nel settore delle armi ipersoniche ...
Ora è il momento di THOR-ER ... iniziativa congiunta fra USA e Norvegia ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/us ... 87.article ...
Ora è il momento di THOR-ER ... iniziativa congiunta fra USA e Norvegia ...
... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/us ... 87.article ...
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Long-Range Standoff nuclear cruise missile (LRSO) ... vince Raytheon ... Lockheed Martin perde ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Raytheon Prevails on LRSO, Lockheed Out" ...
Ciononostante ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Lockheed May Still Play a Role in Upgrading Raytheon LRSO, Once it’s Operational" ...
In un modo o nell'altro ... "Mamma LM" lo zampino ce lo mette sempre ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Raytheon Prevails on LRSO, Lockheed Out" ...
Ciononostante ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Lockheed May Still Play a Role in Upgrading Raytheon LRSO, Once it’s Operational" ...
In un modo o nell'altro ... "Mamma LM" lo zampino ce lo mette sempre ...
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USAF e JASDF mostrano gli artigli ... e il B-1B è in testa alla compagnia ...
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... flightglobal.com ... "USAF B-1B stars in Asia-Pacific show of force" ...The US Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) have mounted a show of force intended to demonstrate a doctrine for quickly deploying combat assets to the Asia-Pacific.
The activity involved a Rockwell B-1B Lancer operating a 30h sortie from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, to Japan’s Draughon range.
Upon arrival it teamed up with six Lockheed Martin F-16s operated by USAF, as well as seven Mitsubishi F-2s and eight Boeing F-15s operated by JASDF.
“This operation showcases our unwavering commitment to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region through the employment of strategic forces from around the globe,” says USAF Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.
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Dopo essersi accorti di trovarsi a rimorchio di Russi e Cinesi nel settore delle armi ipersoniche ... gli Americani cercano ora di correre ai ripari ...
Anche qui ... flightglobal.com ... "US Air Force launches study of another hypersonic cruise missile" ...
... airforcemag.com ... "USAF Launches Hypersonic Cruise Missile Effort" ...The Air Force is spearheading development of the Defense Department’s first hypersonic cruise missile, which would complement another weapon already underway.
The service on April 27 reached out to industry to seek input on a “solid rocket-boosted, air-breathing, hypersonic, conventional cruise missile” that can be launched from existing fighters and bombers.
Air Force acquisition boss Will Roper told reporters April 29 the program will leverage work already done by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory, and partner with industry to speed the design into production.
Anche qui ... flightglobal.com ... "US Air Force launches study of another hypersonic cruise missile" ...
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Recente attività dei bombardieri USA ...
... airforcemag.com ... "USAF Puts its Bombers on Display in EUCOM, INDOPACOM Theaters" ...
... airforcemag.com ... "USAF Puts its Bombers on Display in EUCOM, INDOPACOM Theaters" ...
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Il punto di vista della RAF ...richelieu ha scritto: ↑13 maggio 2020, 0:27Recente attività dei bombardieri USA ...
... airforcemag.com ... "USAF Puts its Bombers on Display in EUCOM, INDOPACOM Theaters" ...
... raf.mod.uk ... "Royal Air Force Typhoons Carry out Exercise With US B1 Bomber" ...
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Boeing si assicura un contratto miliardario per la fornitura di missili SLAM ER all' Arabia Saudita ...
(*) ... Dalla pagina "Contracts For May 13, 2020" del DoD ...
... flightglobal.com ... "Saudi contract reboots Boeing SLAM ER production" ...Boeing has secured a US Navy contract (*) to provide 650 AGM-84 Stand-off Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM ER) missiles to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi acquisition was listed in a $1.97 billion Foreign Military Sales contract announcement that provides for the missiles as well as upgrade work for the weapon.
(*) ... Dalla pagina "Contracts For May 13, 2020" del DoD ...
