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Standing inside a cavernous garage, Russian military blogger Alexander Sladkov shows off the latest iteration of the so-called cope cage craze. As the camera pans across the workspace, about a half dozen Chinese-made DesertCross All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) come into view, outfitted with metal caging installed to ward off Ukrainian drones.
A few months ago, Russian troops began using ATVs and motorcycles to attempt quick attacks as mechanized infantry in the push toward Kharkiv and around Avdiivka. However, they soon found themselves targeted by Ukrainian First Person-View (FPV) drones.

A multi-national effort to provide Kyiv with additional first-person view (FPV) drones has officially begun, thanks to the launch of an industry competition. Led by the United Kingdom, the competition will dish out funds to successful bidders in hopes of delivering significant quantities FPV drones to Ukraine. These types of munitions have become critical on both sides of the front lines in the war in Ukraine; so much so that it has spurred an arms race for them.
The competition, led by the U.K.

The gate at Fort Moore that leads to the Army’s infantry training complex was renamed for Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe this week, the fifth gate on base to be named for a decorated soldier. Photos courtesy U.S. Army.
Every soldier in the Army who aspires to join the infantry, earn a Ranger tab or become a paratrooper must pass through the gates of Fort Moore, Georgia to begin training.
As of this week, all those gates are named for battlefield heroes.
Officials at Fort Moore renamed a final entry point to the base Monday after Sgt.

On June 4, 1944, the U.S. Navy successfully captured U-505, a German Type IX-C submarine. (U.S. Navy photo).
Several American sailors climbed aboard the German submarine U-505, focused on saving it from sinking into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. They did not know if the Nazi submariners who dove overboard had set scuttling charges beforehand, but the risk was worth it: the wealth of intelligence on board could help them acquire and decipher the elusive Enigma machine.

The latest iteration of Russia’s TOS series of thermobaric rocket launchers has been seen, apparently for the first time, in military service. The TOS-3 ‘Dragon’ was displayed during an official armed forces event in Russia’s southwest Saratov region. While the new system draws heavily from its predecessors, its anti-drone screens also point directly to experience from the war in Ukraine. With that in mind, it likely won’t be long before we start to see the TOS-3 being deployed in combat, especially as losses of the legacy TOS-1A continue to mount.

Whisper Tennis’ journey into resilience began amidst the challenges of her childhood, shaped by the complexities of family dynamics and the harsh realities of continual loss.
Raised by a single mother alongside her two older brothers, Whisper’s early years were greatly impacted by her father and her grandfather, both Navy veterans.
“My parents’ love story began in New Jersey,” she reflected. “My mom was swept off her feet by my dad, who dedicated his life to serving his country.

U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Nathan B. Baskind, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 8, 2024, officials from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.
1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was 28 when he was killed in June 1944. 
A platoon commander of four M-10 tank destroyers in Company C, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Baskind and another soldier from his company were scouting ahead of their company when they were ambushed. Baskind’s fellow soldier was heavily wounded but escaped the firefight, making his way back to the unit.

Members of Congress are moving to prevent the U.S. Air Force from retiring its fleet of iconic U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes. The Pentagon approved a waiver last year that had cleared the way for the service to begin divesting the high-flying Cold War-era jets, which The War Zone was first to report. The Air Force’s current plan is to divest the last of the U-2s in 2026 and supplant them with a mix of still largely undefined space-based and other capabilities, which is widely believed to include a classified stealthy high-altitude drone.

The South Korean military will resume drills along the border with its hostile northern neighbor after Pyongyang sent about a thousand balloons filled with poop and garbage wafting south in waves last week. Amid increasing tensions on the peninsula, South Korea suspended a six-year-old pact with the North pausing such actions as a result, at least in part, of the balloon barrages.

Legislation released by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday calls for large funding increases over the Pentagon’s budget request to help the Defense Innovation Unit transition promising technologies to troops.
A fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill, which is scheduled to be marked up Wednesday by the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, would provide $833 billion in total discretionary funding for the department, including more than $1.