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The B-21 Raider will bring combat mass unlike anything the B-2 can muster, which will change how stealth bombers fight.

The Burkina Faso Army has received large quantities of Chinese armoured vehicles and artillery systems, including VN22B fire support vehicles, PLL-05 120mm self-propelled gun mortars, and SR5 rocket artillery systems. The equipment was photographed arriving at a port facility in the country. The deliveries follow statements by President Ibrahim Traore emphasising the need for modernisation of the country’s military capabilities.

A Ukrainian drone attack has reported destroyed a rare Russian 98L6 Yenisei air defence radar associated with the S-500 long range air defence system, according to local sources. “Yesterday’s video from the GUR drew our attention to the destruction of a 96L6 radar from the S-400 system—except it wasn’t a 96L6,” analysts at the pro-Ukrainain intelligence analysts site CyberBoroshno reported.

Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Jim Lovell is perhaps best known for uttering some of the most infamous words in the history of space travel: “Houston, we have a problem.” In addition to Apollo 13, the naval aviator flew on three other NASA spacecraft missions.
NASA announced Lovell’s passing on August 7, 2025, at the age of 97.
Growing up, Lovell developed an interest in rocketry and built flying models. Through the Navy’s Flying Midshipman program, he studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin between 1946 and 1948.

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Trump has signed a secret directive authorizing the Pentagon to use US military force against Latin American drug cartels his administration has labeled as terrorist organizations, reports the New York Times.
Citing sources close to the matter, the Times reported that Trump signed an order directing the Pentagon to begin using military force against overseas targets. It’s not clear if the order includes language about obtaining Congress’ consent, wrote Newsweek.

The Air Force really, really wants to blow up two Tesla Cybertrucks with missiles. 
Technically, the Air Force is looking for more than 30 different vehicles to use as targets for precision-guided munition tests at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, but the blocky Cybertrucks are the one make and model specified in contracts. 
The Air Force is looking for “Towable Target Vehicles to be used as targets for live missile fire testing,” according to Air Force contract documents posted to the federal government’s System for Award Management on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

An airman has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, last month, which prompted the Air Force to curtail the use of M18 pistols, according to the service.

The Army issued a solicitation Thursday with the aim of procuring “digital recruiter” services to help the U.S. Military Academy at West Point attract new applicants for admission.
A performance of work statement attached to the solicitation noted that officials are looking for a vendor to provide “autonomous AI Recruiter services combined with an active high school student network to enhance USMA’s national recruitment strategy.

It’s been nearly 60 years since retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr. led a nine-man reconnaissance team out of a horrific ambush in Vietnam despite being shot twice, suffering 17 shrapnel wounds, on top of a string of other injuries. Twice, Capers tried to lighten the load of a helicopter carrying his teammates by insisting they leave him behind, only for his men to pull him back inside.
Now, 133 retired senior enlisted leaders are urging President Donald Trump to press Congress to pass a law that would allow Capers to finally receive the Medal of Honor.

For over a decade, China has become increasingly aggressive on the world stage. It has clashed with neighbors on fishing rights. Its military has attempted to build man-made islands and then turn them into “unsinkable carriers.” It has used economic power to take control of key industries in both neighboring and far-flung countries.
And, as they’ve done so, their film industry has released a series of movies, often to massive ticket sales and rave reviews, that sell the idea of an aggressive, world-leading China to the Chinese people.