Mark Jbeily, Proceedings
Writing to his subordinate commanders, Admiral Chester Nimitz intuitively understood that the capital ships of his day, carriers and their air wings, were…
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The sea service recently kicked off its new Networked Expeditionary Routing and Exchange for Undersea Systems (NEREUS) project.
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Two aviation companies under contract to develop armed, unmanned aircraft and control systems for the U.S.
The U.S. Army 12th Combat Aviation Brigade has conducted aviation manoeuvre and sustainment training in Germany focused on the use of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and CH-47F Chinook heavily lift helicopters for high-tempo air mobility. Germany remains the primary hub through which NATO members’ combat power, logistics, and reinforcements are expected to flow toward the alliance’s eastern flank, with the exercises demonstrating high levels of intra-theatre mobility.
On today’s battlefields, drones are undeniably lethal. They kill with precision, shape movement across the battlespace, and impose a constant psychological presence. Their hum has become synonymous with modern combat, and combat footage from Ukraine appears to suggest that their sound is a defining feature of 21st-century war. Analysts and policymakers increasingly speak of drones as transformational weapons as they appear to have fundamentally altered the character of ground combatBut history urges caution.
Two sets of footage from Algerian sources have provided the first video confirmation of Su-57 fifth generation fighter operations in the country, after the first two of the aircraft were reported in November 2025 to have become operational in the Algerian Air Force. The sale marks the first of Russia’s sole operational stealth fighter type, or of any fifth generation fighter other than the American F-35, making it a major landmark in global fighter markets.
The Serbian Army’s 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade has deployed HQ-22 medium range air defence systems for intensive operational training, which specifically focused on countering simulated drone and precision guided missile attacks. Since its delivery in April 2022, the system has formed the core of Serbia’s air defence network, replacing obsolete Vietnam War-era systems, and helping to compensate for the obsolescence of the country’s fighter fleet which dates back to the 1980s.
The Republic of China Armed Forces (RoCAF) have begun to receive mobile Harpoon missile launch systems from the United States, with images confirming vehicles associated with the new system, including mobile missile launchers, radar vehicles, and command-and-control units. The Republic of China Ministry of National Defence has ordered 100 land-based Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and 400 associated missiles, which are expected to revolutionise coastal defence capabilities.
Leading U.S. unmanned aviation developer Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has confirmed the integrated testing of the Mighty Hornet IV unmanned strike aircraft, in collaboration with the Taipei-based National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCIST). Developed specifically for the Republic of China Air Force, the aircraft will enable manned-unmanned teaming and loitering munition capabilities. Integrated testing was based on the Kratos MQM-178 Firejet target drone, combining it with mission payloads and guidance and control systems developed by NCIST.
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Among Morton Blackwell’s laws of the public policy process is rule 26: Personnel is Policy. No matter what the law, rules, or any kind of official policy says, the real way of doing things is what those responsible for enforcement actually carry out. For instance, illegal immigration is, well… illegal. But many blue state officials are directing their police forces not to enforce laws associated with that topic. Marijuana use is against the law where I live in Kansas.