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By Armistice Day 1940, Willys-Overland delivered its prototype “Quad” vehicle and the “jeep” would go on to be the trusted brand for soldiers throughout the European theater. One jeep was even awarded the Purple Heart.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired at least two missiles at commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, causing damage to ships during a week of funeral ceremonies being held for the country’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said that it received a report at 2119 UTC of an incident that occurred eight nautical miles east of Limah, Oman.
Iran’s Drones That Russia Is Using. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Iran F-14 Tomcat Fighter.
An enormous barrage of Ukrainian strike drones rocked the Russian capital city during the night, a bombardment made up of nearly 450 drones that Russian authorities said was the largest raid on Moscow since 2024.
Consequently, all four of Moscow’s major international airports restricted flights in response to the attacks but have since reopened.
Tu-160M Bombers from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
You can spot it from across any airport, slung over one shoulder, listing the person carrying it about fifteen degrees off vertical. The military duffel is not elegant. It is a fabric tube with a strap, a cylinder of canvas or nylon that holds everything a service member owns and surrenders none of it without a fight.
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Whatever you need is at the bottom. It is always at the bottom. That is how the fundamental physics of the thing—a law as old as the bag itself—works.
The Thales–Leonardo Consortium will upply Nato with six deployable headquarters for the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM).
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired missiles at two commercial tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz for using the Omani side of the Strait on Tuesday.
The vessels struck included a Qatari-owned LNG tanker and a Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker.
Donald Trump Pointing in Speech. Image Credit: White House.
President Donald Trump attends an event celebrating the 2025 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Champion Florida Gators, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the East Room of the White House.
A Polish defense official said the U.S. military will resume rotating troops into Poland in the “coming weeks,” two months after the Pentagon abruptly canceled an Army deployment of nearly 4,000 soldiers to the country. U.S. officials did not directly address on Monday whether a large-scale rotation was in the works, but noted that some number of U.S. troops have remained in Poland throughout the summer.
“The rotation of U.S. troops, which was suspended several weeks ago, is resuming and will continue, and in the coming weeks, the rotation of U.S.
With growing power in the air, Ukrainian forces have launched an astounding number of drone and missile strikes against Russia, landing hits where it would hurt the Russian war machine the most, in the long term: on oil and gas infrastructure throughout the country. It is part of what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called his country’s “long-range sanctions regime” and part of a broader effort to hit the Kremlin’s coffers.
Axon Vision has announced the integration of its EDGE ClearSky AI-powered computer vision system with radar technology from Retia and the TSG command and control (C2) system in the Czech Republic.
Ukraine struck one of Russia’s main oil facilities in what is shaping up to be another blow against Russia’s ability to refine and transport its major source of state revenue.
Posting to X, formerly Twitter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the strikes. “Last night, our Ukrainian long-range sanctions against Russia over this war reached targets near St. Petersburg,” the president wrote.