The Korean People’s Army has evaluated the capabilities of the new Chonma 20 main battle tank’s active protection system against multiple type of advanced anti-tank weapons, with live fire tests indicating a very high degree of confidence in the vehicle’s survivability and major advances in associated technologies.

Picture this: a military spouse stationed in Bahrain is on a routine call when she hears the first explosions hit Naval Support Activity Bahrain, three blocks from her apartment. She drops to the floor. The walls shake, and within minutes, she has her kids in a closet, listening to the sound of Iranian drones overhead, a noise she would later describe as lawnmowers flying at rooftop level, one after another, relentless.
Imagine for a moment what that would feel like.

Following reports that Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks had destroyed at least one U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, footage released from the facility has confirmed the aircraft’s destruction. Images show an E-3G from the 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, serial number 81-0005, destroyed at the key forward operating facility in the Persian Gulf.

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The first of two amphibious ready groups ordered to the Middle East arrived on Friday, as the United States surges more forces to join the war with Iran. 
U.S. Central Command confirmed that the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, with the 2,200-strong embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit onboard, had reached its area of responsibility, bringing with it “transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets.” Its arrival comes as the war with Iran enters its second month and the U.S. readies another carrier strike group to head to the region.

The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Has a Massive Nuclear Power Supply to Be Future-proof 
One of the key characteristics of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers is that they are designed around electrical power generation in a way that the preceding class, the Nimitz carriers, never were.

That shift drives everything in the carriers, from how they launch aircraft to what weapons the Ford-class can bring to bear.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in the Adriatic Sea, June 23, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S.

How low-standard administrative processes are reshaping the force and removing the warfighters it needs most

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The military did not simply respond to misconduct—it operationalized a cultural shift through policy, creating a weaponized administrative system built on accusation, low evidentiary thresholds, and permanent labeling. Leaders whose direct, high-intensity leadership once defined combat effectiveness are now recast as liabilities. This is not due process adapted to the military.

A B-47 Bomber and an F-86 Fighter Collided, and a Hydrogen Bomb Was Lost 
The notion of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)—chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) alike—has unsurprisingly been the subject of many a fictional thriller story.

During the Cold War, you had bestselling novels from iconic authors like Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy (may they both R.I.P.), e.g., “Vixen 03” by the former and “The Sum of All Fears” by the latter.

Russian authorities say they have foiled a plot involving hundreds of explosive-laden boot insoles allegedly smuggled into the country and disguised as humanitarian aid for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the agency seized 504 “heated” insoles—winter gear designed to keep feet warm in cold conditions—that were rigged with small explosive charges. The FSB claims each pair contained explosives equivalent to about 1.

The Iran Conflict Could Mean China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Heads to the Skies Faster 
The ongoing campaign against Iran has once again demonstrated how modern wars increasingly begin in the air, and often with stealth aircraft leading the way.

In recent strikes, U.S. forces used long-range bombers and advanced fighter aircraft to attack Iranian military infrastructure, including ballistic missile sites and other hardened targets. More than 2,000 targets were struck in the first 100 hours of the campaign, according to U.S. Central Command.

H-20 Bomber Mock Up.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss incident in Southern California between a National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial airline flight this week.
On the evening of Tuesday, March 24, a United Airlines 737 flight was approaching John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. As it was descending around roughly 2,000 feet, the California Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk passed in front of its path, according to flight data from Flightradar24. The two aircraft came within 525 feet vertical and 1,422 feet lateral from each other.

Game. Set.

The A-10 Warthog Looked Like It Was Headed for Retirement. Then The Iran War Started
The A-10 Warthog has been revered for generations by grateful ground forces who credit the famous “flying tank” for saving them from enemy fire.

And, to be honest, we can’t get enough of the A-10. As you can see, we visited the A-10 Warthog on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force just last year.

Although the future of the combat-tested aircraft has been debated for years, there is little question about its combat performance.

Too Big, Too Easy to Kill: Why the U.S. Navy Abandoned Sky Aircaft Carriers
America’s military development over the last century has been both a tale of amazing advances and a story of “what ifs.” One of those “what if” stories comes in the form of a 785-foot-long, helium-filled dirigible airship. Billed by many as a “flying aircraft carrier,” the United States Navy was attempting to fuse airpower with its power projection platforms.

Inside the “Airborne Carrier” Concept 
Ultimately, the Navy would build aircraft carriers to achieve this goal.

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A B-52 Bomber Accident Turned Into a Nuclear Crisis 
The theme of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)—chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons—has unsurprisingly been the subject of many fictional thrillers. And when it includes a B-52 bomber, you know it can’t be good, as we will get to in a second.

