Weekend Briefing (2-6 August)
Welcome to another Weekend Briefing, where we round-up the week’s most important defense news and some of the stories that may have flown under the radar. This week at Overt Defense we covered the news that Italy has conducted their first F-35 carrier landing, the US Air Force’s ARRW flight test failed, Iran suspected of hijacking operations, India’s carrier Vikrant has begun sea trials and we examined China’s mysterious DF-100 cruise missile. These stories and more are rounded up below:
United States Coast Guard Commissions Three Cutters in Guam
Afghanistan’s Special Forces Start Training In Turkey As Part Of NATO’s Mission
Demystifying The DF-100: A Deeper Look At China’s Mysterious Cruise Missile
First Ever Italian Navy F-35B Landing Aboard ITS Cavour
UK Seeking New ‘Army Special Operations Brigade Rifle’
Eight Egyptian Soldiers Killed During Operations In North Sinai
Motor Ignition Failure During Second ARRW Booster Flight Test
US Critical Supply Chain Task Force Releases Findings
New RAND Studies Tackle Foreign Disinformation in the United States
Future Attack Submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover Christened
Iranian Involvement Suspected In Hijacking Of Asphalt Princess Tanker
Explosion Near the Home of Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi in Kabul, Afghanistan
German Frigate ‘Bayern’ Sails to the Pacific
Australian Navy’s Final Hobart-class Destroyer Completes Testing
Fourth German-Built S-44 Submarine Delivered to Egyptian Navy
US State Department Greenlights The Sale of CH-53K Helicopters to Israel
IDF Retaliated as Rockets Launched From Lebanon
India’s First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Future INS Vikrant Begins Sea Trials
Navy Awards Omega, CASS Commercial Air-to-Air Refueling Contracts
Poland’s National Security Compromised By Minister’s Email Hack
DARPA Aims to Use Quantum Techniques for Radio Frequency Sensing
Tigray Forces Take UNESCO Site of Lalibela
US Air Force Awards Hermeus $60 Million Hypersonic Aircraft Flight Testing Contract
Third Type 054A/P Frigate Launched for Pakistan in China
DARPA LINC Program Enabling Military Systems to Adapt to the Unexpected
LRASMs Dropped From F-15 Japan Super Interceptor Upgrade List
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