Prediction markets have proven remarkably effective at aggregating dispersed information across many domains. From technology product launches to election forecasting, they often outperform expert predictions. But when applied to military operations, these same mechanisms create categorically different risks. Now Ukrainian volunteers, Russian military bloggers, and American security clearance holders alike can convert insider knowledge of military operations into profit through pseudonymous crypto wallets.At 2 a.m. local time on Jan. 3, 2026, explosions echoed across Caracas.

The U.S. Navy Nimitz class supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its Carrier Strike Group on January 20 completed a transit through the Malacca Strait, after prematurely concluding operations in the 7th Fleet area of operations, particularly in the South China Sea, to redirect towards the 5th Fleet area in the Middle East. The redirection of the carrier group represents part of a much broader U.S.

US-based Gentex has introduced its re-designed Ops-Core FAST XP Helmet System, a ballistic helmet developed for law enforcement personnel.

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The U.S. Air Force has redeployeda large number of F-15E Strike Eagle fighters supported by KC-135 aerial refuelling tankers from RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom, where they are permanently forward deployed, to bases in the Middle East, according to online flight tracking data. This represents part of a broader military buildup that appears to remain underway to target the country. A U.S.

The Indian Armed Forces have begun to receive Belarusian Berkut-BM single use attack drones, after these kinds of aircraft played a central role in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War and demonstrated their considerable value. The Berkut-BM is a jet-powered aircraft developed by the firm Indela, and reportedly uses a Chinese-made micro turbojet engine produced by Swiwin.

In Dnepropetrovsk, a woman lies unconscious by the minibus of bounty hunters, and the rest of the people, apparently, received a jet from a pepper spray in their face. A military-aged man was snatched off the street.
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Sailors aboard the USS Indiana took a group photo celebrating an improbable and dramatic championship win Monday night by their namesake state’s top college football team, the Indiana University Hoosiers. The photo was posted to a Facebook page run by the ship’s commissioning committee, a civilian nonprofit that raises funds to support the Indiana’s crew.
The Hoosiers football team beat the University of Miami Hurricanes, 27-21, in the national championship game.

President Donald Trump nominated a Marine general who helped usher the Corps through two clean financial audits — the first and only time any military branch has done so — to head the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Lt. Gen. James Adams III was nominated as director of the DIA last week, according to a notification to Congress which did not list the position he would be assigned to. The Pentagon released Adams’ nomination information on Tuesday amid a slew of general officer assignments.

House and Senate appropriators are looking to give an additional $897 million in funding towards the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter jet for fiscal 2026 in an attempt to bring the program out of a stalemate.
The conferenced defense appropriations act for FY26 was published Tuesday and includes a total of $972 million in research-and-development funds for the Navy F/A-XX program, according to the bill’s explanatory statement released by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The Archbishop who oversees all U.S. Catholic chaplains in the military told an interviewer that he “could not see any circumstances” in which military action against Greenland could be morally justified, and that it could be “morally acceptable to disobey” orders to attack the nation.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio told a British interviewer that U.S. troops who might refuse orders to attack Greenland would be “in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.”
Broglio is the Archbishop of the Archdiocese for the U.S.

With the onset of World War II, the United States was experiencing many changes in the way it communicated. That meant new ways to communicate internally, and faster ways to get messages among different military branches and ranks. From getting creative and flashing planes to bringing in sensitive materials and utilizing faster, new technology, like teletypewriters, WWII saw new communication take hold. 
Related: How World War II changed modern medicine
Check out how soldiers relayed messages to their fellow soldiers, as well as back home, during the conflict.

Minnesota National Guardsmen will wear bright reflective vests so they won’t be confused with law enforcement agencies that wear military-style camouflage.
“Members of the Minnesota National Guard are serving in support of local law enforcement agencies and are not licensed peace officers,” said Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya, a spokeswoman for the state’s National Guard. “These vests are being used to distinguish our members from those of other agencies, due to similar uniforms being worn.”
Minneapolis has seen daily protests against law enforcement since an agent with U.S.

Danish troops have arrived in Greenland to take

Ukraine is building a drone shield designed, not to respond post factum, but to destroy UAS threats while they are still en route.

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EuroTrophy has signed a contract valued at €330m with KNDS Deutschland to provide Trophy Active Protection Systems for the Leopard 2A8 tanks.

Many of us have been there: starting a new job at one duty station, only to hand in our two-week notice a year later because of last-minute orders. Others have taken on full-time work, only to realize that a lack of child care made it impossible to keep going. In that scenario, we were forced to take a pay cut or step away entirely to stay home with our little ones. So many military spouses put careers on hold to support our service members and the mission.

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Capaccio, Bloomberg
The Army has once again missed its own deadline for fielding the first U.S.

Congressional Research Service
From the report
On December 22, 2025, the Trump Administration announced a proposed program to build a new class of guided missile battleships…

IntEngineering
Multi-static Active Coherent (MAC) sonobuoys deployed from drones for the first time, boosting anti-submarine coverage.

