The Pentagon has attempted to assure more than two dozen lawmakers that harassment and physical abuse are still prohibited in the military. This comes after members of Congress expressed concern over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s comments last year about redefining the definition of hazing and “empowering drill sergeants to instill healthy fear in new recruits.
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Summary and Key Points – Operation Absolute Resolve relied on overwhelming airpower to blind Venezuela’s defenses and enable the capture of Nicolás Maduro—but the article argues the decisive enabler was electronic warfare. The EA-18G Growler, a specialized Super Hornet variant, provided the jamming and suppression needed to spoof radars, disrupt communications, and help neutralize Russian-origin surface-to-air systems including Buk and S-300 variants.
A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S.
For decades, Hollywood has trained us to fear the moment machines become self-aware. The second someone says “autonomous robots,” our brains jump straight to Skynet, red eyes glowing, end of humanity queued up behind a line of code. Reality is far less cinematic and far more interesting.
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According to a recent paper published by the Association of the United States Army, the U.S. military has officially entered a new era of robotic systems.
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The demonstration represents a key milestone in advancing operationally proven manned-unmanned teaming for maritime missions
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The defense contractor plans IPO for unit that supplies missile parts to the U.S.
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Tough choices about whether to put hypersonic weapons or big guns on the Navy’s latest destroyer were one of the factors that put the sea service on a path to develop a new battleship
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Seth Cropsey, RealClearDefense
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A new report published by the British Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has estimated that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force will field approximately 1000 J-20 fifth generation air superiority fighters by 2030, highlighting the major surge in production levels to reach approximately 120 fighters per year in 2025.
The U.S. Army has released full-body photos of its first prototype of the M1E3 Abrams, a next generation variant of the Cold War era Abrams tank that first entered service in 1980. The new variant is by far the most revolutionary in the history of the program, and was developed after the Army abandoned plans for further modernisation of the M1A2 design.