During the Cold War, you had bestselling novels from authors like the late great Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy (both gone but not forgotten), e.g., “Vixen 03” by the former and “The Sum of All Fears” by the latter.

The two are U.S. Citizens – but may be dual citizens. The brother has fled to China. The mother is now detained and being processed for deportation, being found to be an Illegal Alien.

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was placed near the Visitor Center of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
A very bizarre set of circumstances. Were the brother and sister operating on behalf of China? Were they Iranian sleeper agents? Were they triggered wokesters?
MacDill hosts two major commands, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command.

A recent claim circulated in Chinese state-linked media that a Chengdu J-20 “Mighty Dragon” stealth fighter transited key airspace undetected sparked new debates about China’s growing fifth-generation combat aircraft capabilities and what it could mean for regional defense planners.

The report, which referenced operations over the Tsushima Strait and near Taiwan, attracted Western commentary that focused primarily on the aircraft’s impressive speed – but that may not be the most important part of this story.

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-10C lightweight fighter has engaged an aircraft from an unnamed foreign country, after being locked onto by the aircraft’s radar. Shi Luquan, a pilot from an aviation brigade under the PLA Air Force Central Theatre Command, is reported to have quickly responded to radar illumination, recalling: “This is a kind of provocation. If he were friendly, he wouldn’t turn on the radar.

For decades, the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was a visible symbol of American maritime power – and while for many years it served as an operational flattop, it later became a news story as the Navy grappled with the difficulty of retiring a ship of this size.

On January 16, 2025, the decommissioned carrier departed the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia to be towed to Brownsville, Texas, where it will be dismantled. “The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) began its final journey this morning as it departed from the U.S.

The U.S. Air Force has lost at least one E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) and three KC-135 Stratotanker airborne refuelling aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, after the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missile and drone attacks on the facility. The strikes on March 27 have caused considerable casualties, with conservative estimated indicating that ten U.S. airmen were wounded, although some estimates have been significantly higher.

The U.S. Air Force has begin its first permanent deployment of F-35A fifth generation fighters to Misawa Air Base in Northern Japan, following in January that the service was preparing to transition the facility to support a permanent presence 48 F-35A fighters to replace 36 aging F-16CJ fourth generation fighters. This will represent the largest concentration of permanently deployed U.S. Air Force fighters in East Asia, with the transition away from the ageing F-16 expected to revolutionise the combat capabilities of the U.S.

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Four weeks after the United States and Israel launched their combined assault on Iran’s clerical regime, the war has reached a tipping point.

Sean Andrews, Strategist
The

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Today, with the advent of widespread drone usage in Ukraine, some of that same “obsolescence” talk is being directed at the attack helicopter.

Reuters
Twelve U.S. troops were wounded, ​two of them ‌seriously, in an Iranian military strike on Prince ​Sultan Air Base ​in Saudi Arabia, a ⁠U.S.

Ben Blane, Ryan DeBooy & Dale Hunter, MWI
Over the past decade, the Army has taken the multidomain task force from whiteboard concept to operational centerpiece, emerging as one of the…

The USS Gerald R. Ford Has Sailed All Over the World And Needs Some Repairs Done 
The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the most technologically advanced supercarrier ever put into service in the United States Navy. It was supposed to be the forerunner of the new Ford-class carriers and usher in a new era of Naval dominance.

In its most recent deployment, Ford is indeed breaking some records, though perhaps not the ones that the Navy wants. With her deployment now exceeding 260 days, Ford has joined the Vietnam-era carriers in terms of deployment time, and she is approaching her breaking point.

Unconfirmed image released by Iranians of attack on US aircraft today

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Iranian missile & drone strikes hit Prince Sultan Air Base today, damaging several U.S. refueling aircraft.
It’s the second strike on the base, reported WSJ.
Iranian satellite images claim to show 3 x U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft destroyed or damaged at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
The Wall Street Journal cited U.S. and Saudi officials confirming the attack, which also reportedly injured several U.S. service members, though none of the injuries were life-threatening.

The Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carriers Can’t Take on America But They are Powerful 
In early March 2026, as U.S. and Israeli strike operations against Iran intensified, the British government moved to increase the readiness of its most powerful naval asset: the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. The Royal Navy reduced the ship’s notice-to-sail window to just five days, positioning it for a potential rapid deployment to the Middle East if required.

The MBT-70 Tank Was Built to Fight the Soviet Union. It Ended Up a Historical Footnote
Recent reports about Europe’s flagging next-generation fighter programs and the related industrial and political battles taking place show once more how complex multinational defense projects are. The intended platform frequently struggles under the weight of competing national priorities.