Jack Buckby, 1945
A prototype of the U.S.

H. Seck, WarZone
New ways to pair the unique capabilities of different ships could help better address commanders’ needs and do so faster.

By the late 1950s, the Space Race was dominating the Cold War, the United States military was rapidly testing advanced fighter jets and looking at how it could build out its rocket arsenal both for offensive use and to send Americans into space. And then they hit a snag.
The U.S. military had so rapidly built out its new aircraft that it had a new problem. Jets, like the X-15, could hit the upper atmosphere and break the sound barrier. However high altitude and high speeds meant that bailing out of these aircraft was riskier than ever.

Since hitting newsprint in 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most popular comic characters of all time.
Without speaking a word, America’s most recognizable beagle taught the public about physics, somehow sleeping and living on top of an A-frame doghouse. Snoopy also taught us about life as a flying ace from World War I. After his training as a pilot, however, Snoopy lived beyond the comic strip to inform the public about aerospace, including multiple stints with NASA.

Following repeated statements by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States is considering a wide range of options to annex Greenland, and revelations by senior officials that military options are being considered by the Trump administration, questions have been raised regarding the ability of the Danish Armed Forces to retain control over the territory.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has deployed one of its eight Type 055 class heavy destroyers, the Zunyi, for free-form confrontational exercises targeting a simulated enemy in the South China Sea, highlighting many of the ship’s capabilities for such operations. During the exercise the destroyer was tasked with reconnaissance and early warning missions for a naval task force, and managed to successfully acquire its target and gather a large amount of data in real time.

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As sea temperatures and geopolitical tensions simultaneously heat up, Greenland’s strategic importance increases. Against this backdrop, the specter of American territorial expansion has emerged as a new factor that is complicating Arctic security.The evolving security environment in the Arctic necessitates deeper American involvement in the region. Specifically, the United States needs to enhance its military presence in Greenland by improving regional air and missile defenses.

Thanks to AI, cheating in professional military education is becoming pervasive. Drawing on our perspectives as a uniformed instructor and as a recent course graduate, we’re seeing officers increasingly outsource their thinking and assignments to sophisticated AI tools despite attempted restrictions. The rising, unauthorized use of AI is not merely an integrity issue. It undermines the very mission of professional military education and erodes the military’s professional ethos.However, AI cheating is not the problem.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces suspended procurements of German HX-2 strike drones in late 2025, after their performances were found to be well below required standards. According an internal presentation prepared by the German Defence Ministry in November, aircraft had trouble even taking off, with only a quarter of them being able to launch. Even if able to get airborne, the aircraft were found to be highly vulnerable to Russian electronic warfare, leading their operators to lose connection.

The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that the Russian Amed Forces launched a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile during an overnight strike on the country on January 20. Where prior launches of the missile were conducted from ships, however, this latest firing was reported to have been carried out from a ground-based launcher on the disputed Crimean Peninsula.

The Republic of Korea Army has begun its first operational deployment of the new Hyunmoo-5 tactical ballistic missile, which integrates the largest tactical warhead ever to be carried by a ballistic missile at an estimated 8,000 to 9,000 kilograms. Developed as part of the Korean Massive Punishment and Retaliation strategy, the missile appears to have been designed to be able to target North Korean underground facilities, and emphasises high impact velocity, penetration, and precision guidance to destroy deeply buried command centres and military bases.

…we know where the minefield is…

There was a lot to get excited about at last week’s Surface Navy Association confab, and I’ll get to that in a minute, but it would be wise to temper one’s expectations.
20 years seems like a long time, but in many ways it is not. As we look forward to what our fleet will look like at mid-century, we should look back to what we were all promised in January of 2005 that was going to transform into the Navy of the 21st century.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command said today that multiple aircraft are on their way to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. In an unusual move, NORAD’s announcement repeatedly said that the mission, which “will support various long-planned NORAD activities,” is a routine operation.
“This activity has been coordinated with the Kingdom of Denmark, and all supporting forces operate with the requisite diplomatic clearances,” the statement continued. “The Government of Greenland is also informed of planned activities.

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HMS Sutherland, known as The

The Ministry of Defence has rejected claims to

The US Army’s PEO Soldier has chosen the HERO-90 loitering munition for its Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance initiative.

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As U.S. history educators, much of our professional training emphasizes structure, pacing guides, state standards, and carefully sequenced curriculum maps. We move deliberately through eras, anchor lessons in textbooks, and rely heavily on primary source documents to help students understand the past. This approach provides students with a shared historical framework and ensures exposure to key events, ideas, and debates that have shaped the United States.

The next act in the Greenland saga will see Nato’s highest military committee convene amid profound infighting.

D.F. Lawrence, DefScoop
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll criticized a counter-drone system that soldiers have been using for years, including as recently as last month.

Defense News
Two MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters completed their first operational mission Jan.

Naval News
Largely, expansion plans within the surface fleet come in the shape of future large surface combatants, mainly aboard the new