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The Army during the 2000s lagged behind its major rivals in artillery development. Here's What You Need to Remember: Targeting could pose a problem for these far-away targets. According to Breaking Defense, the Army is working on artificial intelligence and wireless networks so its howitzers and rocket-launchers can receive target coordinates from the service’s own drones as well as from drones, spy planes and satellites belonging to the other armed services. The U.S. Army just fired two 155-millimeter-diameter howitzer shells out to a distance of 40 miles. The test shots at Yuma Proving Gr...

In fact, Iran even managed to sink an aircraft carrier. Key point: The war game should have been a wake up call, but it was too embarrassing. Instead, the rules were changed during the game to ensure American victory. As tensions escalate in the Persian Gulf region, it’s worth recalling a 2002 Pentagon war game in which a U.S. Marine Corps played the part of an enemy commander waging a bloody defensive campaign against a much more powerful U.S. force. Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper’s own hodgepodge of troops, ships and planes was similar in organization and capability to Iran’s actual forces....

These helicopters were bought from the cash-strapped Russians after the fall of the Soviet Union. Key point: Practice makes perfect. But even better is practicing against the actual hardware your opponent might use. A U.S. Air Force rescue-helicopter squadron in November 2019 flew mock battles against a fearsome enemy. Soviet-designed Mil Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters. The war game over Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona helped to prepare the base’s resident 55th Rescue Squadron for intensive warfare that could involved helicopter-on-helicopter combat. This article first appeared earl...

These ships cannot hold their own in battle and have many problems. Key point: These warships are too easy to kill and do not carry enough fire power. Is it worth trying to buy more and upgrade them? After spending $30 billion over a period of around two decades, the U.S. Navy has managed to acquire just 35 of the 3,000-ton-displacement vessels. Sixteen were in service as of late 2018. Of those 16, four are test ships. Six are training ships. In 2019 just six LCSs, in theory, are deployable. While that number should increase as the remaining ships in the class finally commission into service...

  Two formations of missile-carrying bombers and fighters surged into Taiwan's airspace at the weekend. Their "target", the USS Theodore Roosevelt and her escort, were captured by satellite as they faced off against the dummy attack run. Just days after President Joe Biden took up office in the White House, Beijing is ramping up the pressure. On Friday, it announced its coast guard and warships were authorised to "open fire" on "intruders" within the East and South China Seas. On Saturday, it sent a "strike package" of powerful bombers within launch range of an approaching US carrier ...