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Key Points and Summary – Operation Black Buck was a series of daring, long-range bombing raids conducted by the UK’s Royal Air Force against Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War.

-Using near-retired Avro Vulcan bombers flying from Ascension Island, the missions were logistical marvels.

A Royal Air Force Vulcan Display Team Vulcan B. Mk 2 aircraft performs during Air Fete ’85. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

-The first raid, a nearly 16-hour round trip, was the longest bombing run in history at the time, requiring numerous mid-air refuelings.

Key Points and Summary – In 1946, the U.S. military conducted the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, detonating nuclear weapons against a target fleet of 95 warships to study their effects. Many of the warships were World War II-era battleships.

-The tests, including a powerful underwater blast, sank over a dozen ships and showered the fleet in radioactive fallout. While providing valuable scientific data, the operation had a dark legacy.

-The local inhabitants were displaced for decades due to contamination, and many of the thousands of participating U.S.

Key Points and Summary – China has developed a formidable, multi-layered anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) system, effectively creating a “defensive bubble” designed to deter the U.S. Navy and potentially sink aircraft carriers.

-This system integrates numerous threats, including “carrier-killer” ballistic missiles, new hypersonic anti-ship weapons, quieter submarines, and an emerging “drone wall” of unmanned systems.

China UUV Drones. Image Credit: X Screenshot.

-Together, these layers create vast ocean areas that are too dangerous for U.S.

Key Points and Summary – Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Ukraine; the West must prepare for escalation. Russia’s recent summer offensive failed militarily, resulting in massive casualties for little gain.

-More critically, Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes are crippling Russia’s economy by taking a huge portion of its oil refining capacity offline, leading to domestic fuel rationing and falling revenues.

Putin Back in 2023 Speaking. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Korean People’s Army has unveiled a new type of main battle tank, the Chonma 20, which was first seen in Kim Il Sung Square at a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party. The tank represents a further improvement on the Chonma 2 design that was first unveiled in October 2020, and follows the unveiling of the previous iteration of the design, the Tianma 2, in November 2024.

Russian Aerospace Forces MiG-31I strike fighters have for the first time been confirmed to have launched strikes on Ukrainain targets from bases deep in the Russian interior, operating alongside Il-78 tankers to cover longer distances and loiter for longer periods before firing their missiles. The MiG-31I carries an air launched variant of the 9K720 ballistic missile from the Iskander-M ground-based system, and has entered service in growing numbers through a program that refurbishes MiG-31s from Russia’s large reserves.

“Trump is doing everything Biden was doing when he was fired – he has been co-opted; it’s not what we voted for. Western globalist governments in Europe will fall in the next six months, and we can then have peace,” says Col Doug Macgregor in this video interview.

The post WATCH: COL MacGregor Says Trump Is Biden 2.0 On Ukraine appeared first on Armed Forces Press.

The Russian defence sector is preparing to bring a new class of main battle tank into production, the T-90M2, which with the aim of completing the first ten units at the Uralvagonzavod tank factory in 2026. According to leaked documents published by Frontelligence, the new tank will benefit from a revised the fighting compartment with refined transmission, installation of larger video-observation displays for improved crew situational awareness, and improvements to its reverse capabilities which have been found particularly lacking.

The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues.
With the shutdown approaching two full weeks and Congress not looking to see any votes until Tuesday at the earliest, military service members’ Oct. 15 paychecks are in jeopardy. President Donald Trump announced earlier today that he was directing the Department of Defense to use “all available funds” to pay military members on Oct. 15. His social media post did not specify how much would be used or where it would come from.

If you’ve got arthritis, you already know it’s not just “a little joint pain.” It’s a constant, grinding ache — the kind of ache where it is hard to find any relief from.
And what’s behind it all? Inflammation. The same kind of inflammation that wreaked havoc in severe COVID-19 cases is also attacking joints in those with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA).
Swelling. Stiffness. Breakdown. It’s the same enemy wearing a different mask.
Your body uses chemicals called cytokines to call for backup when there’s injury or infection.