Raytheon to produce 90 Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch System missiles for US Navy Raytheon to produce 90 Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch System missiles for US Navy Saturday, 19 December 2020 16:20
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on December 18, 2020, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $145,101,510 modification (P00003) to previous contract N00019-20-C-0030. This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of 90 full rate production Lot 17 Block V Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) All Up Round (AUR) Vertical Launch System missiles, including related hardware and services for the U.S. Navy.
The Indian Army is the Latest Victim of China’s Microwave Gun
While essentially non-lethal, the microwaves were aimed at the Indian Army to make them violently ill and force their retreat.
Here s What You Need to Remember: It has been described as an advanced, long-range non-lethal, directed energy, counter-personnel platform that can project a man-sized beam of millimeter waves at a range of up to 1,000. The U.S. military may have deployed such a weapon to Afghanistan but likely withdrew it before using it against any targets.
In what sounds like a story out of science fiction, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly employed a powerful “microwave” earlier this month, and it wasn’t to heat up dinner for soldiers stationed in the Himalayas near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Instead, it may have been used against Indian troops.
U.S. Marines are Training Taiwanese Forces (and Beijing is Furious)
Despite the fact that Washington maintains no formal relations with Taiwan, which has a democratically-elected government, current U.S. law the Taiwan Relations Act requires that it ensures that Taiwan can defend itself. It has been in place for more than forty years, and ensures Taipei s defense needs.
Here s What You Need To Remember: This is not the first time that U.S. forces have trained Taiwanese ones - but it is usually done in secret.
This week the Taiwanese government publicly acknowledged that members of the United States Marine Corps have begun training operations on the island nation. A unit of Marine Raiders was reportedly deployed to Taiwan to help boost Taipei s military readiness.