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http://news.trust.org/item/20190410223001-o5bpc/ (It's Reuters, dunno what they are aiming at with this brand, but it's them) Egypt is pulling out of the Middle East Security Alliance proposal.

"Enough to retain structural integrity for the rest of the tank that isn't (N)ERA, with frontal arc also functioning as a backstop for HEAT's remaining penetration" The "excess steel armor" problem came around due to increasingly powerful HEAT shells and ATGMs, their relative inaccuracy asides. If one of those connected, they would probably go through a lot more steel than you could reasonably fit on a tank. The Germans and French responded with the Leopard 1 and AMX-30, which were intended to trade armor for speed to get out of the line of fire with. The British had Chieftain, which relied on sloping to hopefully deflect was fired at them (this didn't work, hence Stilbrew). The Americans had the M60, which was designed for fused silica that would probably be pretty effective against period HEAT, but was never built with it. Leo 1 and the AMX-30 don't have much of an excess steel problem, but they don't have the growth space for significant upgrades due to how light they are. Chieftain... well, eventually a version of the design shorn of most steel armor and replaced with Chobham, and with hydropneumatic suspension became Challenger. M60s soldiered on for far longer than they should have in US service no thanks to MBT-70. Marine Corps M60A1s eventually got an ERA kit (apparently not Blazer) in time for Desert Storm, but remaining stocks were rapidly sold off afterwards. Israeli M60s (Magachs) got very extensive (N)ERA upgrades following the agonizing experiences of Yom Kippur. Sabra is a further evolution of late Magach design principles, but it's really close to the absolute maximum you can do with an M60, assuming it's not already there. You may have noticed that I didn't mention Soviet tanks. Starting from the T-64 on, all of them had NERA protection on the frontal arc. BDD kits with similar (if not identical) working principles to Chobham were made available for T-54/55s and T-62s as well, although never for export. EDIT: General Dynamics actually did propose your suggestion of putting a new turret on an old tank with the M60-2000, an M60 hull with an M1A1 turret. Nobody bought it.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/09/national/air-self-defense-force-fighter-jet-disappears-radar-pacific/?hootPostID=3d2d75b3781118bbf175943c420ee1d3#.XKySp-tKg3i The JASDF have had one of their -As go missing on night time training over water. A search effort is underway.

Low Light Level Television camera: https://books.google.com.my/books?id=isPvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&lpg=PT22&dq=pzb+200+llltv&source=bl&ots=tWo9fQQnMs&sig=ACfU3U0t3hkImCKXbiSJvP7NdO6S5a1r7A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi39Nu9iOHgAhVLrY8KHSpgDiYQ6AEwD3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=pzb 200 llltv&f=false

Apparently vehicle wrecks in Armored Warfare can travel quickly enough to deal ram damage

US Navy sailor charged with trying to set fire to his urine sample: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/01/28/sailor-charged-with-trying-to-set-fire-to-his-urine-sample/%23.XE9hmvZlsgc.twitter

The Porsche 981.1 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport R-GT Rally Car's door panel is really something

Coming soon to a USAF aggressor squadron near you

Su-34 midair collision during training over Sea of Japan. The crews ejected safely, and rescue efforts are underway. https://ria.ru/20190118/1549543529.html

More details on the USS Fitzgerald investigation have come out

Speaking of KC-46, the first USAF KC-46 has been delivered. Is there a catch? Well, yes...

So I guess all those photos of damaged Abrams revealing their armor internal layouts are verboten now? And the DoD is going to slowly scrape the internet clean of them? That seems implausible.