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Todd South, A&SF
A combined Navy and Air Force program is seeking to build a smaller version of a ubiquitous air-to-air missile that could give advanced aircraft, such as the Collaborative…
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Talk of war in the Middle East abounds on social media, but not just about the one with Iran. A small, but significant, portion of this chatter relates to a conflict that has not begun. For more than a year now, pundits and politicians have warned of a potential clash between Israel and Turkey. Driving this hypothetical confrontation are a series of issues related to Syria, the Palestinian territories, and regional security as a whole. In December 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indirectly charged Ankara with wanting to reestablish Ottoman imperial rule over the Levant.
Editor’s Note: This article contains frank descriptions of battlefield conditions, including accounts of soldiers dying by suicide following injury. Western battlefield casualty evacuation doctrine is built on assumptions forged during the “Global War on Terror.” Central among these is the belief that the wounded can be rapidly moved from the point of injury to progressively higher levels of medical care within a defined timeframe, commonly referred to as the “golden hour.” The concept itself originated in civilian trauma medicine decades prior, generally attributed to Dr. R.
Images released on Chinese social media on May 11 have confirmed that the J-10C ‘4+ generation’ fighter has integrated the new DF-4/3 external weapons pylons, which are used to integrate the world’s longest ranged air-to-air missile type, the PL-17, onto J-16 fighters. This has led analysts to widely conclude that J-10C units will very likely also begin to be equipped with PL-17 missiles, which could transform how they are employed.
Footage released by the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has shown the destruction of launchers from an Israeli Iron Dome air defence system using first person view drones. maintenance crew were seen diving away from the drone seconds before impact, with the aircraft approaching unobserved until less than five seconds before it struck. The launchers were deployed at the Jal al-Alam military site in northern Israel. Analysts observing the footage have indicated that the drones may have integrated PG-7VL or PG-7-AT high-explosive anti-tank warheads.
She saw her son standing in formation and said, “Look, he’s wearing his little outfit.”
A drill sergeant overheard her, turned around, and said, “BDUs, ma’am. It’s not a little outfit. Welcome to the Army.” She wanted to vomit. Just sayin’.
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How could a mother be prepared for that moment? Mom didn’t get an orientation packet at basic; no pamphlet was slipped under the door with proper terminologies and nomenclatures. One day, she’s the woman who packed his lunch and knew where everything was.
The U.S. Department of War has confirmed that the second Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, has again seen its delivery date significantly delayed, following months of speculation by analysts that such delays would occur. The warship, which began construction in 2011, is now confirmed to be scheduled for launch in March 2027, meaning it will take 16 years from construction to delivery.