Author: Michael

To increase lethality at the small unit level, the U.S. Army is pursuing the Precision Grenadier System (PGS) to give soldiers a flexible weapon that can engage enemy troops behind cover, lightly armored vehicles, and even airborne drones. In May 2025, the Army awarded a $2 million contract to Barrett and MARS to continue work on their PGS submission, the 30mm Support Rifle System (SRS). FN America has since won its own contract to further develop its entry.

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization convened for its 25th summit in Tianjin on Sept. 1, the largest gathering of leaders in the organization’s history. More than 20 state leaders and heads of 10 international organizations attended the summit, including an unprecedented four-day visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the participation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was not expected until the recent cooling of U.S.-Indian relations.

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For decades, predictions about a war with Iran carried an air of inevitability: Analysts warned a conflict would close the ranks of the Iranian military and political elite, unite the Iranian people behind the regime, unleash the vengeance Tehran foretold, set the Middle East ablaze, sending oil prices to the roof, and even ignite a world war.And yet, literally none of this happened.Instead, the 12-Day War pitting Israel, and later the United States, against Iran exposed just how brittle those assumptions were.

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