Take the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), for example—the joint effort between France, Germany, and Spain to build a next-generation fighter jet.

The YF-23 Stealth Fighter Was Almost Flown By Japan 
The YF-22 versus the YF-23 stealth fighter jet fly-off was one for the ages. The airplane that would become the F-22 Raptor almost lost out to another model. The result in this competition has always spurred many defense wags to wonder if the YF-23 should have been picked. It could have been used for technology demonstration, research, and development.

YF-23A Black Widow II Stealth Fighter in Torrance

The YF-23 was comprised of two Northrop and McDonnell Douglas prototypes – the Black Widow II and the Grey Ghost.

The Iran War Kharg Island Invasion Challenge: Why U.S. Troop Deployments Are Just Political Posturing
The news media are largely pearl-clutching about the results of a possible U.S. incursion in Iran, particularly Kharg Island, as Newsweek proclaimed, “Paratroopers leaping down from Osprey choppers and swarming onto the shores of Kharg Island under a hail of gunfire…could this be the next phase of fighting in the Iran war?”

Kharg Island is where the bulk of Iran’s oil (approximately 90 percent) flows through. So, it is an economic lifeline for the current regime.

“We should be operating on a principle of max

A Department of Veterans Affairs official who oversaw the effort to modernize VA health records was indicted this week and is accused of leveraging his position to receive gifts from a group of government contractors that he nicknamed “the Power Group.” 
John Windom, 64, a retired Navy officer, was charged with making false statements, concealment of material facts and falsification of a record or document tied to a failure to report more than $15,000 in cash, casino chips and other gifts from contractors.

WTOC TV news (channel 11) in Savannah reported on a media event at Fort Stewart in southeastern Georgia. The event in late February showed new technology utilized by the U. S. Army.
“We also got an up-close look at the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team’s work from cutting-edge, drone demonstrations to live M1 Abrams tank fire,” said the news presenter. (See the video below).
WSAV TV news, also in Savannah, reported, “The U.S.

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A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Did the Unthinkable: Lost A Load of Nuclear Weapons 
Unsurprisingly, the premise of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass destruction—be they chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear—has been the plot line of many a fictional thriller story.

During the Cold War, bestselling novels by authors such as Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy included Vixen 03 by the former and The Sum of All Fears by the latter.

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Is No Stealth Fighter, and Iran Could Take It Down 
Aerial combat is always risky. Over the skies of Iran, even though the Americans and Israelis have declared air superiority and even air dominance, there have been instances when Iranian air defenses almost enjoyed a win over U.S. pilots. Take the example of the Air Force F-35 nearly destroyed when it was hit by enemy fire and forced into an emergency landing.

“No safety concerns, when used properly”⚙️

The Defense Department is trying to quickly find vendors who are able to ship pre-made shelters to protect troops in the Middle East as the United States’ war with Iran continues. 
The department is looking for information from private contractors who can provide “prefabricated, transportable, hardened shelter systems designed to protect personnel from blast and fragmentation threats,” according to a new federal contract notice posted Monday.

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Raytheon has gained more funds to develop the AN/TPY-2 radar system, the sensor layer of THAAD air defence systems.

At the request of some of its units, the Army is looking to add “command and control on the move” capabilities to Infantry Squad Vehicles, according to a notice posted Thursday on a government contracting website.
The call for solutions comes as the Army is moving to enhance its networks with initiatives like C2 Fix and Next Gen C2. Service leaders are concerned that static command posts are becoming more vulnerable to drones and other systems that could enable adversaries to locate and strike them on the battlefield. Providing greater mobility is a means of enhancing U.S.

KNDS and Elbit Systems Land will form a joint venture, EuroPULS GmbH, to market the EuroPULS rocket artillery system for European militaries.

What does it take to prepare for the highest mo

On Mar. 19, 2026, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) announced the adoption of a new service rifle based on the AR-15 design. Procured under the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle (CMAR) initiative, the Colt Canada Modular Rail Rifle (MRR) will replace the CAF’s current C7 rifle and C8 carbine, both produced by Colt Canada.
Also Read: The Brits didn’t want this rifle, but you’ll be able to buy it soon
As with most NATO nations, Canada adopted a version of the FN FAL during the Cold War. Designated the C1A1, the 7.62mm NATO rifle was replaced by the 5.56mm NATO C7 rifle in 1984.

The US Department of State has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan valued at approximately $340m, aimed at enhancing the country’s indigenous upgraded Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectiles (HVGP) capability.