The following is the Aug. 13, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Internal Politics and U.S. Policy and Options. Read More
Category Archives: Foreign Forces
Navy Issues Draft Request for Proposal for Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle
A Naval Sea Systems Command-developed Iraqi 60-meter Offshore Support Vessel. US Navy briefing material indicate that early versions of the service’s large unmanned surface vessels could be based on OSV designs. US Navy Photo
The Navy has put a call out to industry to send in ideas for its planned fleet of corvette-sized unmanned surface vehicles, according to a draft request for proposal announced on Wednesday. Read More
Competition to Build 5G Networks, Hypersonics Focus for Pentagon Research Chief
The X-51A Waverider, shown here under the wing of a B-52 Stratobomber is set to demonstrate hypersonic flight. US Air Force Graphic
The Department of Defense has made significant progress in the past 15 months in offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities to counter developments from China and Russia, its chief engineer said Tuesday. Now, the Pentagon is aiming to make the same kind of progress in developing 5G networks and microelectronics. Read More
Report to Congress on Russian Nuclear Weapons
The following is the Aug. 5, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Russia’s Nuclear Weapons: Doctrine, Forces, and Modernization. Read More
Two U.S. Warships, Marines Denied Port Visits to Hong Kong Amidst Protests
USS Green Bay (LPD-20) and USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
THE PENTAGON – Chinese officials are denying two U.S. warships port visits to Hong Kong amidst ongoing protests against the government in Beijing. Read More
Six New Icebreakers To Be Built For Canadian Coast Guard
Artist impression of Project Resolute
The Canadian Coast Guard will be procuring six new program icebreakers to replace its current aging fleet of icebreakers. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S.-China Relations
The following is the Aug, 8, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-China Relations. Read More
USS Porter Enters the Black Sea
USS Porter (DDG-78) on Aug. 8, 2019, entering the Black Sea. Cem Devrim Yaylalı Photo used with permission
Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) entered the Black Sea on Thursday and is the sixth U.S. ship to operate in the region this year. Read More
Russian Missile Test Site Explosion Kills 2, Injures 8.
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An explosion at a Russian Arctic missile test site killed two and injured at least six others Thursday, according to Russian government officials. Read More
Navy Says Africa Mission More About Building Partnerships, Less About Countering China
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Michael Welch, a tactical supervisor assigned to the Embarked Security Team deployed from Task Force 68 aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) stands watch as the ship departs Tema, Ghana, July 26, 2019. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON — The current African Partnership Station mission in the Gulf of Guinea aboard the USNS Carson City (T-EPF-7) seeks to help partner nations improve their security and prosperity, not to rival the economic encroachment of China in Africa, a leader of that mission said on Wednesday. Read More
