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Tens of millions of Americans will find themselves digging out from a massive and historic winter storm. This generational storm will end up dumping snow, sleet and ice across a giant swath of the country. Millions and millions of Americans will be left without power or heat or with the ability to get to the store or the hospital.
Winter storms are nothing new, but in a world where we are increasingly reliant on the electrical grid these storms are getting even more deadly.

The Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defence has established a Joint Firepower Coordination Centre within the Republic of China Armed Forces, which according to local media reports represents a response to the gradual increase in available firepower due to large scale arms procurements from the United States. Based at the Boai Camp in Taipei, the Centre aims to coordinate asymmetric firepower deployments across the various branches of the Republic of China Armed Forces, with foreign personnel, including U.S.

The Pentagon said it consolidated policies around protecting American military facilities from drone threats after unclear guidance that left base commanders scrambling on how to respond and years of increased unmanned aerial system sightings over key Defense Department assets.
Drone incursions over American military bases jumped considerably over the last several years, alarming officials, and a Pentagon watchdog report released last week said the DOD’s confused policies meant some facilities in the U.S. couldn’t adequately protect themselves.

The new National Defense Strategy broadly prioritizes the Trump administration’s plans for protecting U.S. territories and assets and juicing the military’s industrial base, but contains few references to specific technologies of interest.
As it pivots the primary focus of America’s military more inward around the Western Hemisphere and urges allies to take on more burden-sharing against severe global challenges in other regions, the 2026 NDS includes noticeably less technology callouts than its recent predecessors.

The Army has reached an agreement with Salesforce that the company says will help the Pentagon boost its data analytics capabilities and accelerate future agentic AI deployments.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract announced Monday is worth up to $5.6 billion and includes a five-year base ordering period plus a five-year optional ordering period.
Salesforce — a vendor of “customer management relationship” (CMR) tools and other workforce-enabling IT for commercial and government customers — has been increasing its focus on the defense marketplace.

The Marine Corps is incentivizing major retention bonuses for enlisted troops who are willing to switch into high-tech jobs, while many in traditional roles — including infantry — can now get smaller bonuses for re-upping in their current role.
Marines with more than a decade into their careers could see bonuses that edge past $60,000 in some cases.
Under a MARADMIN released last week, mid-career Marines can earn as much as $50,000 by retraining into emerging fields that support drones, cyber, and intelligence operations.

Lucas Tomlinson is a familiar face as a correspondent for FOX News. But long before he found himself on the ground during a Russian attack on Ukraine, he was a naval officer.
Growing up in Chappaqua, New York, Tomlinson developed a deep-rooted passion for service and giving back that was instilled in him by his family. His uncle was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War; it was those stories and seeing his old uniforms that would leave a lasting impression.
Related: Ukraine is using this massive rifle that’s bigger than a Barrett .

The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed or used from Earth’s orbit. What they didn’t count on was the U.S. Air Force’s most simple weapon ever: a tungsten rod that could hit a city with the explosive power of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
It’s technically not a weapon.
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During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used what they called “Lazy Dog” bombs. These were simply solid steel pieces, less than two inches long, and fitted with fins.

In January 1961, the U.S. Army suffered its only nuclear accident and the only fatal nuclear accident in the United States. The accident was caused by the manual removal of a control rod in a nuclear reactor in Idaho. The resulting explosion killed two Army specialists and a Navy Electrician’s Mate. One of the Army specialists, Richard McKinley, was so irradiated that his body had to be interred in a lead-lined casket, covered in cement, and placed in a metal vault before burial.

Anduril, BAE, Leonardo, Lockheed, Syos, Tekever and Thales have been selected to put forward a design for an Apache wingman.