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China’s reusable spaceplane the Shenlong has demonstrated a sophisticated sequence of orbital manoeuvres involving the repeated release, pursuit and recapture of a small satellite, providing new evidence of the vehicle’s ability to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations in space. Tracking data indicate that the spacecraft released the same object in June, retrieved it approximately three weeks later, released it again in August and then manoeuvred back towards it for another apparent capture in September.

The crew of a C-17A cargo plane received Distinguished Flying Crosses this month for their actions during the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021.
Four airmen from the 758th Airlift Squadron, 911th Airlift Wing were presented with the award, given for heroism or extraordinary achievement during aerial flight on Sept. 12. The recipients are: Lt. Col. Eric Miller, 911th Operations Group pilot; Maj. Jason Mileham, 911th Operations Support Squadron operations chief; Master Sgt. Tyler Painter, operations superintendent; and Tech. Sgt. Steven Strobel, 758th Airlift Squadron loadmaster.

The U.S. Navy has released the first footage showing its Blackbeard hypersonic strike missile integrated onto a flying F-18E/F Super Hornet fighter, marking a significant step forward for a program intended to revolutionise the firepower of carrier air wings. The footage shows multiple Blackbeard test rounds carried beneath an F-18 during flight testing, at a time when the Navy is currently aiming to introduce the weapon into at least limited operational service by 2028. The Blackbeard was designed as a relatively inexpensive and rapidly producible long-range strike weapon.

Sometimes it’s not what you say that means the most, it’s what you don’t say. Certain words carry a heavy weight when said by the right person at the right time. If it’s forceful and/or dirty enough, it could be burned into your memory. For some soldiers in World War I, one word in particular was used so often that leaving it out was enough to tell them they were in danger.
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It turns out that the world wasn’t all that wholesome in the early part of the 20th century.

The United States Army deploying M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks to Lithuania, restoring their presence alongside 1,000 personnel, including those in an advanced forward deployed engineer battalion. Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said preparations and logistical arrangements were already underway, with the two battalions expected to remain in the country for approximately nine months.

The Navy’s plan to modernize and upgrade its four shipyards in the coming years could take half a century and cost more than $200 billion, a new report found. 
The Government Accountability Office released a new report on the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) on Friday. The report, “Naval Shipyards: Complete Information Needed for Decision-Making on Multibillion-Dollar, 50-Year Infrastructure Program,” found that the price tag has noticeably grown since it started, and that the effort lacks plans for regular reviews of its progress.

SR-71 Blackbird. Photo: ZeroHedge

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An SR-71 Blackbird parked for years on an outdoor display at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center is no longer visible in commercial satellite imagery, and the agency has offered no public explanation of where it went.
The spy aircraft, the NASA 844, has been absent from its pad since at least May 17, according to Aviation Week.

U.S. Patriot missile battery — U.S. Army photo (DoD/Public Domain)
Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched a coordinated overnight attack against Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Saturday, September 26, firing a ballistic missile at the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait while simultaneously dispatching a swarm of drones toward the capital Riyadh. Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed both volleys.
Saudi Arabia’s military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, announced the interceptions early Saturday morning.

Denmark has warned that Russia could attack NATO within months in a new intelligence report. The Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) identifies a “low but growing risk” that Russia could carry out isolated attacks on infrastructure that is critical to supporting Ukraine. It follows growing concerns over hybrid attacks by Moscow as part of its four-and-a-half-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

September is Suicide Awareness Month, a time to talk about something that can be incredibly difficult to say out loud. Sometimes, and oftentimes, people are hurting more than we realize.
For military families, connection can be complicated. We move, start over, and we say goodbye on repeat. We make new friends, only to eventually pack our stuff and categorize into moving boxes year after year. We watch our service members leave for training, deployments, schools, missions, and assignments where we learn how to keep life moving when the person we love is separated from us.