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Ryan Chan, Newsweek China said a joint exercise with Vietnam aims to enhance “mutual learning and exchange of border patrol experiences.

Chan, Newsweek The remotely controlled Reaper aircraft is capable of conducting spying missions and precision strikes.

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.

Raytheon announced in June 2025 that it was awarded a $1.1 billion contract by the U.S. Navy to produce AIM-9X Block II missiles. This represents the largest contract ever awarded for the program and will increase Sidewinder production to 2,500 missiles annually. The contract will bolster and modernize America’s missile supply as existing stockpiles are depleted to support foreign military aid worldwide.
With this milestone contract, let’s take a look at how the Sidewinder became the most successful air-to-air missile in history.

Everyone knows that sound: the high-pitched whir of an unmanned aircraft system, racing through the air overhead. To a soldier below, it’s the sound of lost control. As warfighters struggle to deal with this new sense of vulnerability, the mere sound of drones has become a source of post-traumatic stress disorder — a strong indicator of drones’ psychological potency. It’s time to openly discuss what such cognitive dynamics mean for military influence operations.Most assessments of drone capabilities focus on their kinetic effects.

Following the outbreak of open hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia on July 24 due to longstanding territorial disputes, the Royal Thai Army was confirmed to have deployed T-84 main battle tanks to assault Cambodian positions near the two countries’ borders. Operations near the base of Phra Wihan have been confirmed, with Thai sources claiming the tanks were relied on to “reclaim lost ground.” Developed in Ukraine in the 2000s, the T-84 is an enhanced derivative of the Soviet T-80UD main battle tank, which was one of the most capable tank designs of the late Cold War era.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was confirmed on July 24 to have given instructions to continue the serial production of Yasen-M Class submarines, emphasising their role as the backbone of the Russian Navy’s general-purpose forces. “It is crucial to continue the serial production of the Yasen-M Class submarines,” he stated at the time, adding that fourwere being built at the Sevmash facility, and another two were planned.

Pentagon leadership recently paused the Chief Digital and AI Office’s program to re-compete a high-dollar contract for its widely used enterprise data and analytics platform, Advana, according to a special notice that terminates an associated market research effort.
“This draft solicitation has been canceled as the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract (AAMAC) program is currently on hold,” officials wrote in the contracting document published Wednesday.
Advana is a mash-up of two words: advancing analytics.

Navy veteran Geb Galle survived Pearl Harbor and went on to take part in 19 campaigns in the Pacific during World War II.
In 1942 alone, he watched B-25 bombers take off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid, and he later saved four other sailors from the cruiser USS Northampton before the ship sank, his daughter Lynda Palmer said.
“One of the guys did thank him, but dad said he didn’t need thanks, it was just what you did during those times,” Palmer told Task & Purpose.
When he turned 104 on July 20, he received a letter from Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm.

Pickleball isn’t just new tricks for old dogs; it’s an athletic and engaging sport for all ages. Jeremiah Hollis found this out firsthand and is now a pickleball competitor at 71 years old. 
But before making waves in the pickleball world, he underwent a triple bypass surgery, two knee replacements, and a hip replacement. It was during his recovery that he discovered pickleball, which has since become his passion. 
Hollis is an Air Force veteran, a retired auto worker, and a lifelong athlete.