The Republic of China Armed Forces have conducted a three-day precision-fire exercise at Jiupeng in Pingtung County integrating U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket artillery systems with various loitering munitions, air-defence systems and anti-ship missiles. Th exercises provided a large-scale demonstration of the services’ ability to coordinate multiple weapon systems against an amphibious assault. The exercise, which began in September 2026, is focused on integrating sensors, command-and-control networks and precision weapons rather than simply demonstrating the range of individual systems.

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III Armored Corps is starting to get basic layers of the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) technology, according to a press release and a service official, the first unit to dump an older network for the new prototype under a consolidated fielding process.
NGC2 — which Army officials have touted as a data-heavy ecosystem of hardware and software meant to allow commanders to make faster decisions against increasingly sophisticated adversaries — comes with a four-layer stack. III Armored Corps is now getting two of those layers initially: infrastructure and transport.

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New satellite imagery has provided a detailed look at a Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine at the Bohai Shipyard in Huludao, revealing several features that point to significant advances over earlier Chinese designs. The submarine is widely described by outside observers as a Type 095, which is intended to succeed and significantly outperform the earlier Type 093 class ships that currently form the backbone of the nuclear powered combat fleet. Recently commenting on the Type 095 program, former U.S.

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An ocean fishing charter off the Florida Coast near Eglin Air Force Base had an unusually large, scaleless catch. The large gray behemoth in question was a U.S. military LUCAS drone, a one-way attack aircraft derived from a design modeled after Iran’s Shahed-136.
Base officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that the drone went down Sept. 17 during routine testing on the base’s range, two days before fishermen found it floating in the Gulf.
“On Thursday, Sept.

Normandy veteran Ken Hay, known as ‘Grandad K

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.

Space Systems Command and the Defense Innovation Unit awarded prototype contracts to Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly to build next-generation reconnaissance satellites that can keep an eye on other objects in orbit.
The awards, announced Friday, will support the Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) initiative, part of the Space Force’s RG-XX program. The service is keen on using commercial technologies for the project.

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China has publicly displayed information concerning a laser weapon system associated with its first sixth generation fighter, as the aircraft continued to progress rapidly in flight testing since its unveiling in December 2024. At the 14th China International Defence Electronics Exhibition in Beijing from September 15 to 17, the Beijing Precision Engineering Institute for Aircraft Industry displayed an “Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing” system for a fighter aircraft laser weapon alongside an illustration of the J-36.

Body armour is split into three distinct market areas, including hard protection, soft protection, and ballistic helmets.

Thales has inaugurated Connectivity Lab, a facility to provide critical communications technology for the Danish Army and partner nations.

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Retired Marine Corps Maj. James “Jim” Capers and the team behind him waited nearly 60 years to see him receive the Medal of Honor. After a lifetime of service to a flag and nation he loves, the delayed recognition for Capers comes with much celebratory joy. But despite the long-awaited moment, the weight of the medal is heavy.
Also Read: ‘The Iron Major’: James Capers Jr.’s long road to the Medal of Honor
During our interview, there were fierce thunderstorms rolling across Capers’ Jacksonville, North Carolina, home.

All three service academies had much-needed byes during Week 3 of the 2026 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) season.
Coming off hard-fought battles against conference rivals, Army, Navy, and Air Force will hit the road in Week 4. Looking to bounce back from early-season setbacks, Army and Navy are slotted for American Conference contests against Temple and UAB, respectively, while Air Force is set for a Mountain West Conference showdown with Nevada.

Russia is reportedly constructing extensive underground production facilities at its Alabuga industrial complex in Tatarstan, as it seeks to protect its rapidly expanding production of single use attack drone. Ukrainian open-source intelligence analyst Dnipro Osint has estimated that approximately 42,000 square metres of underground space has already been constructed at the site, which has become the principal Russian manufacturing centre for Geran-2 drones, the Russian designation for the Iranian-designed Shahed-136.

President Trump disembarks Marine One at the White House, concluding a working retreat at Camp David. Photo: Tia Dufour / White House (Public Domain)

Iran’s armed forces, including IRGC, have been put on their highest level of military alert, Code 100, intelligence sources from the region reported Sunday night. Code 100 is activated by a military commander when he believes an attack is imminent.
Meanwhile, President Trump cut his Camp David weekend short and returned to the White House on Marine One late Sunday evening. He landed on the Ellipse at around 8 p.m. EDT.

The ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) at sea. The vessel arrives in Indonesia Friday as the KRI Sriwijaya. Photo: U.S. Navy / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier on Friday in a military ceremony at the Tanjung Priok naval base in North Jakarta. The historic event marked President Prabowo Subianto’s drive to develop Indonesia into a credible regional maritime power.
The vessel is the former Italian light carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, a 41-year-old warship capable of operating short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft and helicopters.

