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Sea state<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US Navy has christened its new littoral combat ship<\/a> USS Canberra<\/em>, the second US vessel to be named after the Australian capital and the only ship in the current fleet to be named after a foreign capital. Australia\u2019s defence attach\u00e9 to the US, Commodore Matthew Hudson, said the ship\u2019s naming, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty, speaks to the \u2018strength of friendship\u2019 between the US and Australia. Independence-class trimarans like the Canberra<\/em> have faced ongoing engine problems and other issues, which the US Navy has recently launched a taskforce<\/a> to address.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s largest warship has sunk<\/a> in the Gulf of Oman after a mysterious onboard fire. The supply ship IRIS Kharg<\/em> was evacuated, with its crew suffering 33 minor injuries and no casualties. The incident occurred near the sensitive shipping corridor of the Strait of Hormuz. The sinking of the Kharg<\/em> represents a significant loss to Iran\u2019s naval capabilities, as the purpose-built oiler and cargo ship was often relied on<\/a> for the country\u2019s long-distance naval operations.<\/p>\n

Flight path<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 4 June, the US Navy conducted<\/a> a historic aerial refuelling using a Boeing MQ-25 Stingray UAV to refuel an F\/A-18 Super Hornet, the first time an unmanned tanker has refuelled a manned aircraft. The head of the navy\u2019s unmanned aviation and strike weapons program, Rear Admiral Brian Corey, said<\/a>, \u2018This flight lays the foundation for integration into the carrier environment, allowing for greater capability toward manned\u2013unmanned teaming concepts\u2019, noting that the MQ-25 \u2018will greatly increase<\/a> the range and endurance of the future carrier air wing.\u2019<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/em> journalist David Axe has examined<\/a> the US Air Force\u2019s plans to expand its base network and distribute airpower across the Indo-Pacific to mitigate the threat of Chinese missile barrages during wartime. Two bases, Kadena on the Japanese island of Okinawa and Anderson on Guam, have long been home to the majority of the USAF\u2019s assets in the region and are within range of China\u2019s missiles. In response to this threat, the air force plans to spread its warplanes across potentially dozens of smaller bases<\/a> throughout the Indo-Pacific, prepositioning<\/a> weapons and equipment to reinforce the smallest air fields.<\/p>\n

Rapid fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rheinmetall has delivered 25 Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles<\/a> as part of phase 2 of the Australian Army\u2019s LAND 400 project. These early Boxers were built in Germany, where there are currently more than 30 Australians learning production processes before manufacturing shifts to Australia. Rheinmetall Defence Australia boss Gary Stewart says the Boxers\u2019 \u2018survivability and mobility\u2019 will be a major boost for the army\u2019s armoured cavalry. Along with Hanwha, Rheinmetall is also in the running for phase 3 of the LAND 400 program with its Lynx infantry fighting vehicle.<\/p>\n

Under Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s military modernisation<\/a> goal, the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps is undergoing an evolution. The PLANMC has focused on enlarging<\/a> its multi-domain and multi-mission capacities, especially broadening the navy\u2019s ability to undertake land operations. State television recently showed<\/a> PLANMC troops inspecting ZTQ-15, or Type 15, lightweight battle tanks as some infantry units transform themselves into \u2018combined arms\u2019 outfits.<\/p>\n

Final frontier <\/strong><\/p>\n

NASA has announced two new missions to Venus<\/a> to be launched by 2030 as interest in the planet heats up. The DAVINCI+ probe will collect data about the composition of Venus\u2019s atmosphere and the VERITAS orbiter will map the topography and temperature of the planet using radar and infrared sensors. The missions<\/a> will be NASA\u2019s first to Venus in more than three decades, but it won\u2019t be alone\u2014the space agencies of Europe, India and Russia and private companies, like California-based RocketLab<\/a>, are all developing their own Venus missions.<\/p>\n

The Australian National University is leading a multinational project<\/a> that will provide high-quality images to shed light on some of the mysteries of distant galaxies. The MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph (MAVIS)<\/a> instrument will be fitted to a telescope at the European Southern Observatory and is being developed in collaboration with Australia\u2019s Macquarie University and institutions in Italy and France. In addition to helping explore the solar system, Macquarie University\u2019s Richard McDermid says the project also demonstrates Australia\u2019s capability to develop sophisticated instruments.<\/p>\n

Wired watchtower <\/strong><\/p>\n

The US Justice Department has recovered<\/a> more than half of the money extorted by the hackers that caused the Colonial Pipeline shutdown. The department\u2019s digital extortion taskforce seized<\/a> a bitcoin wallet<\/a> containing 75 bitcoins, representing around US$2.3 million of the company\u2019s US$4.4 million ransom payment. Cryptocurrency has become the preferred <\/a>method of payment for hackers because it enables them to hide their identities, and many analysts have noted that the rise of ransomware attacks has coincided with the rise of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

On 4 June, the Nigerian government announced that it was suspending<\/a> Twitter indefinitely due to \u2018the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence\u2019. The announcement came two days after Twitter removed<\/a> a post by the country\u2019s president, Muhammadu Buhari, for violating its terms of use by threatening to punish groups responsible for recent attacks<\/a> on government buildings. Despite few Nigerians using the social media platform, it is a popular site for people to organise anti-government protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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