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The United States Navy has received so many coastal ships that it has already begun to decommission them. It has recently been revealed that the Navy is preparing to scrap two ships that were commissioned less than 10 years ago.
Slovakia is going to strengthen its air force with new American helicopters.
In January, the United States announced that it would transfer 31 M1A2 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, but it would take a year or more to deliver the weaponry. It seems that the government has now found a solution to send the equipment faster.
A video of the Ukrainian military undergoing training in the use of Stryker infantry fighting vehicles has surfaced on the internet.
The United States Air Force has requested funding to upgrade the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber. The request is included in the research and development budget justification for fiscal year 2024.
Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries has handed over the world's first submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries to the Ministry of Defence. The Taigei-class submarine is called Hakugei, which translates as "White Whale". It was unveiled in the autumn of 2020.
The B-1B Lancer aircraft again took part in a joint US-Korean exercise. The next flight was part of exercise Freedom Shield 23.
From time to time we write about US and European fighters flying out to intercept Russian planes. The day before, however, the opposite happened.
Ukraine received French Crotale NG surface-to-air missile systems in 2022. And now, we have seen the first footage of their operation.
The Ukrainian army has received Australian PPDS (Precision Payload Delivery System) drones.
In the summer of 2022, information appeared on the Internet that North Macedonia had handed over its Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine. The country's government has now officially confirmed this.
The United States Department of Defense wants an upgraded F135 engine for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets by the end of this decade. A spokesman for the Joint Program Office F-35 (JPO) said.
The United States continues to help Ukraine by announcing another military aid package.
At the beginning of the year, Germany promised to transfer Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. It looks like the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have them in the coming days.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have started using modern US Oshkosh M-ATV MPAR class vehicles.
