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Donyale Hall, RCD VFW Has Forgotten the Meaning of Selfless Service by Opposing TCAVA Source link

DETROIT — The Army is awaiting new fleets of M1E3 Abrams and XM30 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, but in the meantime, some of the legacy platforms its using face a “readiness crisis,” in part due to supply chain woes, a top official in the Army’s office responsible for managing the sustainment of its ground vehicle fleet told Breaking Defense. “We have an aging fleet, and we have modernization on the horizon, but it’s not coming fast enough. We’re going to be maintaining some of these legacy platforms for decades, and so obsolescence issues that we have now, we have to live with…

Hackers have allegedly posted the personal data of 15 million Kazakhstani citizens for sale on the dark web. If confirmed, this would mark the second major breach of Kazakhstani citizen data in a little over a year. According to RFE/RL, the Mash Telegram channel, which the outlet characterized as linked to the Russian security forces, reported that hackers had put the personal data of 15 million Kazakhstani citizens up for sale on the dark web. The seller reportedly claimed to have obtained the data after hacking Kazakhstan’s eGov service. The file is apparently valued at around $32,000 and, the seller…

Military Times The deployment, which was anticipated to end in May, has been extended with no publicly announced return date. Source link

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ― The Pentagon’s Golden Dome czar said that the 12 contenders for future space-based interceptor (SBI) development contracts have passed the first of four milestones in the Space Force’s demonstration effort. “All of the providers that are part of the competition are progressing exceptionally well, and Gate 1 just came to a closure. I have not seen the results of Gate 1, but as I have heard back from Space Systems Command (SSC), all providers look positive and will continue into Gate 2,” Gen. Michael Guetlein told the annual Army Space and Missile Defense conference here on Tuesday.…

Uzbekistan’s transition from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet is not merely a technical change; rather, it has a far-reaching dimension tied to the nation-building process. Since declaring its independence in 1991, Tashkent has revised its alphabet policies numerous times, yet the simultaneous use of both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets has continued for over 30 years. Visitors to Uzbekistan will still see both alphabets — alongside the Russian language, which uses a Cyrillic alphabet – in many parts of daily life.  While conducting field research at Samarkand State University between 2022 and 2023, to collect data for my master’s…

Air & Space Forces The Pentagon’s top research lab is interested in developing a hypersonic cruise missile prototype that provides “a revolutionary leap in operational performance” Source link

The annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium’s second day unfolded today, and included remarks from Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting and Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Lt. Gen. John Rafferty. As the Breaking Defense team roams the expo floor to report the latest news, here are a few images from day two of the event. And be sure to check out all our coverage of the event here. Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb on display at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., Aug. 12, 2026. (Breaking Defense) AV shows off its SB400 (front) and SB600 (back)…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over China, the head of U.S. Space Command said. America’s adversaries are targeting U.S. space assets and rapidly developing their own, Gen. Stephen Whiting told attendees at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium on Wednesday. China, for example, has direct-ascent ASAT missiles, ground-based lasers, jammers, and maneuverable, dual-use satellites, he said.“These developments intend to degrade our current space superiority and would potentially giveChina a maneuver and logistics advantage in space – something we would not accept on the land, at sea,…

August has been a solemn month in Japan for more than 80 years. Although Japan formally signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, respectively, and Emperor Hirohito’s radio announcement on August 15 accepting the terms of surrender have made August a month from which the Japanese psyche cannot escape. Every year since the Pacific War ended in Japan’s defeat, during August the nation has mourned its war dead and reflected on the horrors of a conflict that inflicted immense suffering and destruction upon the country. The…