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Emerging from the chaos of supplying the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, the War Department sought to foster domestic production of standardized muskets. Out of this industrial project arose an invention that laid the foundation for automation and mass production. Thomas Blanchard’s copying lathe was a product of a fluid interchange between public and private interests, expertise, and capital. Born into the mechanical milieu of the nineteenth-century Connecticut River Valley, Blanchard embodied the period’s spirit of ingenuity.

Editor’s Note: The following article draws on themes from the author’s forthcoming book titled US Counterterrorism Operations in Afghanistan: Jackpots, Dry Holes, and Collateral Damage.Over the next month, the United States will pass two major historical milestones: the five-year anniversary of its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the 25-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While the latter is likely to receive at least a modicum of respectful remembrance from U.S. leaders and the American public, the former is likely to be ignored by the U.S.

Administrative Exile and the Fight for Restoration

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The Department of War has already shown that administrative outcomes once treated as final can be revisited when justice, policy, and leadership align. Service members separated under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate are now being offered pathways to reinstatement, record correction, restored service credit, and reconsideration of retirement impacts.
That decision established an important principle: finality is not absolute when fairness remains in doubt.

The Russian Navy has begun factory sea trials of the Khabarovsk, a nuclear-powered submarine designed specifically to carry the Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone. The vessel entered the water on August 17, marking its first time underway since construction began in 2014. The submarine is being built by Sevmash in Severodvinsk and is expected to join Russia’s Pacific Fleet after completing trials.

The U.S. Air Force is procuring Chinese-made DJI drones for use at one of the three U.S. bases operating Minuteman III intercontinental range ballistic missiles, namely F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. The drones will be used by the 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron to train personnel and test counter-unmanned aircraft systems against the specific types of commercial drones they are most likely to encounter in a real-world threat environment. While there has been a significant trend towards the U.S.

Ukraine launched one of its biggest attacks of the war against Russia overnight into Sunday, sending hundreds of drones toward Moscow and other regions as Russian forces also struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and unmanned aircraft.

The scale of the attacks from both sides shows how far the long-range element of the war has come, with forces once focused heavily on battlefield warfare now increasingly working to defend major infrastructure hundreds of miles from the front lines.

President Donald Trump’s strategy of “low-keying it” with Iran, a term he used to describe his decision to refrain from continued military strikes that would force him to expend a dwindling supply of precision-guided missiles, is a long shot.

At least, for now.

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a FIFA reception at Trump Tower in New York City, Friday, July 17, 2026, ahead of the World Cup Final on Sunday. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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Slap bang in the middle of Iran’s capital city, there is a bizarre sight to be seen.  Close to Tehran’s Enghelab Square, a huge poster displays an image of President Donald Trump being strangled by multiple hands. The words “Revenge is inevitable” are written below it.

Trump Shown in Coffin

Iran’s Drones That Russia Is Using. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

According to NBC News, this is really nothing new.

A fortnight ago, the same billboard space was occupied by artwork of Trump in a casket.