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $1,971,754,089 firm-fixed-price contract to provide non-recurring engineering associated with the Stand-off Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response (SLAM ER) obsolescence redesign effort as well as the production and delivery of 650 SLAM ER missiles in support of the government of Saudi Arabia.
Work will be performed at St. Louis, Missouri (47%); Indianapolis, Indiana (37%); Pontiac, Michigan (9%); Melbourne, Florida (3%); Middletown, Connecticut (2%); and Black Mountain, North Carolina (2%).
Work is expected to be complete by December 2028.
Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $1,971,754,089 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-4.
The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-20-C-0003).
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Ground Based Strategic Deterrent ... il successore del Minuteman III supera l'esame preliminare del progetto (PDR) ...
(*) ... afnwc.af.mil ... "Air Force reviews preliminary design for future ICBM" ...
... airforcemag.com ... "Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Passes Preliminary Design Review" ...Northrop Grumman’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent system passed a two-day preliminary design review in late April, the Air Force said May 15.
The evaluation clears the way for a final review by Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
If she approves, the Air Force expects to award Northrop the GBSD development contract by the end of September.
The review showed that the GBSD - the replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM force - is “sufficiently mature and ready to proceed into detailed design with acceptable risk, and will meet performance requirements within budget and on schedule,” program manager Col. Jason Bartolomei said in a press release from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (*).
(*) ... afnwc.af.mil ... "Air Force reviews preliminary design for future ICBM" ...
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Suddivisione e riallineamento di direttorati ...
... afmc.af.mil ... "AFNWC splits ICBMs in two: Center realigns to improve nuclear mission focus" ...The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is restructuring its directorates to improve focus on providing nuclear capabilities to the warfighter.
The center is responsible for synchronizing all aspects of nuclear materiel management on behalf of Air Force Materiel Command, in direct support of Air Force Global Strike Command.
It has more than 1,300 personnel assigned to 18 locations worldwide.
Headquartered at Kirtland AFB, the center’s former Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Directorate at Hill AFB, Utah, divided into two new directorates: 1) the Minuteman III Systems Directorate and 2) the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Systems Directorate.
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Gli Stati Uniti stanno prendendo in considerazione la ripresa dei test nucleari ...
... washingtonpost.com ... "Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decade" ...
... washingtonpost.com ... "Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decade" ...
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Armi ipersoniche ... a quanto pare il plasma non costituisce più una preoccupazione ...
... flightglobal.com ... "Plasma blackout is not a worry for hypersonic missiles: Pentagon" ...The US Department of Defense (DoD) is not concerned that its in-development hypersonic missiles could suffer from a communications blackout caused by a cocoon of plasma.
NASA spacecraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles have previously suffered from a communication interference caused by a layer of plasma forming around the vehicles when they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
Plasma forms when atmospheric gases are ionized – electrons are separated from their atoms – by the heat and compression caused by an object moving through the air at many times the speed of sound. The plasma layer blocks radio transmissions.
Many researchers and observers have thought that hypersonic missiles would also form a plasma sheath while flying more than five times the speed of sound through the atmosphere.
That could make it difficult to communicate with the missiles.
Radioing the high-stakes weapons could be critical, for instance, to abort a mission.
However, despite popular perception, the possibility is not a major concern, says Mike White, assistant director of hypersonics with the Pentagon.
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Il quarto sottomarino lanciamissili classe Borey è stato consegnato ...
... russianforces.org ... "Knyaz Vladimir handed over to the navy" ...
... russianforces.org ... "Knyaz Vladimir handed over to the navy" ...
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Armi ipersoniche ... tutti le chiedono, tutti le vogliono ...
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... aviationweek.com ... "International Hypersonic Strike Weapons Projects Accelerate" ...There is growing international interest in the development of offensive hypersonic weapon systems, particularly following the deployment by Russia and China of nascent hypersonic strike capabilities.
France, India, Japan and the UK all are seeking to develop a hypersonic strike capability too.
