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The cool under pressure agent yanked the MP7 from a discreet backpack after a shooter tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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The upgrade is designed to enhance the aircraft’s ability to detect, track, and counter evolving threats in contested and austere environments.

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The Air Force and Navy proposed stepping up purchases of of

Footage of a Hezbollah FPV strike drone barely missing an Israeli medevac flight in southern Lebanon this afternoon. The flight was carrying soldiers injured/killed in another Hezbollah FPV drone attack earlier this morning.
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Of the 10,425 military dogs trained during World War II, Chips was extraordinary.
The German shepherd, Siberian husky, and collie mix was only about 2 years old when he joined the United States Army in 1942, but he grew up fast. Before his family donated him to the Dogs for Defense program, Chips never strayed far from home.
That soon changed—and fast.
Also Read: What you should know about the program that trains US military dogs
Like most pooches, Chips possessed off-the-charts cuteness and two other traits inherent in our four-legged friends.

The U.S. Air Force 35th Fighter Wing on April 24 conducted an F-35 Lightning II ribbon-cutting ceremony at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, marking the official introduction of the new fighter type to the air unit. Department of Defence sources reported that this signalled “the start of its next chapter in fifth-generation airpower,” and reflected “the wing’s continued evolution to meet mission requirements and reinforce allied relationships.

The Ohio-Class Is Retiring: The Means Fewer Tomahawks: The military is a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms, and this is especially true of the wild, wacky, and wonderful world of submarine war.

You have your SSNs, i.e., nuclear- powered “fast attack” boats. You have your SSBNs, i.e., ballistic missile submarines, which, in addition to being powered by nuclear reactors, also wield nuclear weapons, thus serving as a leg of America’s nuclear strategic triad (hence their nickname of “boomers”).

The U.S. Navy’s SSN (X) next-generation attack submarine program, which plans to combine the stealth of the Virginia-class with the firepower of the Seawolf-class, is delayed. The first procurement has been pushed back to the early 2040s, from a previous target of 2035.

The primary reasons for the delay are budget limitations and the need to manage resources across multiple shipbuilding programs, most of which are also overdue and over budget.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 1, 2022) The future Virginia-class attack submarine Montana (SSN 794) conducts initial sea trials Feb.

The U.S. Air Force’s F-47, developed by Boeing under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative to replace the F-22, is on track for a first flight in 2028. As of February 2026, the program is advancing rapidly, with manufacturing underway and aiming for operational fielding by the early 2030s.

The F-47 is currently in early, low-rate, and highly secretive production following a March 2025 contract award. Early manufacturing of the first aircraft is underway in St. Louis, with a fleet goal of 185+ units to replace the F-22.

F-22 Raptor Reverse. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

The Indian Air Force has received a new regiment’s worth of S-400 long-range air defence systems from Russia, with local sources reporting on the delivery noting that the service is scheduled to receive a fifth final regiment before the end of the year, marking a major milestone in a program intended to revolutionise the country’s long range air defence capabilities. Five regiments’ worth of the systems were ordered under a $5.

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Qatar’s defence market is shifting from early-2020 spending on land domain towards air defence capabilities, following the Iran war.

On April 23 the European Union imposed economic sanctions on the firm Yangzhou Yangjie Electronic Technology, known more commonly as Yangjie Technology, as part of a regime of secondary sanctions targeting Russian trading partners. These sanctions have been imposed as part of the EU’s 20th sanctions package, with the targeting of the Chinese firm initiated the basis that it had allegedly sent dual use electronics to support the Russian Armed Forces and defence sector, including making over 200 shipments of dual use semiconductor components since 2022 which were used in drones and armaments.

During the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, a 26-year-old company commander’s unit was pinned down by a fortified hilltop. After frontal assaults failed, the junior officer made an extraordinary request: an entire battalion, four times the size of his own unit, for a jungle flanking maneuver. The regimental commander agreed. The surprise assault broke the Vietnamese defense. This company commander’s pedigree was as formidable as his tactics: His father was a founding general who had just retired as head of the Chinese military’s General Logistics Department.

In the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, much that could go wrong did for the Russian military. As one volunteer organization called KatyaValya recalled:We called all our military friends in (Russian-held) Donetsk, but no one could really explain or say anything. Three or four days later, Katya’s husband (who served with Donetsk militia) disappeared from communications. We searched for him every day through the commandant’s office to make sure everything was alright.

STARRS is calling for a full and independent review of the incident

COLORADO SPRINGS – Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. (STARRS) today expressed serious concern about a reported incident at the United States Air Force Academy involving a large gathering of academy graduates who recently displayed conduct inconsistent with military discipline and the chain of command.

