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When defending any position, the second-to-last thing a military unit wants to know is that they’re outnumbered. The very last thing the defenders want to know is that they’re massively outnumbered. 
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Being outnumbered leads to a losing mindset, which can be a real morale killer, which can only hurt a unit’s ability to fight effectively. Being so outnumbered that defeat feels guaranteed can be a self-fulfilling prophecy—but it doesn’t have to be.

It was a war no one in London asked for, to kick off a plan everyone tried to reject, and the first battle was an absolute disaster. But the British Army was sent to Isandlwana anyway, by one British High Commissioner who was going to reorganize southern Africa by any means necessary.
There was just one problem: Britain didn’t actually control all of southern Africa.

Elbit Systems said that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Sweden, plans to introduce its new Tactical High Mobility Shelter (THMS) at DALO Industry Days 2026 defence exhibition in Denmark.

Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) has landed its first major contract with the US Army to provide prototype K9 Mobile Howitzers (K9MH) for the military’s Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) programme.

Flesh-eating bacteria warning, Gulf Coast 2026. Photo: The Wellness Company
The last few months the media has been transfixed by the cyclospora “explosive diarrhea” outbreak that has spread across the country – with no relief in sight. Not garnering near the media attention as cyclospora, but deadlier and more dangerous, is a flesh-eating bacteria crisis that has developed along the Gulf Coast.
Writing in his Substack, Dr.

In a Pacific war, the U.S. military cannot assume uncontested access to its depots and supply lines for munitions, spare parts, food, water, and energy. Jonathan is joined by David Tuttle (Rune Technologies), Paul Lwin (HavocAI), and Tom Garvey (CACI) to discuss sustaining a dispersed force that’s facing enemy fire and lacks stable, secure communications. They debate autonomy versus automation, predictive resupply, where the data comes from, and which lessons from Ukraine transfer across theaters.Image: Sgt. Alora Finigan via DVIDS.

The Iran war is beginning to resemble the Ukraine war in one important way. Operationally, the wars themselves are still very different — Ukraine is a large-scale ground invasion, while the Iran war is not there just yet. But their political logic after a failure to achieve a quick result is starting to look very similar. In both cases, a larger power expected its overwhelming military force to produce a quick political result. And in both cases, that expectation failed.

Following confirmation that the Russian Navy has begun factory sea trials of the first Khabarovsk class nuclear-powered strategic submarine, a growing consensus has emerged that the country’s strategic nuclear deterrent is entering a new phase as unprecedented capabilities begin to be introduced. The warship left the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on August 17, 2026, marking a major milestone in a programme that has been under development for more than a decade.

In early 1963, a single number characterized the difference in the positions of the United States and the Soviet Union on a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Nikita Khrushchev had proposed three on-site inspections each year. Washington was asking for seven. Other differences remained, including inspection procedures and treaty language. But the difference mattered: Seismology could not always distinguish an underground test from an earthquake, and inspections created both assurance and opportunities for espionage.Neither number had been delivered by a technical expert wielding a seismograph.

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