Weekend Briefing (26-30 April)
This week brought us more interesting military affairs news from around the World. The hunt for Indonesia’s lost submarine, the Nanggala, came to a tragic conclusion, French troops will train in Japan for a historic first time and the US Navy responded with warning shots towards harassing Iranian vessels in the Gulf. Elsewhere, clashes on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border, concerns sparked over possible budget cuts in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program and the US Army deployed the new M-SHORAD Air Defense System for the first time. This and more can be found in our weekly weekend briefing.
In Historic First, French Troops Will Train in Japan
Indian and French Navy Conducting Bilateral Exercise In The Arabian Sea
Missing Submarine KRI Nanggala Declared Lost With All Hands After Wreckage Found
Iran Unveils New Defense and Combat Equipment
General Townsend: “Africa Too Important to Ignore”
Congress May Cut F-35 Purchase Due To High Costs
US Army Deploys New M-SHORAD Air Defense System
Turkey’s ULAQ Getting Ready For Fire Tests
New Japanese Diplomatic Bluebook Shows Significantly More Concern About China than Earlier Editions
US Government Accountability Office Identifies Ways to Improve DoD Business Operations
Warning Shots Fired By US Navy In Response To IRGC Navy Harassment
Australia Announces Another $580 Million for Defense
Brazil to Develop Their Own UAV
Apptronik to Demonstrate Munition-Lifting Robot Arm for US Army
Ceasefire Declared Following Deadly Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Clashes
Zumwalt Destroyers to Become First US Ships Armed with Hypersonic Weapons
France to Impose Sanctions on Soldiers Supporting Far-Right Letter
Court Upholds Legal Challenge to DoD JEDI Contract
Nigerian President Calls For USAFRICOM To Consider Relocating To Africa
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