An Iranian Air Force F-5E third generation fighter successfully conducted a bombing run against Camp Buehring in Kuwait, penetrating multi-layered U.S. and U.S.-supplied Kuwaiti air defences, which has raised serious questions regarding the security of American and allied military facilities both in the Middle East and globally. The F-5 is one of the least capable fighter types in service anywhere in the world today, and during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s was overwhelmingly outmatched by advanced Iraqi fighters such as the MiG-23ML, resulting in a decision to avoid air-to-air engagements.

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is ready to sail again after a prolonged maintenance period. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1977 and is the second carrier of the group. It was just given a clean bill of health after completing a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The “Ike” just finished sea trials after the PIA.

The Eisenhower underwent a comprehensive maintenance effort, and numerous engineers and technicians inspected the carrier, identifying areas for repair and modernization.

U.S. Navy officials just provided the clearest look yet at the Trump-class battleship, how much it might cost, and how quickly the controversial program could come to fruition. At separate roundtables during the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space 2026 exposition, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle and outgoing Navy Secretary John Phelan said the service sees the ship – formally designated BBG(X) – as a necessary answer to modern naval warfare, particularly amid rising competition with China and growing pressure on U.S. forces across multiple theaters.

Two Army drill sergeants were sentenced to prison, busted down to the rank of private, and will be discharged after pleading guitly to engaging in sexual relationships with trainees during boot camp at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, officials announced. One of the trainees reported the two drill instructors the day before basic training graduation. 
Staff Sgt. Michael Serrano, 34, and Sgt.

In April of 2003, during the initial invasion phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Maj. Kim Campbell was flying an A-10 Thunderbolt II when it was struck by enemy fire over Baghdad. Maj. Campbell successfully landed and has told the story of her flight that day.

According to a DVIDS Hub account, Campbell told the story at a Women’s History Month luncheon seven years later, in March of 2010.

A-10 Warthog National Security Journal Photo. Taken by Jack Buckby on August 23, 2025.

Mark T. Gerges commanded Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment (call sign “Bandit”) in the 1st Armored Division’s 2nd “Iron” Brigade during Operation Desert Storm. In his new book, “Bandit: The Inside Story of an Abrams Tank Company during Desert Storm,” he delivers a grounded, human-centric account of armored warfare at his eye level.

The easiest way to misunderstand the Navy’s shipbuilding mess is to treat it as a shipyard story. That is how the issue is usually framed. Too few workers, too much complexity, too much bureaucracy, too many delays. None of that is wrong, but it is only the visible part of the problem.

The deeper problem sits upstream. The Navy’s procurement troubles reflect not just industrial strain, but a long stretch of strategic drift. If Washington cannot decide what kind of fleet it wants, shipbuilders will never deliver it on time.

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A memorial service has been held in Bridgend fo

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U.S. military and Pentagon officials expect to prioritize cyber and communications gear, AI, data integration and other multi-domain warfare assets next month at the Technical Exchange Meeting they’re hosting to meet with select industry representatives looking to showcase their latest products and services.

An astonishing 25% of veterans who receive VA care are dealing with diabetes and those who have served are nearly twice as likely to develop the disease as the general population. A new diabetes resource hub from Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Dexcom, a global leader in glucose biosensing put everything vets need to know about the condition in one place.
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The site is designed to give veterans, caregivers, and advocates a single destination for understanding and managing diabetes, from diagnosis through day-to-day care.

Marines now have 12 months to be clean-shaven, even if they are receiving medical treatment for a skin condition, according to a new policy released Friday. 
Those who can’t shave cleanly within a year face separation from the service, regardless of on-the-job performance.
The new no-exceptions shaving rules were released Friday under a Marine Administrative Message, or MARADMIN.

The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, currently nearing delivery after major delays. As of recently, the Kennedy has completed builder’s sea trials and is expected to be delivered around March 2027.

But amidst the evolving threat environment, could the Kennedy be either the last Ford-class carrier or the last US aircraft carrier ever built? The answer is almost certainly no on both counts.

(April 14, 2017) The aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) pulls into Naval Station Norfolk for the first time.

Cost overruns, production complications, changing requirements, and substantial design flaws are among the reasons the once-promising Constellation-class Frigate came to an abrupt end. This development opened the door to the now-emerging, vastly different FF(X) endeavor.

Initially intended as a producible, lower-cost, yet high-capability ship with many off-the-shelf, readily obtainable parts and technologies, the Constellation class wound up massively deviating from its initial conceptual vision and devolved into a developmental and financial crisis.

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The Navy has successfully completed the highly-anticipated maiden flight of Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray, a critical milestone for the service’s effort to field its first aircraft carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle.
The test flight occurred Saturday at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Illinois, where the MQ-25 took off and flew for about two hours while executing various maneuvers and tests, according to a Navy news release.

