Somewhere behind the Novodarivka breach point in June 2023, Ukrainian armored formations sat staged and ready. The ammunition was there. The fuel was there. The original concept of operations called for 12 brigades to push through roughly 30 kilometers of frontage, isolate Tokmak within days, and drive south before Russian forces could consolidate. They never moved. The engineers could not open the lane. Without the lane, none of the rest of it mattered.
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The rescue of the pilot and weapons sensor officer from the F-15E Strike Eagle that went down in Iran is—even with the limited information we have right now—an almost-unbelievable act in the history of the profession of arms.
I am looking forward to the details to come out, but let’s let that work its way through the system. That isn’t what I want to focus on today.
As always, let’s first look at the chart.
Personnel across the Army’s data teams have been “banging their heads against the wall” over information management issues and the service recently launched a new hub meant to help alleviate those headaches, senior military officials told reporters Tuesday.
The Army Data Operations Center went live April 3. A nucleus for network-focused staff across division-level units and above to call for help about connectivity or data issues, officials said the ADOC will free data teams from “red tape” so commanders can make quicker decisions.
Pete Hegseth Has A Problem: Trump Burned Through 4 Defense Secretaries in Term One. The Pattern Is Starting Again
Pete Hegseth was something of an unconventional choice to serve as secretary of defense.
Before his selection, Hegseth was best known as a Fox News host, although he had also led a couple of veterans groups. During Trump’s first term, Hegseth lobbied for leniency for soldiers accused of war crimes.
Hegseth’s confirmation process was tumultuous.
The Trump administration’s budget request for fiscal 2027 calls for significant funds to increase stockpiles of a long-range Army missile that’s been used during the United States’ ongoing war with Iran.
Recently released budget documents show that the Army is asking for nearly $2 billion to purchase more Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) in FY27 — nearly four-times the amount that Congress allocated in fiscal 2026, which was $546 million.
The American military launched more one-way attack drones last night against Iran, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday, adding that “hundreds” of unmanned platforms have been involved in Operation Epic Fury in various roles to date.
Tuesday’s announcement comes several weeks after Centcom noted that it had employed long-range kamikaze drones in combat for the first time during the early days of the Iran war, which President Donald Trump commenced on Feb. 28.
The Army plans to host civilian-run data centers on its bases, according to recent federal contracting documents and official statements.
In late March, Army officials announced that it “conditionally selected” global investment firms to build, operate and manage commercial data centers on “underutilized” land at Fort Bliss, Texas and Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The data centers are being built under an agreement with private developers to use available acres of Army property in exchange for access to computing power.
Could Trump Be Removed by the 25th Amendment to the Constitution?
President Donald Trump has people on edge again; his news conference on April 6 left many questioning whether he has gone too far.
Trump set a deadline on April 7 after which, he threatened, he might order the U.S. military to destroy civilian electrical power plants and bridges. Such acts would punish ordinary Iranians and could kill or harm civilians—they would potentially constitute war crimes. He has also warned that “a whole civilization may die tonight.
Trump Threatened to Destroy a Civilization. Iran Cut All Contact. What Happens Now?
President Donald J. Trump’s deadline for the Islamic Republic of Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is rapidly approaching.
It is evident that the forty-seventh president believes that issuing serious threats to the Iranian regime is the best way to end this conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
F-22 Raptor In the Air. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The F-22’s New Fuel Tanks Don’t Have to Be Dropped Before Combat — That Single Change Adds 850 Nautical Miles of Range and Solves the Raptor’s Biggest Weakness
The US Air Force’s fifth-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor, remains the world’s stealthiest aircraft. Introduced in 2005, it is the world’s first mass-produced fifth-generation fighter jet and has been a cornerstone of the US Air Force’s air superiority strategy.
Currently, there are 178 F-22 fighters in service. And it is still the benchmark against which all fighters are measured.
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