Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK has been quoted as saying that his country stands no chance of joining the NATO alliance – at least not anytime soon.
The Ambassador, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, was formerly the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Ukraine until he retired and was replaced by General Oleksandr Syrskyi in February 2024.
Switchblade Drone. Image Credit: Industry Handout.
His removal has been attributed to differences he had with the Ukrainian President.
One problem with negotiations between Iran and the United States is rhetoric.
It seems that President Donald Trump cannot keep his threatening words under control as his frustrations mount during the war against Iran.
President Donald J. Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club dinner in honor of Police Week in the White House Rose Garden, Monday, May 11, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)
President Donald J. Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq during an event to launch Trump Accounts, Monday, July 6, 2026, in the Oval Office.
The Army is on the hunt for a new munition that could shoot down small drones and be purchased for less than $150,000 per round.
The Army published a sources-sought notice Tuesday on a government contracting website for the Next Generation Counter-sUAS Missile (NGCM) initiative, which comes as the U.S. military is pursuing a variety of additional tools to address the growing threat posed by small unmanned aerial systems on modern battlefields.
The Army is expected to officially add a laser weapon to its defenses, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to Task & Purpose on Tuesday.
Wired first reported that the Defense Department is expected to award a contract soon for an Enduring High Energy Laser. If the weapon is fielded, it would mark a significant step forward in the military’s adoption of laser weapons.
The Pentagon deferred questions on the matter to the Army. A spokesperson for the Army declined to comment.
According to Trump administration officials, we are about one day away from getting a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (SoH). Of course, there is no word on whether–or when–the Strait of Bab El-Mandeb is reopening.
And that’s a problem because both the maritime security situations in these two key waterways are deteriorating, as is the global shipping crisis.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9, takes off from Naval Air Station Point Mugu during Gray Flag, Sept. 12, 2025.
In the present day, Ukraine-made drones of their own design are hitting targets deep inside Russia on an almost daily basis.
So, it is hard to imagine that there was ever a time when the country lacked such capabilities and was forced to improvise a land-attack weapon based on a previous-generation, Cold War-era system.
Su-27 Flanker Up Close. Image Credit: National Security Journal Taken on July 19, 2025.
Russian Su-27 Flanker from USAF Museum. Image Credit: National Security Journal.
Ukraine has accused Russia of a war crime after video emerged of a drone chasing down and ultimately wounding a street vendor.
According to Reuters, the incident took place in Kherson, a city in Southern Ukraine. Reuters confirmed the location of the attack, noting that buildings, vegetation and the road layout “matched satellite and archive imagery” of that location.
The White House said on Tuesday that a major breakthrough with Iran could be imminent, with officials saying that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached today or tomorrow.
It is perhaps the most optimistic assessment yet from Washington, but given prior public statements from the White House, analysts have already met it with skepticism.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jacob Durham, left, and Staff Sgt. Kenneth Garris, crew chiefs assigned to the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, prepare to launch a B-52H Stratofortress in support of U.S.
A new mortifying study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) shows how the United States military has blown through “virtually all” of its long-range precision missiles in the Iran War, leaving a critical strategic gap that the Americans are unlikely to overcome anytime soon.
This depletion is the result of the demanding war in Iran.
Tomahawk Launch. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Tomahawk Block IV Missile. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
But it is part of a much larger, systemic failure of the US defense industrial base that has been ongoing for decades.
The Department of War has entered into two major framework agreements worth more than $3bn with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin.