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In late December, a new wave of protests broke out in Iran — eventually spreading around the country and across many sectors of society. Due to an internet blackout imposed on Jan. 8, information is limited, but reports suggest that thousands of Iranian protesters were killed in the government’s crackdown. The protests came at a time when the Iranian regime looked particularly vulnerable due to a struggling economy, an aging leadership, and a weakened regional position.

After years of testing mishaps and schedule delays, the Army says it has begun the fielding process for its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system.
Fielding activities for the missile, also known as Dark Eagle, began in December and are expected to wrap up in the next few months, an Army spokesperson told DefenseScoop on Tuesday. Once delivery of the entire battery is complete, Dark Eagle will be the United States’ first-ever operational hypersonic weapon system. Although some of the ballistic missiles — such as ICBMs — that are already in the U.

F-15 crews with the 494th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron played a major role in shooting down Iranian drones launched against Israel nearly two years ago in what the Air Force has described as “the largest air-to-air enemy engagement in over 50 years.”
Now, F-15s from the squadron are back in the Middle East as President Donald Trump reportedly weighs military options for possible strikes against Iran for cracking down on anti-regime protests.
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The Defense Department is searching for new acoustic detection capabilities to help soldiers defend themselves against small unmanned aerial systems.
The Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center under the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is conducting market research to see what tools are available.
A request for information issued Jan. 14 is intended to inform future requirements and prototyping efforts.

In 2024, Brian Petit wrote, “Send in the A Team: A Graduated Response for Ukraine,” where he argued for sending the Green Berets into Ukraine for training and assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces. We asked Brian to revisit his argument after talks of a peace deal have yet to produce fruitful change.Image: Sgt. Patrik Orcutt via DVIDSIn your 2024 article, “Send in the A Team: A Graduated Response for Ukraine,” you argue that sending the Green Berets to Ukraine to help train, advise, and assist Ukrainian troops “requires little imagination, no adaptation, and few modifications.

In February 1968, American forces in Vietnam were still reeling from the sudden onslaught of the Tet Offensive. The January surprise attack by the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong saw strategic but widespread strikes on military and civilian command and control centers throughout the country. 
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Oshkosh Defense has received a contract from the US Army to supply 97 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles A2 Low-Velocity Airdrop trucks.

The UK’s future main battle tank, Challenger 3, conducted its first crewed live fire test as part of a carefully phased programme.

No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I.
Europe still bears the scars of the war, even more than a century since the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. The gruesome and terrifying type of warfare typical of the Great War had a lasting impact on those who witnessed and experienced it. It also created such carnage on the land where it was fought that some of those areas are still uninhabitable to this day.
The uninhabitable battlefields are known as the Zone Rouge (French for “Red Zone”).

A military recruiter sent an email to Minnesota high school students pushing enlistment as a path to accessing an immigration program that could help prevent their parents from being deported.
CNN first reported that the recruiter had emailed about 200 students about a Department of Homeland Security Program known as “Parole in Place,” which allows undocumented members of military families to temporarily remain in the United States in one-year increments, though eligibility restrictions apply to citizens of certain countries.