This exercise brings together service members from each nation’s military in a combined effort to enhance interoperability in pursuit of common regional security goals. Service members from participating units plan, coordinate and conduct operations over land and at sea.
The field training portion of the exercise begins at Kirishima maneuver area with a combat engineer subject matter expertise exchange, casualty evacuation and combat service support training, and simulated fire support coordination training between Japan Air Self Defense Forces and U.S. military personnel.
“This exercise, by bringing together our air, land, and maritime forces to increase our ability to jointly respond to crises across the range of military operations, is yet another demonstration of our rapidly growing constellation of partners, all united by the common goal of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” said Lt Col Jeremy Nelson, 3D Marine Logistics Group. It is commonly said that we train alongside ou
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Riad Kahwaji on May 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM
The ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser arrives at the port of Alexandria. (Credit: Egypt Army spokesperson official Facebook Page)
DUBAI: Despite occasional political frictions, military relations between the United States and Egypt remain strong, as CENTCOM signaled when it signed an MOU with the Egyptian Armed Forces on logistics and confirmed its participation in the Bright Star exercise in Egypt this year.
“On April 27, the United States of America and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate reciprocal provision of military logistic support, supplies, and services,” according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. It noted that “while the MOU does not obligate either side to provide support, it does create a standing mechanism to ensure that U.S. and Egyptian military forces can effectively offer reimbursable support to each other when required.
Russia’s Defense-Industrial Complex at a Crossroads: Aura Versus Reality (Part Two)
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 71
Russian Su-57 fighter (Source: YouTube)
President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about possibly nationalizing the Russian defense industry (DI) (
Interfax, March 31) reinvigorated a debate on measures to optimize this strategically crucial yet decreasingly profitable sector of the country’s economy (see Part One in EDM, April 13). The Kremlin leader’s cautiously phrased openness to the idea was preceded by a telling and unambiguous comment from Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov. Speaking at the “Goszakaz-2021” government procurement forum, Borisov firmly stated that he is “a supporter of direct and firm protectionist policies” regarding the DI (
Updated Feb 09, 2021 | 17:24 IST
The project has, reportedly, been in the pipeline since the late 2000s and the two ships were to be based on the designs of the South Korean Dokdo Class and French Mistral Class carriers. The Russian Navy s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
The collapse of the Soviet Union saw what was once an unparalleled carrier force and a world leader in vertical takeoff technology on the back of the Yak-141 fighter reaching the final prototype stage, descend into a period of obscurity
The contract between the Russian Defence Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation for the construction of the two carriers was inked in May 2020 at a cost of just $1.36 billion
Russia is developing a new vertical-takeoff aircraft and new carriers to launch them.
Russia wants to develop a new vertical-takeoff aircraft and new carriers to launch them.
An article in the Russian newspaper Izvestia (see translation here) featured statements by two Russian officials that suggested vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL, aircraft carriers and aircraft will be joining the Russian Navy.
Denis Manturov, the head of the Russian Ministry for Trade and Industry, said Russia would not build helicopter carriers. “I should only note that the shipbuilding program envisages construction of universal landing craft whose landing facilities (helicopter wing, landing craft, and floating armor) are supposed to be placed inside the ship hull or on the ship deck,” he said.