178: 2d US Carrier Strike Group to Mediterranean + Finland to Increase Defense Spending in FY24 + US Navy Commissions Latest Virginia-Class Submarine + US Army Procures Switchblade 600 Loitering Munitions + More

For review:
1. US Foreign Military Sales
  a. Oman: TOW Missiles
  b. Spain: Patriot Missile Defense Systems
2. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives in Israel to illustrate US support.
3. 2d US Carrier Strike Group (USS Eisenhower: CVN-69) moves through the Atlantic Ocean toward the Mediterranean Sea.
4. US Navy Aircraft Carrier- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) conducts port call in South Korea,  US Navy P8 Orion transits Taiwan Strait.
5. US approves sale of F16 warplanes to Argentina in bid against China's competition pitch of JF-17 fighters.  
6. Russia & North Korea military partnership.
7.  Rare Russian BTR-90 Armored Personnel Carrier spotted in Ukraine (part of Russian armored column). This combat vehicle was not mass produced nor exported.
8. Finland expected to increase defense spending above NATO standard of 2.0% in FY2024.
9. US Navy to commission the latest Virginia-Class Fast Attack submarine at New London, Connecticut: USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795). 
10. US Army to procure more than 100 Switchblade 600 loitering munitions under the Low Altitude Stalking & Strike Ordnance (LASSO) program.