The British Royal Navy plans to integrate the DragonFire high-energy laser weapons on its Type 45 destroyers by 2027, which would make the service the first in Europe with a shipborne laser weapon in active service. British defence leaders have revealed that early trials have shown the new weapons system can track and burn through small targets at tactically relevant ranges, and that work on integration is expected to accelerate once shipboard power and cooling modifications are finalised.
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Historian Bradley Hart gave a groundbreaking, introductory talk at the National World War II Museum conference in New Orleans, November 21-22, 2025 on German Nazi Consul Baron Edgar von Spiegel (1937-41).
Why was it groundbreaking? Searching on youtube, it may be the first talk specifically focused on a Nazi German consul in the US, which raises key and uncomfortable questions, on why it took so long. When you dive into c. 1930s newspapers and other documentation focused on a consul, all of these American names, sometimes including company names, associated with the consul come forward.
The F-35A fifth generation fighter is making progress in testing towards being able to integrate the European Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, with multiple ground-based integration tests having recently been conducted in the United States.
During World War II, the United States government entered into one of the most secretive and unexpected alliances in American history. Faced with the threat of Axis sabotage along the East Coast and desperate to secure the nation’s most critical shipping lanes, the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) initiated Operation Underworld, a clandestine partnership with leading figures of Italian and Jewish organized crime.
CO of a company, 506th Motorised Rifle Regiment, Tsentr Group of Forces, Dmitry Mishin, told about Krasnoarmeysk encirclement.
➡️ 00:00 – preparations for the operation;
➡️ 00:20 – the first house which the servicemen took hold of;
➡️ 00:49 – assault detachments relied on the fog, and 47 men entered the town;
➡️ 01:36 – exploit of the success.
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The new National Security Strategy is out, and it’s a shock to the system. It is not just the latest public articulation of principles, ambitions, and priorities around which the United States organizes its foreign policy. Instead, it reads like a manifesto for a radically different American project. It is narrower, more partisan, more inwardly focused, and more personalized than any of its predecessors. Below are ten takeaways that matter for how the United States sees its role and place in the world. First, the strategy is overtly about this president and not the United States as such.
Marines will once again be judged by how they look in an official photograph when they are up for key career opportunities, according to a policy released this week, partially reversing a 2020 rule aimed at removing unintended bias that photos can add to selection boards.
Unchanged is the rule that photographs will not appear in files used by promotion boards, service officials emphasized.
The partial policy reversal will take effect April 1, according to a MARADMIN notice released Thursday.
Beyond elevating efforts to expand U.S. influence and prowess in the Western Hemisphere, the new National Security Strategy makes it clear that deterring a conflict with China over Taiwan — via military might and existing partnerships — marks a near-term priority for the second Trump administration.
The White House unveiled its 33-page plan late Thursday, ahead of releasing the forthcoming National Defense Strategy and other foreign policy papers that are collectively expected to guide the federal government and its investments during the rest of President Donald Trump’s term.
In a major shake-up of how the Army divides up the world, the service announced Friday the activation of the Western Hemisphere Command, shuffling three commands under a single four-star general.
Gen. Joseph Ryan will be the first commander of the Army Western Hemisphere Command, which the Army is referring to as USAWHC. Ryan will take over from his role as the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training at the Pentagon.
USAWHC will be tasked with the defense of U.S.
Service members and veterans who earned the Medal of Honor for their actions will see a sizable increase in their special pensions. Their special annual pension will more than quadruple under a new law.
After the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (or MEDAL) Act was signed into effect this week, recipients will see their Medal of Honor pensions increase from a base of $1,406.73 to $5,625 per month. Annually, their honorarium will go from roughly $18,000 to $67,500.
The new law applies to living Medal of Honor recipients. It also creates a new monthly rate of $1,406.