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In a flagrant display of insubordinate Marxist ideology, the U.S. Air Force Academy terrazzo was overun last Friday with hundreds of females from a USAFA affinity group for women that literally threatened the Secretary of War during the ongoing conflict in Iran.
Apparently up to 500 women showed up for the event which was reportedly sponsored by the Academy and USAFA AOG.
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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.
The British Army wants to double its lethality
India has demonstrated a new Infantry Fighting Vehicle family known as the Vikram VT21 Advanced Armoured Platform.
The B-1B Lancer was first developed in the 1970s and was designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at high speeds and high altitudes in order to deliver devastating nuclear strikes. However, today the strategic landscape is completely different.
Over time, both China and Russia have begun fielding advanced air defense systems such as the HQ-9 and the S-400, thereby reducing the likelihood that the B-1B could penetrate their airspace. Despite this, the USAF retains 45 B-1Bs in its inventory.
Babcock has presented its Toyota-based General Logistics Vehicle as a proposed replacement for the British Army’s outgoing Land Rover fleet.
Inside a sprawling facility known as Arsenal-1, traditional rules of the defense industry are being dismantled one airframe at a time. April 2026 has arrived and technicians are proof-testing a $1 billion bet that America can still manufacture military power at a scale and speed that rivals the commercial sector. Standing at roughly half the size of an F-16, the Anduril YFQ-44A Fury is the centerpiece of this industrial experiment.
The hierarchy of the United States Army is not known for its collective sense of humor.
Ivan Reitman, then an up-and-coming movie producer, knew this when he and his partner, Dan Goldberg, approached military brass in the early 1980s. They wanted to make a comedy about two besties who seek to escape the monotony of their daily lives by enlisting in the Army.
Also Read: It’s official: ‘Top Gun 3’ is in developmentThey wanted to shoot much of the film on a military base, which required the Army’s approval.
For the uninitiated, a bug-out bag (sometimes just called a “BOB”) is simply a backpack you keep packed with the essentials to survive for about three days or so. It helps if you suddenly have to get the hell out of Dodge for whatever reason. It helps you stay alive during a disaster like a storm, flood, or blackout or when you’re doing some secret squirrel stuff and your cover is blown.
Also Read: Your standard rifle can now be an anti-drone weapon. Seriously.
China’s H-20 stealth bomber is a mystery: If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then China’s defense-industrial enterprises succeed in flattering about half the world.
The tendency of Beijing’s advanced weapons platforms to appear to be partially or completely reverse-engineered analogs of designs from other countries is well known.
H-20 Bomber Mock Up. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
H-20 Bomber from China. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Many analysts are still waiting to see a genuine, indigenous Chinese invention rather than a copy of someone else’s kit.