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Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov and his North Korean counterpart General No Kwang Chol have jointly unveiled a sculpture commemorating the war effort of Korean guerrillas during the Second World War, during which they played a significant role in joint operations against Imperial Japan. The sculpture composition ‘Allies. Fighters of Korea’ was unveiled near the Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in the Pacific theatre.

A Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A has become the first fifth generation fighter fielded by a NATO member’s air force to achieve a kill against an enemy aircraft, with a drone alleged to be of Russian originality having been shot down over Polish airspace on September 9-10. Theincidentreportedly saw around 23 drones cross into Poland, with a single Dutch F-35 of the 313th Squadron responding to the attack in parallel to wider air defence efforts by Polish Air Force F-16s.

A video released by Belarusian state media has reportedly revealed a model of the Russian Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile, the appearance of which was previously unknown. Appearing on the desk of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a large launcher appeared to be mounted on a Belarusian MZKT-79291 chassis with a 12 wheel configuration.

Russian Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev has expressed a high level of satisfaction with the country’s new armoured vehicles, following three and a half years of intensive combat testing and incremental modernisation.

The German Navy has taken delivery of its first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which is the first of eight ordered from 2021-2023 by the country’s defence ministry to replace ageing P-3C Orion aircraft. The P-8 was designed primarily as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft, although it is also capable ofintelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue operations, and can carry a limited armament for striking surface targets.

America’s crippling strikes against Iran’s nuclear program in June have created a narrow window to avoid a strategic nightmare: namely, fighting China, Russia, and Iran all at once.With Iran neutralized, strategic logic demands that the United States turn its sights on Russia next. But the Alaska summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin complicated that course. Putin has exploited the diplomatic opening to intensify Russian attacks on Ukraine, without the prospect of more stringent U.S. sanctions or negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv.

The United States and South Korea have converged on the idea of dialogue with North Korea. But can it work? Will it?U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his intention to meet North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, while Elbridge Colby, the current undersecretary of defense for policy, expressed support in December 2024 for focusing on “limiting the range of North Korean [intercontinental ballistic missiles].” During the recent U.S.

As the United States was preparing to launch its invasion of Panama in an operation dubbed “Just Cause,” there was a very real problem that had to be dealt with before any meaningful operation against Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega could take place.
The regime had an American hostage in its notorious Cárcel Modelo prison, and the guards who held this hostage had orders to kill him if the United States attacked.
According to an account posted on SpecialOperations.com, Kurt Muse, a U.S.

Let’s play devil’s advocate: just because rates dropped doesn’t mean every military family should run out and buy a house tomorrow. Here are five things you need to know before you take the plunge.
1. Your PCS orders matter more than the rate.
If you will be on a typical two-year assignment, you may want to hold off on pulling the trigger on the home-buying process. A huge consideration is whether your property will gain enough equity to not only maintain its value in fluctuating markets, but also potentially increase in value so that it will outweigh the total costs.

In Spring 1993, a Vietnamese farmer was on his way to work his rice paddy when he passed his wife and children in the road. The wife sat on a rock and greeted him “scornfully,” as his children cowered behind their mother. The meeting shocked the farmer, as his wife and his three children were killed when their village was attacked in 1968, and his house was burned to the ground.
Ghost stories like these are told across Vietnam, where rural communities attach great significance to spiritual encounters.