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8 April

Russia Painting Fighter Jet Decoys on Airfields Amid Heavy Losses: Intel

The Russian military has been painting images of fighter aircraft on the tarmac of its airfields in an attempt to deceive Ukrainian forces, a intelligence report has revealed.

8 April

Juster Domingo

German Boxer Armored Fighting Vehicles to Get New Onboard Generators

Vincorion has signed a $13-million deal to supply the German Army's Boxer armored fighting vehicles with onboard generators.

8 April

Joe Saballa

Italy Military ‘Absolutely Undersized,’ Below ‘Limit of Survival’: Officials

Italian leaders have sounded the alarm on the country’s worsening shortage of military personnel as other NATO members beef up numbers.

5 April

A LITENING 5 Target Pod. The capsule-shaped targetting system is painted gray-green and has "Litening" painted in white in the middle of it.

Juster Domingo

Sweden Orders $37M Gripen Target Pod Package From Saab

Sweden has ordered additional LITENING 5 target designator pods from Saab, estimated at 390 million kronor ($37 million).

5 April

Joe Saballa

Ukraine to Destroy Bridge Linking Russia to Crimea by Mid-2024: Intel

Ukraine plans to blow up the bridge connecting Russia to Crimea by the first half of 2024 to strengthen its campaign in liberating the occupied region.

5 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukraine Claims at Least Six Russian Planes Destroyed in Drone Attack

Ukraine said it destroyed at least six Russian military planes at a Russian airbase, as the head of an eastern Ukrainian town said it was under "constant fire" by advancing Russian troops.

5 April

Soldiers and vehicles have been undergoing the toughest tests across Scotland to prove their prowess and capability through Exercise Mudmaster. Organised by 154 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps competitors are pushed on their driving and navigational skills. Over 200 soldiers have taken part on a series of challenges – many of them having wide experience in recent support ambulance driving support during Covid and on operations worldwide.

Rojoef Manuel

Lebanon Accepts Additional Land Rover Spare Parts From UK

The UK has delivered additional Land Rover spare parts to Lebanon as part of London’s Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund program.

5 April

Pictured: A Merlin Mk4 of 845 NAS performs a snow landing using MAOTS BV Vehicles as reference. 845 NAS and CDO MOAT TRAIN WITH RN MEDICS IN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT. 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and the Commando Mobile Air Operation Team (Cdo MAOT) have conducted training with the Medical Squadron of Commando Logistic Regiment. The objective of the training was to teach the attached Royal Marines, Royal Navy Medical Assistants, Naval Nurses, and Medical Officers of the Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs) and as a group, known as the Commando Forward Surgical Group (CFSG) in Stage 1 Evacuation drills from the Merlin Mk4 and Arctic Casualty Loading Drills in the field. As the CFSG team were dropped off by 845 NAS, Cdo MAOT assisted by the MAOT team of the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) took over the training by first getting them into a ‘Arctic Huddle’ to protect themselves from the freezing downwash of the merlin as they took back off. The CFSG were then shown how to assess suitable Helicopter Landing Sites in deep snow and frozen areas. Op CLOCKWORK (Formally Exercise CLOCKWORK) has been running at Bardufoss for over 50 years and delivers Environmental Flying Qualifications, Cold Weather Survival, Tent Group Commanders and Snow and Ice driving courses to ensure that the personnel of the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) are trained to operate in the harshest of environments.

Rojoef Manuel

Safran to Continue Engine Support for Royal Navy Merlin Helicopters

The UK has awarded Safran Helicopter Engines a contract to extend support for Royal Navy Merlin medium-lift rotorcraft engines.

5 April

A graphic of Rheinmetall's 120mm, 81mm, and 60mm mortar rounds. The rounds are posed standing up. The 120mm round is painted green, the 81mm round is painted white, and the 60mm round is painted blue.

Juster Domingo

Rheinmetall to Supply Spain With 104,000 Mortar Rounds

Rheinmetall has signed a double-digit million euro deal with Spain to supply the Spanish Army with 104,000 mortar rounds.

5 April

Joe Saballa

F-16 Fighter Jets ‘No Longer Relevant’: Ukrainian Official

A senior Ukrainian military official has claimed that the US-made F-16 fighter jets set to arrive in Kyiv later this year are “no longer relevant” against Russian forces.

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