273: US Gaza Pier Ready + Report: Hezbollah Drone S-5 Rocket Strike + China PLAN Drone Carrier + USMC Tactical Light Vehicle Power + More

For review:1. US Gaza Pier ready for operation. Goal is for 500 tons of humanitarian assistance daily via the pier.2. IDF airstrike in southern Lebanon potentially reveals that Hezbollah has Iranian-made Sayyad-2 surface-to-air missiles. 3.  Report: Hezbollah has the capability to arm drones with 2 x S-5 rockets. The S-5 is a Soviet-era 57-mm unguided air-to-surface rocket equipped with a high-explosive warhead.4. Israel: Nearly 700 tunnel shafts have been identified in Rafah, from which approximately 50 tunnels cross into Egypt. 5. Ukraine President Zelensky on Russian offensive in Kharkiv Region: "We have about 25 percent of what we need to defend Ukraine (air defense systems). Ukraine needs 120 to 130 F-16 fighter jets or other advanced aircraft to achieve air parity with Russia."6. Poland receives final Tranche Bayraktar TB2 combat drones.The $270 million deal includes 4 x systems.  Each system has 6 x aircraft and 3 ground control stations. 7. Defense News Article (Rudy Ruitenberg): France’s lower-house defense committee describes Germany as having a "self-interested approach" in European defense matters. 8. China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Drone Carrier in development.9. USMC MRZR Alpha will deliver tactical power via two Polaris products:A 1-kilowatt exportable power system that can be added onto existing vehicles by installing a kit, and a 5-kilowatt system that can be built into new vehicles on the production line.10. All Department of Defense V-22 Ospreys are operating with a "limited envelope" (flight). From Draft NDAA: ..."current CMV-22 operations are limited to flights and missions that stay within 30 minutes of a suitable divert airfield.” Osprey variants include the Air Force’s CV-22, the Marine Corps’ MV-22 and the Navy’s CMV-22B.