Russia’s Borey-class strategic submarine Yuri Dolgoruky conducted a salvo-launch of 4 Bulava SLBMs for the first time on May 22.
B-1B successfully test-fired pair of LRASMs
A U.S. Air Force B-1B from Dyess Air Force Base has successfully test-fired a pair of production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).
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Pentagon has “disinvited” PLA Navy from RIMPAC 18
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Logan says the PLA Navy has been disinvited from the 2018 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise.
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By Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Details on modification done to MiG-31K in order to carry Kinzhal
Izvestia has an article on the modifications made to the MiG-31K so that it can operate the Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile.
Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
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HASC: F-35C lacks the range to strike enemy targets
The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has directed the Navy to report back by 2019 on how to “expand the strike range of a carrier air wing in a contested environment.” After concluding that the F-35C’s current range will not allow it to strike enemy targets without putting the carrier in harm’s way.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2017) An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Grim Reapers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 101) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting training after its successful completion of carrier incremental availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Josue Escobosa/Released)