Across a vast landscape speckled with shrubbery, two armies met on a battlefield intent on defeating a common adversary. From planning and coordination all the way through to execution and battle tracking, U.S. and Egyptian forces collaborated during Exercise Bright Star 2017 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt from Sept. 10 through 20. About 200 […]

A Continental United States (CONUS) based artillery unit fires six rockets while in Korea on September 21, 2017 after a no-notice recall and deployment. This demonstrated and exercised the ability to rapidly move a long-range precision artillery system known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and crew to anywhere in the world and […]

A Patriot target vehicle has been successfully launched from Wake Island by Orbital ATK for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, successfully launched a PATRIOT Target Vehicle (PTV) for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC). Orbital ATK’s PTV […]

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Bahrain for F-16V fighter jets with support, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 8 September. The estimated cost for the two sales is $3.8bn, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on its website. The Government of Bahrain has […]

The Army’s CH-47F helicopter is officially known as the “Chinook.” Unofficially, some refer to the CH-47F as “freedom’s workhorse.” When the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) saw CH-47F helicopters arriving at Taji Military Complex, Iraq, this week, they certainly felt like fresh horses had finally arrived. The incoming CH-47Fs are the first in a series […]

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) known as the RQ-11 Raven, was flying in the clear blue sky over the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area while Soldiers were practicing short-range air defense (SHORAD) techniques during the Maneuver-Stinger (M-Stinger) course, Aug. 29. The Chief of Staff of the Army directed the Army to execute a […]

Four more rocket launchers for a US missile defense system were deployed in South Korea Thursday after police removed hundreds of protesters from the site. That was reported by Yonhap. Clashes occurred throughout the night as some 400 residents fought off police officers near their community center in Seongju, some 300 km south of Seoul, […]

During his recent statement to the American Senate, a four-star General Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, said that the 5.56x45mm M855A1 ammunition is not capable of penetrating the newest types of bulletproof vests. As a result, a decision to replace this type of calibre of bullets with 7.62x51mm followed his […]

South Korea’s defence ministry announced Monday that the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will soon install four more THAAD missile defense launchers at its new southern base. The US Forces Korea (USFK) will install another four THAAD launchers at the converted golf course in Seongju County, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul, the ministry said. There […]

The United States is considering a rotational deployment of its stealth jets to South Korea in response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats, government sources said Sunday. South Korea and the U.S. are discussing the dispatch of F-22 and F-35B fighter jets on a rotational basis as part of efforts to boost extended […]