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Aegis Ashore ... il Giappone se ne va ...
... news.usni.org ... "Japan Backing Away From Aegis Ashore" ...Japan is backing away from installing two Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems in the country over technical concerns, Minister of Defense Taro Kono told reporters on Monday.
“In view of the cost and time [necessary] for the deployment, we will halt the process,” Kono told reporters, according to Kyodo News.
“For the time being, we’ll maintain our missile defense capability by Aegis-equipped destroyers.”
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Missili S-400 ... è polemica anche in India ...
Anche qui ... theweek.in/news ... "Why Subramanian Swamy doesn’t want India to use S-400 missiles against China" ...
Subramanian Swamy ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy ...
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Anche qui ... theweek.in/news ... "Why Subramanian Swamy doesn’t want India to use S-400 missiles against China" ...
Subramanian Swamy ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy ...
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SM-3 Block IIA ... pronto per la produzione ...
... news.usni.org ... "MDA Director Says SM-3 Block IIA Ready for Production, Unrelated to Japan’s Decision to Back Out of Aegis Ashore" ...The U.S. military considers the development of the Standard Missile 3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptor to be complete and the weapon ready for production, even as co-developer Japan has changed its mind about using the interceptor as part of a shore-based ballistic missile defense site.
Japan had been set to build two Aegis Ashore BMD sites, one in the northern region of the country and one at the southern end.
Earlier this week, though, the Japanese government said it had changed its mind, citing concerns that the rocket booster on the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor wasn’t properly falling back to the ground in safe areas and could put civilian infrastructure or people at risk.
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L' Australia punta al rafforzamento ...
Da FlightGlobal ...
(*) ... "BREAKING: Govt outlines expansion of Australian Defence Firepower" ...
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Da FlightGlobal ...
The update stresses continued acquisition of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) planned 72 Lockheed Martin F-35As, adding that a replacement will be sought in the late 2030s.
A replacement for the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft is also foreseen from the late 2020s.
An “Additional Air Combat Capability” with funding of A$4.5-6.7 billion is listed from the mid-to-late 2020s.
It is not clear precisely what this refers to, but local trade publication ADBR (*) suggests it could mean upgrading Royal Australian Air Force Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets to a Block III configuration, acquiring additional F-35As, or adding unmanned combat air systems - or some combination of these options.
(*) ... "BREAKING: Govt outlines expansion of Australian Defence Firepower" ...
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La Russia rafforza la presenza della sua flotta subacquea nel Mediterraneo ... violando in tal modo la Convenzione di Montreux ...
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... news.usni.org ... "Russian Black Sea Sub Deployments to Mediterranean Could Violate Treaty" ...The Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet recently has been deploying its submarines to the Mediterranean, despite a decades-old international treaty which many thought would prevent those deployments.
The Montreux Convention, agreed to in 1936, prohibits submarines from passing through the Bosporus Strait, which connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
There are exceptions in the treaty for special cases for Black Sea nations: delivery of new submarines to the Black Sea and transits for repairs.
Russia is now routinely using these clauses to reestablish a permanent submarine presence in the Mediterranean.
The deployment of these submarines to the Mediterranean is a serious concern for NATO leadership.
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Gli Stati Uniti accusano la Cina di impiegare 'tattiche gangsteristiche' nel Mar Cinese Meridionale ...
... news.usni.org ... "State Dept. Official: U.S. Will Oppose Chinese ‘Gangster Tactics’ in South China Sea" ...The U.S. will no longer remain on the sidelines when China uses “gangster tactics” to get its way in territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.
Speaking at an online forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, David Stillwell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, said if Beijing continues to block Philippine access to fishing waters in Scarborough Shoal or militarize outcroppings there, the United States would regard those as “a dangerous move.”
Four years ago, an international arbitration panel ruled against China and said Scarborough Shoals belonged to the Philippines.
Beijing ignored the ruling, calling it “a piece of paper,” Stillwell said.