The United States Navy said the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) was fired from the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Dawn Blitz on October 22. HIMARS is a weapons system consists of five-ton chassis vehicle M142 which carries either a launcher pod of six […]

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group with lead ship nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) completed the Maritime Counter Special Operations Force Exercise (MCSOFEX) 2017 with Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy and visited Busan on October 21. According to United States Navy MCSOFEX 2017 focused on increasing the readiness of US and ROK forces and […]

A United States Navy destroyer sailed close to islands being claimed by China in South China Sea on Tuesday, Reuters said in an exclusive report quoting three US government officials. According to the report, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chafee sailed near Chinese-controlled features in Paracel Islands but not within the range of […]

United States Department of Defense disclosed in a release on September 28 that Vigor Works was awarded by the US Army Contracting Command to build US Army’s Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) MSV(L). The contract, firm-fixed-price contract, amounts to $979,794,011. The contract is expected to be completed September 28, 2027 The MSV(L) will replace US Army’s […]

In September Samsung were striving for the title of Phone of 2017 when they launched their heavyweight, the Galaxy Note 8. However, days after the smartphone was made available to the public, Apple stepped into the ring with a heavyweight all of their own, the IPhone X. Both smartphones host larger screens that ever before, […]

“If we desire to lift up our citizens, if we aspire to the approval of history, then we must fulfill our sovereign duties to the people we faithfully represent,” President Donald Trump said in his remarks to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, September 19. “We must protect […]

United States Navy Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departed Norfolk, Virginia, USA for Sasebo, Japan on August 30. Replacing USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), she it will assume duties as the forward-deployed flagship of the amphibious force of the US 7th Fleet, the US Navy said. USS Wasp is capable of operating the […]

The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) will temporarily deploy Patriot missile batteries (Patriot Advanced Capability 3 – PAC 3) to several United States installations in Japan starting August 29 to practice and refine ability to rapidly respond to North Korean missile threats, the US Forces in Japan said. These US installations are Yokota Air […]

The Japanese Defense Ministry on Saturday finished deploying Patriot missile defense systems in the country’s south in anticipation of North Korea’s possible strike on Guam, the state broadcaster NHK said. North Korea’s military has said it plans to fire four medium- to long-range missiles at the US Pacific territory and is waiting for approval from […]