Gregory K.
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Army Technology
Special forces helicopters and dozens of U.S. fighters, bombers, surveillance platforms, and drones were used in dramatic U.S. operations over Caracas.
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Anatomy of a Modern Decapitation Strike
Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small weapons system. It could fly stealthily into enemy territory, not being mistaken for a bomber or any kind of missile. And then it could detonate a nuclear weapon onboard, hitting a desired target. That system? A balloon.
Back in the 1950s military researchers seriously explored using free floating balloons as a way to launch nuclear bombs at enemies.
The idea was taken seriously enough by the United States government that nuclear researchers did a formal study on it.
On New Year’s Eve 1876, in a dusty little settlement on the Texas frontier, three Medal of Honor recipients ended up at the same party.
By sunrise, one of them was dead.
A double-barreled shotgun blast ended the life of Adam Paine, a Black Seminole scout who had earned the medal for fearless service on the Texas frontier. The man who pulled the trigger, Claron A. Windus, had his own Medal of Honor for equally selfless service. When Windus shot Paine, it became the only documented time in American history that one Medal of Honor recipient intentionally killed another.
A new variant of the Bulsae-4 electro-optical guided long-range anti-tank missile system has entered serial production in North Korea, with state media reporting that this will provide a major boost to the anti-armour capabilities of frontline units. Deliveries of the first units are expected to begin in the first half of 2026, while production capacity is set to rise by about 2.5 times.
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When I look back at my 45 years of military service, one of the highlights of my military education was a battlefield tour I participated in during 2001 at the Somme battlefield, alongside other “high flying” students on the U.K.’s Higher Command and Staff course.The historical element of it was provided by the late Richard Holmes and we students reveled in his masterful narrative history. Holmes explained how the tank had been fielded in 1916 as a predominantly infantry protection platform to provide cover for troops as they moved across no-man’s land.
In 2025, the ongoing contest between the United States and China moved from tariff skirmishes to a confrontation over strategic choke points.Washington expanded semiconductor export controls under the Biden administration, limiting China’s access to advanced chips, design software, and lithography tools. The Trump administration tightened these rules on Sept. 29, extending them to foreign affiliates. Beijing retaliated ten days later with new licensing requirements on rare-earth oxides, metals, and magnet products.
Following the U.S. Armed Forces’ initiation of Operation Absolute Resolve against Venezuela on January 3, which saw multiple military and infrastructure targets across the capital destroyed and President Nicolas Maduro abducted by U.S. Army Delta Force operators, growing information has emerged regarding how South America’s most capable air defence network was rapidly penetrated. U.S.