Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

The latest news and analysis on land warfare, from Breaking Defense._____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

Biden orders forces to Baltics, warns Russia plans further invasion of Ukraine Among the assets moving to the Baltics are F-35s and AH-64 Apache helicopters.

A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army ARTEMIS "has both electronic collection and ground scanning radar so it could for example see the movement of tanks in real time, and collect RF [radio frequency] signals emitted by adversaries,"  said Tom Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation. "Its sensors can go hundreds of miles out, so with the route it is flying it can see well into Belarus, Kaliningrad, and perhaps even into the Donbas region."

Putin orders 'peacekeeping' units into Ukraine, WH won't call it invasion "Russian troops moving into the Donbas would not itself be a new step," a senior Biden administration official said.

Biden admin clears potential $6 billion Abrams tank sale for Poland amid Ukraine situation Members of Congress in late January began pushing to expedite the deal.

Army modernization programs need to put 'points on the board': Acquisition chief "I am very comfortable with almost every program right now in terms of its general direction of travel, the requirements seem reasonable, and that our cost estimates are pretty good," said Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, in his first media roundtable since being confirmed by the Senate last week.

New US, UK agreement on helicopters gives Brits unique FVL access "I think we want to see interoperability as we digitize our forces, especially in our aviation formations. That's the focus," Brig. Gen. Robert Barrie, head of the US Army's Program Executive Office-Aviation, told Breaking Defense.

Biden warns of Ukraine invasion in 'days,' Austin watching for false flag effort "You don't do these sorts of things for no reason. And you certainly don't do them if you're getting ready to pack up and go home," Austin said of Russia's moves near Ukraine.

Israelis, Singapore build, sell surface-to-surface missile in one year The Blue Spear is a subsonic air breathing, sea-skimming missile able to be fired either from land or from a ship, with a range of 180 miles

After mix-up, Army says 12 programs may be hit by year-long CR After Breaking Defense noted a discrepancy in lists provided by the Army, the service revised the number of programs that would be impacted by a year-long continuing resolution.

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