Taiwan has unveiled a prototype of its new eight-wheeled infantry fighting vehicle featuring a 105-millimeter assault gun. Presented to the media at a military facility in central Taiwan, the new armored vehicle belongs to the Clouded Leopard family and is said to have an attack efficiency comparable to that of the US-made M1A2T Abrams main battle tank.

Taiwan Unveils New Eight-Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Prototype

Taufkirchen-based Hensoldt will deliver 90 additional Spotter 42 sniper support scopes for the German Armed Forces. This tranche follows an initial batch delivered last year and complements the military’s existing Spotter 60s. The Spotter 42 has a focus range of 50 meters (164 feet), a focal total length of...

Germany to Receive Additional Sniper Support Scopes From Hensoldt

Germany’s federal parliament budget committee has greenlit plans to buy MBDA Brimstone 3 missiles for its Eurofighter planes. The framework deal lists an order of up to 3,266 missile units, with the first tranche consisting of 378 missiles totalling up to 376 million euros ($402 million). About 274 units...

Germany to Buy 3,200 Brimstone Missiles for Eurofighter Fleet

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has submitted an offer to the Spanish government to produce 50 ASCOD armored fighting vehicles for Ukraine at its factory in Trubia, northwest Spain. The proposal was revealed to have been presented to national defense industry representatives by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, with plans...

General Dynamics Offering to Produce 50 ASCOD Fighting Vehicles for Ukraine

Florida State

Snopes

The video was reversed and originally showed SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket boosters landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Fact Check: No, Video Doesn't Show Florida State Guard Firing Surface-to-Air Missiles at Migrant Boats

Military.com

A decade of declining recruitment numbers for the Army is almost entirely attributable to a significant drop in male recruiting as female enlistments have remained relatively flat, internal service data reviewed by Military.com shows.

The Army's Recruiting Problem Is Male

The US Sun

AEROSPACE experts have created a spooky unmanned stealth drone dubbed Wingman for wartime spy missions. Supported by AI, the Wingman will take on dangerous tasks including blowing up enemy targets with guided missiles. Airbus has unveiled its new Wingman concept at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin. The Wingman’s...

Airbus unveils ghostly unmanned stealth drone named ‘Wingman’ for spy missions and blasting targets with guided missiles

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Mahanoy City, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

MAHANOY CITY – Two members of a motorcycle club were convicted on federal charges, accused...
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Convicted motorcycle club members orchestrated ‘brutal’ home-invasion in Mahanoy, feds say

Business Insider

Ukraine modified its Magura V5 naval drones to carry R-73 short-range air-to-air missiles, giving the systems more firepower in the Black Sea.

Ukraine's new drone boats are armed with heat-seeking missiles to scare off Russian aircraft, commander says

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the ninth Mogami-class guided-missile frigate ordered by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The future JS Natori is scheduled for delivery and commissioning in 2025, with the entire fleet of 12 warships planned for induction by 2028. MHI and its subsidiary Maritime Systems are building...

Japan Launches 9th Futuristic Mogami Warship

National Guard soldiers with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team became the first Guardsmen to field-test the service’s Next Generation Squad Weapon systems this month, officials said in a press release. Troops with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team fired the next-gen weapon systems, the XM7 rifle and the...

National Guard soldiers field-test Next Generation Squad Weapons

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

Arms Unlimited accused of selling and shipping large-capacity magazines to New Jersey, violating state laws. The state takes action against Arms Unlimited for allegedly violating local gun control laws.

NJ Sues Arms Unlimited for Illegal Sale of High-Capacity Magazines

Lee County, MS

Verona, MS

Mississippi News Group

Verona, MS - On May 30, 2024, the Lee County Sheriff's Department, in collaboration with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, executed a search warrant in Verona, MS, following a prolonged investigation into illegal narcotics sales from a local shop according to a press release from the LCSD.

Lee County Sheriff's Department Executes Major Drug Bust in Verona

The strict new policies strip company-level commanders, usually a captain, of any authority to deny a soldier's request to take leave and travel for care, and move that authority to the brigade level.

Army Makes It Harder for Commanders to Deny Soldier Leave for Abortions

A Hawaii-based aviation unit recently conducted the first all-Marine satellite communications launch and recovery as the force aims to grow its drone force and capabilities for future operations. The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3 “Phantoms,” hit the operational milestone June 20 out of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe...

Drone crew conducts first all-Marine satellite comms launch, recovery

24/7 Wall St.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Army announced that it would be renaming its Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense system (M-SHORAD). The system will be renamed to SGT STOUT after the Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Mitchell Stout who served as an artilleryman. Sgt. Stout is the only air defense artillery soldier to earn the […]
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Every American Aircraft That Fought in the Vietnam War

The Army said two of its next-generation Precision Strike Missiles successfully struck a moving maritime target during a sinking exercise.

US soldiers just put the Army's new Precision Strike Missile to the test against a moving sea target in the Pacific

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Newark, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

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Iveco Team to Complete Order of Italian Army Centauro II Anti-Tank Vehicles

Italy has signed an agreement with the Iveco – Oto Melara Consortium to supply the final tranche of Centauro II wheeled tank destroyers to the army...

Iveco Team to Complete Order of Italian Army Centauro II Anti-Tank Vehicles

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