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Traumatic brain injury became the signature wound of the post-9/11 wars because the battlefield changed. Improvised explosive devices changed the nature of American combat injuries. But the medical and legal systems that followed — including the Department of Veterans Affairs’ own adjudication frameworks — took years to catch up.Drone warfare is doing it again. And the gap between battlefield reality and the systems meant to support veterans may be widening faster than the last time.
The United States Air Force has returned the MQ-1 Predator drone to frontline service more than eight years after the type was officially retired, providing a remarkable revival for one of the most iconic combat drones of the post-Cold War era. This follows extreme losses to the MQ-9 Reaper fleet, with close to 60 Reapers having been shot down or destroyed on the ground by Iranian and allied Yemeni Ansuruallah Coalition forces, the large majority of them since February 2026, leaving the U.S. Air Force unable to sustain operations.
China’s Chengdu Aircraft Corporation is continuing intensive flight testing for the world’s first sixth generation fighter program, with newly released footage providing some of the clearest views yet of the rapidly evolving design. The latest imagery highlights changes to the aircraft’s engines, intakes, sensors and external configuration. Five prototypes are now believed to have participated in flight testing, with substantial differences already visible between individual airframes.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” against Ukraine, it was touted as a short, intense invasion in which Kyiv would capitulate within weeks, if not days.
It was deemed incomprehensible that Ukraine would ever be fighting the war inside Russia’s borders when Russian tanks rolled through border checkpoints across the country.
Russia’s President Putin Sitting at a Desk. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Putin Reading a Statement. Image Credit: Russian Government.
Of the 1.7 million personnel who use the Defense Department’s enterprise AI platform, approximately 500,000 are using it heavily, according to a senior Pentagon official.
The department first introduced its GenAI.mil platform for service members, DOD civilians and contractors in December to provide access to commercial tools that can assist with back-office functions and other tasks.
The tech has since been adopted by the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force as their preferred enterprise AI system.
In 2021, Sungmin Cho wrote, “South Korea’s Taiwan Conundrum,” where he argued Seoul’s complex strategic position makes engagement on questions of involvement over a Taiwan contingency complicated. Five years later, we asked him to revisit his arguments.Image: U.S. Navy (Photo by Seaman Apprentice Cale Hatch)In your 2021 article, you argued that Seoul should more actively engage in strategic dialogue with Washington on Taiwan issues.
A cargo vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, 23rd September, leaving two people injured.
The strike by an unknown projectile comes amid renewed optimism of a deal to end the Iran war and subsequently reopen the vital international waterway.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Creative Commons Image.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) steams behind the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 31, 2006.
The United Nations General Assembly began on Tuesday, 22nd September, with U.S. President Donald Trump once again threatening to “annihilate” Iran.
Trump, the second of almost 200 speakers at the General Assembly this week, made the comments in a 35-minute speech just hours before U.S. and Iranian officials held a three-hour meeting through mediators in New York.
Donald Trump Giving a Speech. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.
Donald Trump in 2023 Speaking. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.