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M. Shelbourne, USNI N. Building an Aegis Ashore facility on Guam would relieve three guided-missile destroyers from missile defense work and make them available for Navy tasking, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Thursday.
Speaking at a virtu…

B.W. Everstine, AF Mag. The Air Force is now flying MQ-9 Reaper operations from Romania, in a new mission that aims to provide 24/7 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage in the Balkans.
U.S. Air Forces in Europe based the Reapers at …

Tyler Rogoway, The War Zone The Aegis Combat System, aptly named after the shield of the Greek god Zeus, represented an absolute revolution in how naval surface warfare could be conducted when it first emerged in an operational form nearly four decade…

Andrew Shaughnessy, Modern War Institute Leaning back against the HESCO, the smoke from his freshly lit Camel drifted into the Venezuelan night sky. With temperatures nearing the 110s during the day, chain smoking in the night was the closest John was…

FPolicy On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the United States will provide $191 million in additional aid to the Yemeni people, who suffer from what he called “the largest and most urgent” humanitarian crisis in the world. Blin…

Bloomberg President Joe Biden may have to wait months longer to ride on a new Marine One helicopter because the aircraft designed by Lockheed Martin Corp. continues to pose a risk of scorching the South Lawn of the White House.
The Marine Corps and co…

Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor The pope will land in Iraq tomorrow for a three-day pilgrimage.
For the first time in history, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, will visit Iraq March 5-8.
“Tomorrow I will g…

Military.com Republican lawmakers didn’t give many specific examples of mean tweets from Kahl. But in October 2019, he did post, “The GOP used to pride itself as a party that put values front and center in US foreign policy. Now–as they debase themse…

Allison Annick, Proceedings The face of the adventurer at the steering-wheel, darkly visible ever and again by the oval greenish flow of the compass face, had something of that firm beauty which all concentrated purpose gives, and something of the hap…

Sandra Erwin, Space N. The Space Development Agency expects Tranche 1 satellites to cost “significantly less” than the $14 million average price it paid for Tranche 0 satellites.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency will solicit bids f…