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11 June

Air

Joe Saballa

Ukraine to Keep F-16s Abroad to Protect From Russian Strikes: Official

Ukraine plans to store some of its F-16 fighter jets abroad to protect them from potential Russian strikes.

11 June

Land

Pictured: Members of the Pathfinder Platoon, 16 Air Assault brigade provide all round protection in RWMIK’s whilst the RAF ATLAS C.1 performs touch & go landings at Pembrey Sands beach. The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested how they can insert behind enemy lines in aircraft landing on impromptu runways. Mounted in heavily armed RWMIK patrol vehicles, troops from Pathfinders - the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade - were delivered onto Pembrey Sands in southwest Wales from an RAF ATLAS C.1 (A400M) aircraft. With the beach’s vast expanse exposed at low tide, the aircraft swooped in to land on an area that Pathfinders had identified as firm and large enough to land on and marked for the pilots. With its four engines still running, the aircraft dropped its back ramp for the vehicles to drive off, and then took off after being on the ground for the shortest possible time. The rising tide covered all evidence that the aircraft had ever been there, while Pathfinders quickly moved off into the Welsh countryside. In military jargon this is known as a Rapid Air Landing (RAL) on a Temporary Landing Zone (TLZ). For the aircraft of the RAF’s Air Mobility Force to be able to conduct these operations gives greater flexibility in how troops can be delivered on to an operation, in a more covert way and without being restricted to permanent runways that can be defended by enemy troops. Pathfinders are trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines and work in small patrols, either in vehicles or on foot, to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning. A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter or aircraft. Alongside their primary reconnaissance role, Pathfinders provide a highly mobile strike force to support 16 Air Assault Bde missions by carrying out raids on high value targets or feints in supp

Rojoef Manuel

Babcock, Hobson to Boost Availability of British Army Ground Vehicles

Babcock has partnered with Hobson Industries to increase the availability of the British Army’s ground vehicles.

11 June

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Norway to Start Assembling Leopard 2 Tanks

Norway, which has ordered 54 German-made Leopard 2 tanks, will assemble 37 of them on Norwegian soil and potentially assemble tanks for other countries.

11 June

Middle East

Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip

Staff Writer With AFP

Red Crescent Says Israeli Troops Came in Aid Truck to Free Hostages

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Israeli troops used an aid truck to infiltrate central Gaza's Nuseirat camp when they rescued four Israeli hostages over the weekend.

11 June

Arms

Ammunition in a box, which appears to be for machine guns. The ammunition are seemingly similar in shape and size to 15 mm ones.

Juster Domingo

Estonia to Focus on Weapons, Ammo Procurement for Next Four Years

Estonia has announced that its new development plan for 2025 to 2028 will focus largely on the procurement of weapons and ammunition.

11 June

War

Joe Saballa

Finland Sends Advanced Weapon Prototypes to Ukraine for Combat Testing

Finland has transferred prototypes of some of its most advanced weapon systems to Ukraine to evaluate their effectiveness in combat.

11 June

Air

Staff Writer With AFP

Hezbollah Says Downed Israeli Hermes 900 Drone

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone while the Israeli military confirmed a drone had been downed amid near-daily cross-border attacks.

11 June

Asia Pacific