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23 January

Canada Sends Hundreds of Decommissioned Warheads to Ukraine

Canada has completed the transfer of 1,300 decommissioned warheads to Ukraine as part of a military aid package announced last June.

22 January

USS Harrisburg (LPD 30) San Antonio-class landing platform dock

Rojoef Manuel

HII Christens USS Harrisburg Amphibious Transport Dock

HII has christened the US Navy’s 14th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock vessel, the USS Harrisburg, in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

22 January

Joe Saballa

US Military Deploys Upgraded B61-12 Nuclear Bombs in Europe

The US military has begun deploying upgraded B61-12 nuclear bombs at its bases in Europe, further enhancing its strategic deterrence capabilities.

22 January

Joe Saballa

US Signs Two-Year Deal to Train Taiwan Navy

Taiwan has announced that the US has agreed to facilitate a two-year training program for the Taiwanese Navy as part of a newly-signed agreement.

21 January

Inder Singh Bisht

US Army Orders Switchblade Attack Drones for Dismounted Soldiers

AeroVironment has been contracted to deliver Switchblade loitering munition as part of US Army’s Directed Requirement for Lethal Unmanned Systems.

21 January

Joe Saballa

Four Legacy Rounds Into One: New Abrams Tank Ammo Enters Full-Rate Production

The US Army has approved the full-rate production of its M1147 120mm Advanced Multi-Purpose round, designed to provide next-generation firepower to M1 Abrams tanks.

21 January

Hugin Superior unmanned underwater system

Rojoef Manuel

AUKUS Navies Trial Hugin Drone for Underwater Missions

The UK Royal Navy has partnered with its US and Australian counterparts to assess the Hugin Superior autonomous system’s effectiveness in underwater warfare.

21 January

Joe Saballa

Trump Vows to Reinstate Soldiers Fired for Vaccine Refusal

Newly-elected US President Donald Trump pledged that all military personnel discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine will be reinstated with guaranteed “full back pay.”

21 January

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 09, 2018 Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez (C) speaks during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (not pictured) at the Government Office in Hanoi. - Born after the victory of the 1959 revolution, Miguel Diaz-Canel, president and now first secretary of the Communist Party, embodies the new generation in power in Cuba, more connected but not necessarily more flexible. (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Reinstates Cuba on State Sponsor of Terror List: W.House

US President Donald Trump on Monday promptly reversed Joe Biden's decision to remove Cuba from a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, announced days earlier as part of a deal to free prisoners.

20 January