Lucas Meyer, Author at defense-aerospace

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

A Chinese state-sponsored intrusion set off alarms in Washington this week after investigators confirmed that the hacking unit known as Salt Typhoon burrowed into a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months and quietly siphoned off the keys to many other government systems. Defense officials briefed on a June 11 Department of Homeland Security memo say the breach represents the most dangerous incursion into a National Guard environment ever recorded.

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Dutch and Norwegian F-35s Deploy to Poland to Secure Ukraine Supply Lines

The Netherlands and Norway will send their F-35 fighter jets to Poland from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 under NATO command. The mission’s single goal is to keep the air route open for trucks, trains, and aircraft carrying weapons and spare parts to Ukraine. The Dutch defense ministry announced the move on Monday, and Oslo confirmed its participation hours later.

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F-35 Bulkhead Overhaul Lets Fighter Hide Heavier Arms

Lockheed Martin reshaped a small yet vital slice of the F-35 frame. The fresh FS425 bulkhead now backs bigger bombs inside the jet. Crews hope the tweak keeps radar print low while packing harder punch. Work moved quick during late-2023 and spread wider this year.

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Romanias M1A2 Abrams Tank Buy to Cost 1.07 billion — Defense Ministry

Romania locked in a $1.07 billion plan to buy M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks. Officials call it a clean break from its aging Soviet stock. They argue the move lines up with NATO goals and lifts combat readyness fast. Parliament agreed after a short but heated debate, then sent the file to the Defence Ministry for action.

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Cost Surge Hits UK Protector Drone Plan

The United Kingdom faces fresh budget pain round its next-gen Protector RG Mk 1 drones. Latest figures show the bill jumping forty per cent above first plan. Ministers stay quiet on why the math went off, yet insiders point at fast-shifting specs and a rough pound-to-dollar rate. Critics fear the rush to sign papers back in 2016 left blind spots that now bite. RAF chiefs, for their part, say the fleet still matters if Britain wants teeth in skies crowded with peer threats.

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Detailed analysis of the 2006 Lebanon War, covering ground combat, air strikes, naval actions, and weapon system performance.

A Preliminary Military Assessment of the Lebanon Conflict

This article explains how the war was fought, looks at key military applications and technological successes and failures, examines the main battles and offensives, Hezbollah’s campaign achievements and how the Israeli military lost the opening battles yet recovered.

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