The Coast Guard has been busy in recent months, carrying out several major drug seizures in the waters near the U.S.-Mexico border. And this past month service members were spotted training with a new tool to help with interdictions: jet skis. Yes, the Coast Guard has tactical jet skis now.
Coast Guard members were recorded testing out the new all-black jet skis in the waters around San Diego on Jan. 14-15. “It’s not any jet ski,” one person says in a video released by the Coast Guard last month.
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When “Arc Raiders” launched in October 2025, it did something most military-centric games don’t dare: it made avoiding combat just as valuable as winning it. For anyone who’s actually served, that hits different.
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Most shooters reward the player who sprints toward gunfire. Arc Raiders punishes them.
On Dec. 29, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported one of the most intense single-day episodes of Chinese military activity in recent years. Over 100 Chinese aircraft were detected operating around the island, not merely signaling but actively compressing Taiwan’s defensive space. Of these, 90 aircraft crossed the median line, effectively erasing a boundary that had kept the peace for decades. More ominously, these air assets were joined by 13 Chinese warships and, crucially, 14 official ships from the China Coast Guard and Maritime Safety Administration.
The French government has reportedly made concerted efforts to market the Rafale ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft to Vietnam, in an attempt to break into a new market that has long been dominated by Russian military equipment, according to local media reports. French media outlets have claimed the discussions have reached an advanced stage, reportedly including providing a Vietnamese pilot an opportunity to fly the Rafale.
Speaking at the Innoprom exhibition in Saudi Arabia, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov has announced that contracts have already been signed in the Middle East region for the export of the country’s new Su-57 fifth generation fighter. “There is significant interest, and some contracts have been signed, though I cannot disclose the details,” Alikhanov stated. “We recently unveiled the Su-57E, which is among the best aircraft in the world – possibly the best at present. It is also combat-tested,” he elaborated.
On nuclear arms control and the trust nobody talks about
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Something unusual happens when Russian and American nuclear commanders think about each other. Not hatred. Not fear, exactly. Something closer to professional respect, the kind chess players develop across the board.
Each side spent decades studying the other. Both know, with considerable precision, what the other can do. More importantly, both know what the other cannot prevent. Retaliation will happen.
This shared understanding explains why, on February 5, 2026, nothing in particular happened.
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 carrier-based fighter has for the first time been seen integrating the new YJ-15 anti-ship cruise missile, with a pair of the missiles seen carried under the aircraft’s wings. This follows longstanding speculation since the J-15’s entry into service in 2012 that the aircraft could be equipped with new generations of anti-ship missiles to support the Navy’s transition from a coastal defence-oriented force, into one capable of sustained blue water operations to challenge Western Bloc sea control in the far seas.
The Republic of China Ministry of National Defence has confirmed that the U.S. government has provided draft Letters of Offer and Acceptance or three arms sales, including the sale of M109A7 self-propelled howitzers, and both BGM-71 TOW and FGM-184 Javelin anti-tank missiles.The letters are valid until March 15, and the first instalment payment must be made by March 31, with the Ministry having stated that it will seek an extension to avoid cancellation.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-57 fighters, with the state run United Aircraft Corporation reporting that the aircraft have benefited continued refinements to the design. The fifth generation fighters reportedly benefit from updated systems that expand the range of missions they are capable of performing, with particular emphasis on weapons integration and operational flexibility. Commenting on these enhancements, chief executive of United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badekha stated: “we are not stopping at what has been achieved.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are now underway in Italy, with more than 230 Americans on Team USA. And a sizeable number of those athletes and coaches are active-duty military.
The U.S. military regularly sends members to both the Summer and Winter Olympics. This year the military contingent in Team USA is competing from everything from figure skating to bobsled. This year it’s just Army soldiers and Air Force airmen going to the competition in Italy, with the Army providing the largest number of military athletes.