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Afghanistan/USA. What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? (Joseph J. Collins, Defense One)

A child waits with her family to board a C-17 Globemaster lll, Aug. 22, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, after being evacuated...

Afghanistan/USA. Calculating the Costs of the Afghanistan War (Neta C. Crawford, Defense One)

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division stand security at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug.15, 2021. MARINE CORPS SGT. ISAIAH CAMPBELL The U.S. invaded...

USA. House lawmakers want to force the Pentagon to lower F-35 sustainment costs in order to buy more aircraft (Valerie Insinna, Defense News)

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron prepares to land, Nov. 2, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. (Airman 1st...

USA. HASC defense bill would allow the Navy to move on from cruisers, refocus on readiness of other ships (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) sits moored alongside USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka’s (CFAY) Berth...

Czechoslovakia. Three vendors submit final offers for multibillion-dollar Czech armored-vehicle race (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

Rheinmetall's KF 41 Lynx, pictured at the company's facility in Unterlüß, Germany, is one of three vehicles in the running to equip Czech forces...

France/Germany. France, Germany launch joint tactical air squadron and training center (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

Germand Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (R) speaks with pilots near a Lockheed C-130J transport plane during a visit to lay the foundation stone of...

USA. The US Navy is combining diver teams as it readies for future wars (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

A port of vital interest to the U.S. military is bombed and destroyed in a future great-power battle, with sunken ships and piers in the...

USA. House committee fears gap in industrial capability to power laser weapons (Jen Judson, Defense News)

A High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator laser shooting concept from Dynetics, which was chosen to build a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system for...

USA. Defense bill approves $15 minimum hourly wage for DoD contractors (Joe Gould, Defense News)

A provision to raise the minimum wage for Defense Department contractors to $15 per hour, up from $10.95, was adopted into the annual defense policy...

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