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Russia. Russia to Boost Firepower of Aging T-80 Tank (Joe Saballa, The Defense Post)

 Russia's T-80 battle tanks. Photo: Olga Maltseva/AFP Russian defense firm Uralvagonzavod Group has unveiled its plan to upgrade the country’s T-80BVM main battle tank, an...

USA. US Space Force Missile Warning System Passes Design Review (The Defense Post)

Space Based Infrared System GEO Flight 3 launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Image: Lockheed Martin The United States Space Force (USSF) Next-Generation...

Nigeria. 17 People Killed in Nigeria Jihadist Attacks (Defense Post)

Nigerian soldiers patrol on October 12, 2019, after gunmen suspected of belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group carried out a...

USA/Ukraine. Biden Will Announce $60M Security Aid to Ukraine To Counter Russia (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III and Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy exit the Pentagon on Aug. 31, 2021. DOD / U.S. AIR FORCE STAFF...

USA. The War on Terror—in Afghanistan and Elsewhere—Is Far from Over, Biden Says (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

U.S. President Joe Biden replaces his face mask after delivering remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room...

Afghanistan/USA. The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban (David Frum, Defense One)

GETTY / THE ATLANTIC Imagine how the scene at the Kabul airport looked to the suicide bomber in the last seconds before he committed his...

Space. Space agencies support space traffic management but differ on how it should be developed (Jeff Foust, Space News)

Leaders of several national space agencies agreed that space traffic management should be a priority but disagreed how it should be regulated. Credit: Thomas...

Space. Aerospace Corp. CEO sees winds of change in space procurement (Sandra Erwin, Space News)

An architectural rendering of the new R&D facility Aerospace Corp. expects to open in Colorado Springs, Colo., in spring 2022 to focus on classified...

Space. Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch (Jeff Foust, Space News)

An Atlas 5 launch from Vandenberg has slipped a week because trucks that normally supply liquid nitrogen to the base have been pressed into...

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