168: ATACMS to Ukraine but No US Announcement + UK Defense Chief Pledges ADA & Long-Range Munitions to Ukraine + Artillery Still King of Battle + France & Germany Discuss New Tank Requirements + More

1. Latest US Security Assistance to Ukraine worth $325 million.
2. US to send ATACMS to Ukraine (NBC Report), but no US announcement.
3. New UK Defence Secretary (Grant Shapps) promises Air Defense and Long-Range munitions to Ukraine.
4. Artillery is still the King of Battle. Global spending to increase over the next 10 years on modernized artillery systems and munitions.  
5. Chiefs of Defense from Germany and France discuss future Main Battle Tank (MBT) development & collaboration. To be different from Leopard and Leclerc MBTs. 
6. US F35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet maintenance readiness rates are low (GAO).
7. Large Russian Navy Exercise in the Chukchi & Bering Seas (off Siberia).