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The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed F-35B fifth generation fighters for operations from Finnish highways in Tervo during Ramstein Flag 2026 exercises, highlighting the U.S. Armed Forces’ growing focus on dispersed combat operations to allow advanced airpower to continue to function away from major air bases. Although all variants of the F-35 can deploy from specially reinforced highways, the F-35B’s entirely unique short takeoff and vertical landing capabilities make the aircraft particularly optimal for operations from austere sites.

A mentor of mine, a superb scholar, once told me that good defense analysis starts with a trade-off. The classic example is combined arms doctrine, which is the foundation of modern warfare. Infantry, armor, artillery, and aviation work together to offset each other’s weaknesses. Each brings a combination of mobility, firepower, or protection, though none individually has all three. Infantry has a lot of mobility, but little protection. Tanks have mobility and a lot of protection, but limited magazines. Artillery in the rear has nearly limitless firepower, but no protection.

Fire Point’s CEO spoke with Army Technology about her plans to cultivate a sovereign ballistic missile and interceptor sector in Ukraine.

War is a brutal driver of medical innovation. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced clinicians and commanders alike to confront a hard truth: Survival depends not only on tactics and technology, but on the ability to deliver advanced care under fire, evacuate and resuscitate the wounded, and preserve fighting strength despite repeated attacks on healthcare systems.Ukraine’s experience has reshaped combat medicine through necessity, resilience, and improvisation.

Russia’s largest shipyard the Sevmash Shipyard in the country’s northwest has laid down a Yasen-M class multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine, the Murmansk. The warship is the ninth of its class to have begun construction, with Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Alekseyevich Moiseyev having commented regarding their capabilities: “Not every country can afford to build such ships, namely, nuclear-powered submarines…. We build the best ships, the best nuclear-powered submarines. This is the result of the huge, revolutionary, collective work of our entire country.

The Finnish government has lifted a decades long ban on the hosting of nuclear weapons on its territory, with the country’s parliament having approved an amendment of the country’s Nuclear Energy Act and Criminal Code a little over three years after the country’s formal accession to NATO in April 2023. The Finnish parliament announced that this would “strengthen the security” of the country, although opponents of the amendment have cautioned that it makes Finland “a target for nuclear strikes.

The full text of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed by the United States and Iran was officially confirmed by Washington on Wednesday, June 17. It has also now been signed by President Trump.

The 14-point agreement officially declares the war between the two countries to be over and calls for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the United States lifting its blockade.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet from Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, performs an aerial demonstration over Rickenbacker International Airport, Ohio, June 16, 2024, as part of the Columbus Air Show.

Even as Washington expresses hope that a full peace deal with Tehran will be signed in the next sixty days, U.S. President Donald Trump is warning that he could resume military action against Iran if the negotiations break down again.

The comments came on the same day that the full details of the recently agreed memorandum of understanding (MOU) were published online and signed by President Trump, revealing the extent of the concessions Washington made to prevent further disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.

Boeing B-52H Stratofortress. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Crimea is normally a Russian vacation destination during the summer months. Resorts along the Black Sea are generally packed as Russians flock to the beaches. But not in 2026.

The ongoing military conflict with Ukraine, severe fuel shortages in Crimea, and frequent drone strikes have caused massive booking cancellations and crippled the region’s tourism industry.

Ukraine War TOS-2. Image Credit: X Screenshot.

General Atomics and Anduril have received production contracts from the Air Force for Increment 1 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service announced Wednesday.
The firms were each awarded engineering-and-manufacturing development and production contracts for the CCA air frames, beating out at least four other vendors that competed for deals. The contracts — which come four months ahead of schedule — cover the first three lots of unmanned aerial vehicles and will allow the service to field at least 150 systems by the end of the decade, according to Col.