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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top-ranking U.S. military officer, said on June 19 that the United States is working to reestablish communications with Russia's military that Moscow said it had severed after an American jet shot down a Syrian warplane. The so-called "deconfliction" hotline in Syria has been a vital tool in protecting both sides' forces as the risk of accidental clashes has increased with both sides conducting separate campaigns in the same inc

The Su-17 Fitter with its variable sweep wings was developed from the fixed-wing Su-7B. The first public demonstration of it was made in 1969. It was in production for a long time (1970-1990) and many modifications were built. Some of the modifications were Su-17M, Su-17M2, Su-17M3, and the Su-17M4 (low-altitude subsonic bomber), Su-17UM (trainer). It was designed as a fighter-bomber, but it was used mostly as a bomber. The Su-17 remains an effective aircraft with capable avi

At the rollout of Boeing’s newest 787-10 Dreamliner commercial airliner, Donald Trump indicated he could be looking at a large Super Hornet order. “We are going to fully rebuild our military. By the way, do you care if we use the F-18 Super Hornets? Or do you only care about — what do you think?” Trump said 17 February 2017, addressing the crowd at the Boeing 787 plant in North Charleston, SC. “We are looking seriously at a big order. We’ll see how that [goes].”Trump tweeted

Officials: U.S. Missile Defense System Outpaces Threat In-Depth Coverage By Cheryl Pellerin DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, June 8, 2017 – The defense system that protects the United States from ballistic missile attacks now outpaces the threat from adversaries out to 2020, and the Defense Department is advancing the capability to stay ahead of the threat into the future, defense officials said on Capitol Hill yesterday. Thomas H. Harvey III, acting assistant sec

DoD Release of the Report on Military and Security Developments in China Press Operations Release No: NR-209-17 June 6, 2017 Alpha 10 PRINT | E-MAIL The Department of Defense's annual report, "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China" is now available here: https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2017_China_Military_Power_Report.PDF This report informs Congress of the Department of Defense's assessment of military and security dev

Today President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed budget request of $639.1 billion, $574.5 billion in the base budget and $64.6 billion in the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. This budget request is $52 billion above the defense budget cap in the Budget and Control Act (BCA) of 2011. This funding is required to continue to rebuild warfighting readiness and will restore program balance by fixing the holes created by previous budget cuts. Since enactment o

By GlobalSecurity - Division The Army consists of four corps and 18 divisions. In the active Army, there are ten divisions: two forward deployed in Europe, one in Korea, one in Hawaii, and six in the continental United States. The remaining eight are Army National Guard Divisions. The U.S. Army had 28 Divisions - 18 active and 10 National Guard – in 1991. Eight Army divisions were deployed to the Persian Gulf, just as eight Army divisions had been deployed to Korea four decad