When A&E was first launched more than 40 years ago, its name was “Arts and Entertainment,” so it makes sense that it teams up with World Wrestling Entertainment to look back at those decades through the lens of sports entertainment—because the WWE is both art and entertaining.
The network is now back with all-new seasons of its WWE hits, “Biography: WWE Legends,” “WWE LFG (Legends and Future Greats),” and “WWE’s Greatest Moments.”
Don’t pretend like you’re not interested.

U.S. Special Operations Command’s acquisition, technology and logistics directorate is looking to partner with members of industry and nonprofit organizations via a new initiative focused on modernizing SOCOM’s maritime and cross-domain capabilities, according to a sources-sought notice published Friday on a government contracting website.

The up-and-coming Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider 6th-generation stealth bomber is not a supersonic warplane; ditto for (1) its immediate predecessor, the pre-merger Northrop B-2 Spirit (the original stealth bomber), and (2) the septuagenarian B-52 “Stratosaurus” (unofficially AKA the “Stratosaurus”).

Indeed, the only member of the US Air Force’s strategic bomber triumvirate that flies in excess of Mach 1 is the B-1B Lancer (aka “the Bone“).

A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept.

The United States Air Force and United States Navy will have to keep their current fighter fleets in service longer than anticipated, following new information that their upcoming sixth-generation fighter will not enter service according to previously established timelines.

During comments given as part of the McAleese Defense Programs Conference last month, Representative Rob Wittman, a republican from Virginia, said that the Navy’s F-47 will not be “available” to the Air Force until the mid-2030s. Air and Space Forces Magazine was the first to report on the development.

HMS Prince of Wales sailed from Portsmouth for

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In a flagrant display of insubordinate Marxist ideology, the U.S. Air Force Academy terrazzo was overun last Friday with hundreds of females from a USAFA affinity group for women that literally threatened the Secretary of War during the ongoing conflict in Iran.
Apparently up to 500 women showed up for the event which was reportedly sponsored by the Academy and USAFA AOG.

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.

The British Army wants to double its lethality

India has demonstrated a new Infantry Fighting Vehicle family known as the Vikram VT21 Advanced Armoured Platform.

The B-1B Lancer was first developed in the 1970s and was designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at high speeds and high altitudes in order to deliver devastating nuclear strikes. However, today the strategic landscape is completely different.

Over time, both China and Russia have begun fielding advanced air defense systems such as the HQ-9 and the S-400, thereby reducing the likelihood that the B-1B could penetrate their airspace. Despite this, the USAF retains 45 B-1Bs in its inventory.

Babcock has presented its Toyota-based General Logistics Vehicle as a proposed replacement for the British Army’s outgoing Land Rover fleet.

Inside a sprawling facility known as Arsenal-1, traditional rules of the defense industry are being dismantled one airframe at a time. April 2026 has arrived and technicians are proof-testing a $1 billion bet that America can still manufacture military power at a scale and speed that rivals the commercial sector. Standing at roughly half the size of an F-16, the Anduril YFQ-44A Fury is the centerpiece of this industrial experiment.

The hierarchy of the United States Army is not known for its collective sense of humor.
Ivan Reitman, then an up-and-coming movie producer, knew this when he and his partner, Dan Goldberg, approached military brass in the early 1980s. They wanted to make a comedy about two besties who seek to escape the monotony of their daily lives by enlisting in the Army.
Also Read: It’s official: ‘Top Gun 3’ is in developmentThey wanted to shoot much of the film on a military base, which required the Army’s approval.

For the uninitiated, a bug-out bag (sometimes just called a “BOB”) is simply a backpack you keep packed with the essentials to survive for about three days or so. It helps if you suddenly have to get the hell out of Dodge for whatever reason. It helps you stay alive during a disaster like a storm, flood, or blackout or when you’re doing some secret squirrel stuff and your cover is blown.
Also Read: Your standard rifle can now be an anti-drone weapon. Seriously.

China’s H-20 stealth bomber is a mystery: If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then China’s defense-industrial enterprises succeed in flattering about half the world.

The tendency of Beijing’s advanced weapons platforms to appear to be partially or completely reverse-engineered analogs of designs from other countries is well known.

H-20 Bomber Mock Up. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

H-20 Bomber from China. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Many analysts are still waiting to see a genuine, indigenous Chinese invention rather than a copy of someone else’s kit.

During the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the United States did more than demonstrate political resolve. It demonstrated operational reach in a form Beijing could neither match nor meaningfully contest. Two aircraft carrier battle groups moved into waters proximate to Taiwan, establishing an immediate airpower presence and underscoring Washington’s ability to intervene on short notice.

For Chinese planners, the most consequential lesson was not diplomatic. It was military and deeply uncomfortable. The People’s Liberation Army struggled to consistently track those carriers.

Australia has committed an investment of A$750m for the manufacturing of 268 next generation Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles.