"...U.S. Army Capt. Scott Hoffman, 100th Missile Defense Brigade Detachment 1 outgoing commander relinquished command of the GMD DET 1 to U.S. Army Capt. Jose Montalvo, 100th Missile Defense Brigade Detachment 1 incoming commander during a change of command ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., June 28, 2024. A change of command ceremony..."
Reference: www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil .
"...The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army recently completed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI. The test provided data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round...."
Reference: www.defense.gov .
"...The biggest single outlay will go to the Redstone Arsenal, the Army's primary testing facility for missiles in Huntsville. It would receive $80 million for a ground test facility. ..."
Reference: www.thecentersquare.com .
"... While the transfer of all eight systems was being discussed, they might not all end up being sent to Ukraine, four of the people said. Three of the people with knowledge of the discussions said Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba had held talks on the matter with his US counterpart Antony Blinken in recent weeks. ... Israel has also ample stocks of interceptor missiles — which Ukraine also needs — to go with the batteries, according to one person familiar with the size of Israel’s arsenal. Analysts also said the old Israeli interceptor missiles had a longer range and a bigger warhead than the newer PAC-3 model. ..."
Reference: www.ft.com .
"...The publication of the figures come after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public claim last week that the US has been “withholding” weapons shipments from Israel. ...Biden’s freeze of the shipment of 2,000-pound bombs as a signal that all arms shipments should be scrutinized more closely, slowing the process in comparison to the beginning of the war."
Reference: www.timesofisrael.com .
"...The announcement comes after President Joe Biden, during last week’s Group of Seven meeting in Italy, suggested such action might be necessary, saying, “We’ve let it be known for those countries that are expecting, from us, air defense systems in the future, that they’re going to have to wait.” “Everything we have is going to go to Ukraine until their needs are met,” Biden said. “And then we will make good on the commitments we made to other countries.” ..."
Reference: apnews.com .
"...Houthi rebels carried out yet another attack on a shipping vessel and this time in the Arabian Sea. The Houthi militants used a new ballistic missile to hit the ‘Israeli’ ship and boasted off accurate strike on MSC Sarah V. The United Kingdom Maritime..."
Reference: timesofindia.indiatimes.com .
"...Russia had launched 96 glide bombs, two missile strikes, 4000 shells and 44 kamikaze drones over the last 24 hours, according to the Ukrainian army. A glide bomb is a standard air-dropped bomb modified to be launched from a distance rather than directly over the target - with some weighing up to 1.5 tonnes. ...missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure"
Reference: www.independent.co.uk .
"...The Defense Department’s advanced missile tracking satellites logged their first views of a hypersonic flight test this week, according to the Missile Defense Agency. MDA didn’t disclose the date of the flight, which took off from Wallops Island in Virginia...."
Reference: www.c4isrnet.com .
"...The U.S. has supplied vast numbers of missiles to Ukraine, including more than 2,000 Stinger shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, over 10,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, and an unspecified number of guided GMLRS rockets for HiMARS. Suppliers are struggling to rebuild stockpiles and analysts wonder how quickly the U.S. would run out of missiles in a major conflict. 3D printing offers a way to make rocket motors faster at scale, as well as developing new weapons impossible with traditional manufacturing techniques. ..."
Reference: www.forbes.com .
"The M/V Verbena was still ablaze and the mariner was flown by a U.S. helicopter to another nearby ship for medical treatment, the U.S. military’s Central Command said. ...Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched two anti-ship cruise missiles and struck a commercial ship Thursday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen, setting it on fire and severely wounding one civilian mariner, authorities said...."
Reference: www.nbcnews.com .
Reference Source: www.military.com
"...Maritime limits and boundaries for the United States are measured from the official U.S. baseline, recognized as the low-water line along the coast as marked on the NOAA nautical charts in accordance with the articles of the Law of the Sea. The Office of Coast Survey depicts on its nautical charts the territorial sea (12 nautical miles), contiguous zone (24 Nautical Miles), and exclusive economic zone (200nm, plus maritime boundaries with adjacent/opposite countries). ..."
Reference: nauticalcharts.noaa.gov .
"the Russian flotilla got within 25 miles of shore. The Miami Herald, citing unnamed U.S. officials, reported that the ships sailed "less than 30 miles off South Florida's coast" on Tuesday. ...Pentagon spokeswoman, downplayed the presence of the flotilla by telling reporters that "we've seen them do this ...However, unlike prior port visits that involved less-advanced Russian vessels, the submarine and the frigate are some of the newest and most advanced Russian warships ..."We should expect more of this activity going forward," the official added."
Reference: www.military.com .
"Iran has issued a fresh wave of warnings to Israel and its allies...US and UK forces joined Israel's Middle Eastern partners on Saturday to bring down hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles fired by Iran. Bagheri warned a more active intervention would leave US infrastructure across the region at heightened risk as he warned Iran's response will be "much larger than tonight's military action if Israel retaliates against Iran."..."
Reference: www.msn.com .
"Yemeni militant group unveils solid-fuel weapon it claims is hypersonic by targeting port city of Eilat...The missile appears to be similar to one Iran unveiled earlier this year.
Footage released on Wednesday night claimed to show the launch of the Palestine, its warhead painted in the chequered pattern of a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf.
Experts say it is a precision-guided solid-fuel missile, more advanced than the liquid propellant missiles without guidance that the Houthis have been using until now. ..."
Snippet of Article: "...80th anniversary of D-Day.
The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied aircraft bombing German defenses in Normandy, followed by around 1,200 aircraft that carried airborne troops. As dawn broke, Allied forces started bombing German coastal defenses and shortly after that vessels began putting troops ashore on five codenamed beaches: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. By the end of the day, nearly 160,000 Allied troops had landed in Normandy, although there were thousands of casualties.
Few witnesses to history’s biggest amphibious invasion remain alive today. ..."
"...The British government is investing in the Dreadnought-class SSBN submarines to revitalize the Royal Navy and maintain a credible nuclear deterrent. ..."
Reference: nationalinterest.org .
"After long hesitation over fears of the Kremlin's response, both Washington and Berlin on Friday approved allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia. This change in policy by NATO leaders signals a significant escalation in the war with Russia, which has warned it would see such attacks as directed by the West and that they'd possibly prompt the Kremlin to retaliate against American and European targets in Europe and even around the world. ...Germany also said it would allow its missiles to be used for strikes inside Russia. ..."
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"...U.S. policy prohibiting the use of long-range missiles known as ATACMS, or Army Tactical Missile System, that could hit targets deep inside Russia has not changed. "This applies to counter-fire capabilities that are deployed just across the border. It does not apply to ATACMS or long-range strikes," said Michael Carpenter, senior director for Europe at the White House National Security Council. ..."
Reference: Voice of America .
