Spending priorities for joint purchase would be air and missile defense systems, artillery, ammunition, drones, equipment for use in cyber and electronic warfare, and “strategic enablers” like ...

Ukrainian industry is building the Bohdanas at a rate of several per week in order to standardize its artillery corps, replace older howitzers the Russians have knocked out and free itself from ...

The 12th Littoral Combat Team was established in a ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on March 3 and ... in 2023 from the 12th Marine Regiment, an artillery unit. The purpose of the MLR is to ...

Also, Ukraine’s Defense Forces have destroyed 10,292 Russian tanks (+18 in the past day), 21,400 (+40) armored fighting vehicles, 24,271 (+65) artillery systems, 1,311 (+1) MLR systems, 1,102 (+1) air ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lt Col. Jacob Godby uncase the 12th Littoral Combat Team colors during a designation ceremony of 12th Marines to 12th MLR on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 5, 2025. 12th MLR is ...

The new regiment, approved by Defence Secretary John Healy, will initially include 500 of the Nepalese troops as an elite surveillance unit attached to the Royal Regiment of Artillery It comes ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her protests the past four years, including a threat ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the remains of some of those killed are ...

Russia's artillery has profound strategic and psychological effects, and its use through history has signalled the nation's resolve in warfare. The use of artillery in Ukraine has echoes of the past, ...

The MLRS can fire 12 to 18 guided rockets in under a minute and be set up, fired, and moved to another position quickly before enemy artillery can pinpoint its location. European armies have ...