Weekend Briefing (5 – 9 July)
This weekend at Overt Defense we’re rounding up some of the week’s biggest defense news. The situation in Afghanistan is becoming critical with 1,000 ANA soldiers to fleeing to Tajikistan, meanwhile in Haiti the president has been assassinated in his residence, Australia received the first of its new CH-47 helicopters, and 52 people died in C-130 crash in the Philippines. You can find these stories and more below:
Egypt Inaugurates a New Military Naval Base In The Eastern Mediterranean
52 Killed In Crash Of Philippines Air Force C-130H
US Marine Planned to Bomb DNC & Massacre Civilians
First US Marine Corps F-35C Squadron Declares Full Operational Capability
Over A Thousand Afghan Soldiers Fleeing The Taliban Take Refuge In Tajikistan
Development On Japan’s UH-2 Utility Helicopter Completed
Ceasefire In The Donbas Holds Following Deadly Violations
Pentagon Axes JEDI Contract, To Recompete Cloud Efforts
President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse Assasinated
HMS Queen Elizabeth enters the Indo-Pacific as HMS Prince of Wales visits Gibraltar
US Approves $455 Million Worth of Heavy Tactical Vehicle Sales To Kuwait
Rocket Attack On US-Led Coalition Forces In Iraq Wounds Two
AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Warhead Detonated For First Time
Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Implies Japan Could Fight to Defend Taiwan
US Expects Seventh Round Of Nuclear Talks With Iran Despite Enrichment Activity
South Korea Conducts Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tests
Spanish and Lithuanian Leaders’ Press Conference Interrupted By Aircraft Scramble
Australian Army Receives First of Four New CH-47F Chinooks
US Navy Drops Rail Guns For Hypersonic Missiles
Israeli Navy Purchases Four Shaldag MK V Vessels From Israeli Shipyards
Philippine Air Force Super Tucano Damaged In Landing Incident
Belgium’s Air Force Retires Its Alouette III Utility Helicopters
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