Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot join Ryan to discuss the state of the front, how Ukraine and Russia are staying in the fight, the possible provision of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, contingencies expected and unexpected, the failures of Russian diplomacy, and what the most important developments of the year so far have been.Image: ArmyInform
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AM General has entered into a partnership with Carnegie Robotics and Textron Systems to develop modular UGV for the US Army.
BAAINBw has awarded an order to Rheinmetall to provide the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) with highly mobile, protected medical facilities.
At AUSA 2025, Rafael USA spoke to Army Technology about its new loitering missile, the L-Spike 4X Launched Effect.
On Sept. 9, 1943, a massive bomb struck the battleship Roma, the largest ship in the Italian fleet. It was a devastating hit to its starboard side, punching through the hull and exploding near the keel. The explosion took out the boiler room, aft engine room, destroyed two engines and propeller shafts, and caused multiple electrical fires.
A few minutes later, another strike hit Roma, taking out the forward engine room and causing a massive explosion of the forward magazine.
The Russian Armed Forces have relied on Su-35 fighter aircraft to seek and destroy hostile aerial and ground targets in the Ukrainian theatre, which are thought to leverage a number of the aircraft’s unique capabilities within the fleet. Commenting on these operations, the press office of the state tech firm Rostec reported: “A broad arsenal that includes various types of missiles and rockets opens up opportunities for engaging aerial and ground targets at large and medium distances.
Jeff Mayhugh, RealClearDefense
John F. Kennedy, in “Why England Slept,” argued that liberal democracies are too weak to deal with authoritarian governments.
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Stefano D’urso, The Aviationist
Boeing introduced its new Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft, a modular tiltrotor drone designed to team with Army helicopters.
Decades of dominance leaves a mark: It shapes the beliefs and behaviors of a nation and its military. Extended periods of hegemony for a nation, like long-standing market dominance for a business, encourages blind spots for changing markets, technologies, and competitors. Sustained success breeds complacency born of self-satisfaction. Under-examined strategy and policy assumptions are a particular concern for businesses and governments as a longstanding status quo becomes dogmatically locked in as received wisdom.U.S. defense planning suffers from two under-examined assumptions.