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Following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Slovakia last March 17, the Patriot air defense systems from Germany and the Netherlands have started to arrive in Slovakia to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Deployment of these systems will continue throughout the coming days. Germany 🇩🇪 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱 […]
Two Patriot missile defense systems from the US military are being sent to Poland as Western European states are preparing their defenses if Russia decides to move further west in the case that it successfully takes Ukraine. The deployment is said to be defensive to protect the US’ NATO allies as Russia has reportedly fired […]
The venerable Javelin anti-tank guided missile system (FGM-148 Javelin), the man-portable, anti-armor, guided munition system created by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, is reportedly one of the weapons that have been a game-changer for Ukrainian forces. The Ukraine Armed Forces reportedly destroyed 251 Russian tanks and armored vehicles in just a few days of fighting, possibly […]
It was August 4, 1945. World War II had just been won on the European fronts in what was one of the proudest moments the United States would share with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. This friendship between the Kremlin and the United States is one that is rarely seen today, but yes—it […]