USS Howard (DDG-83) and ROKS Munmu the Great sail in formation during Exercise Pacific Vanguard in the Philippine Sea. Photo: U.S. Navy / DVIDS (Public Domain)

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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, September 20, 2026, marking Pyongyang’s 14th ballistic missile launch of the year and its first in eight days, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed.

Houthi forces escalate attacks to Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

For the first time since the Yemen war relaunched in July, Houthi forces aligned with Iran have launched attacks against the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, in a bid to warn the oil-rich country and take the conflict to the heart of the region.
An alert was issued by the Saudi civil defense for residents of Riyadh as well as other areas surrounding the city at around 3:00 AM local time (midnight GMT) on Saturday.

The US Department of State has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for air defence upgrades valued at an estimated $2.68bn.

A large swath of veterans has a higher concentration of “forever chemicals” in their blood than non-veterans, according to a new peer-reviewed study published last week. That high concentration is more prevalent in veterans below the age of 40.
The study, conducted by researchers at Brown University and Harvard University and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, compared levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in veterans’ blood with civilians’, using federal health data.

Pak Ki-Un was just a little boy when war broke out in Korea.
He should have been doing what most 8-year-olds do, running around with their friends, playing with toys, and watching cartoons. In essence, doing little-kid things. The Korean War interrupted Ki-Un’s childhood, though, in a way that affected the rest of his life.
It made him an orphan.

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There is a disconnect on propulsion needs for future increments of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), as the U.S.

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For decades, the U.S. military treated space largely as an enabler of power on Earth.

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Scorpion Medium 120mm mobile mortar system uses autonomous targeting, auto-lay capabilities, and a single-button system

A U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor has been photographed carrying an external infrared search and track (IRST) pod beneath its wing, providing further evidence that the service is continuing flight testing of a new passive sensor capability for its oldest fifth generation fighters. The aircraft was also covered with numerous small reference markers, indicating that it remains involved in developmental testing rather than routine operational service.

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What do a rare earth mine in Brazil and a graphite mine in Mozambique have in common? Both have received significant United States government funding. The rub? Neither was subject, when the financing was committed, to the corporate governance standards that American listed companies are: an independent board, an independent audit committee, and audited disclosure to shareholders.There are strong national and economic security justifications for the recent push to use equity strategically to build secure American supply chains.

When the M-1943 field jacket was introduced at the height of World War II, it was a revolutionary garment. The jacket was the result of rigorous testing, input from an astonishingly diverse group of experts, and was produced by the most advanced textile and garment industry in the world at the time.

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Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program being pursued jointly with the United States and United Kingdom has generated renewed concern in Indonesia, after a former senior Australian defence official publicly invoked an “aggressive Indonesia” as a hypothetical adversary in making the case for the program’s strategic value.

Marine veteran Sean Sharaf pulled off a quick and surprising victory at UFC 331 on Saturday, knocking out his heavily favored opponent in just 12 seconds.
Sharaf, who served six years in the Marine Corps, including time as a Marine Security Guard, was very much the underdog going into the fight. He had a professional record of four wins and two losses and faced off against Gable Steveson. Steveson, who went into Saturday’s fight with a 4-0 record and had an Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling, was heavily favored.
But the fight didn’t last long enough to get to any grappling.

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The Department of Defense hosted former YouTube stars and boxers Jake and Logan Paul last week, with the Pentagon confirming the two met with the Secretary of Defense.
The Paul brothers, who gained fame as content creators on YouTube, shared photos of visits to Washington, D.C. on Instagram, showing them at the Pentagon briefing room and meeting with other government officials. On Sunday, the Department of Defense posted photos and videos of their visit, captioned “Last Thursday, we welcomed Logan and Jake Paul to the Pentagon to meet with our warriors.

United States intelligence officials have warned that a proposed $24 billion sale of F-35 fifth generation fighters to Saudi Arabia could create opportunities for China to obtain sensitive military technologies, according to internal assessments cited by The New York Times. The warnings come as Washington moves forward with the proposed sale despite concerns over the Arab Kingdom’s expanding military, technological and defence relationship with Beijing. Saudi Arabia is the first non-developed economy to be permitted to procure the F-35, marking a major turning point for the program.

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The widespread circulation of footage of T-14 tank at a firing range in exercises has drawn attention to the status of the Russian next generation tank, which since the outbreak of full scale hostilities in the Ukrainian theatre in early 2022 has become increasingly uncertain. The T-14 has generated persistent publicity, which has been defined less by operational deployment than by repeated reports of testing, possible deployment, withdrawal, production difficulties and appearances at military exhibitions.

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The Republic of China Armed Forces based on Taiwan are significantly expanding its inventory of Anduril Industries’ Altius unmanned systems, with the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense announcing a procurement of more than 2,000 additional drones. The acquisition comes amid continuing questions over the performance of some Anduril systems in Ukraine, following reports that the aircraft performed poorly against Russian forces and proved vulnerable to electronic warfare. The latest $852.

Chairman of the Korean Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un has ordered the wider integration of artificial intelligence into the country’s offensive and defensive weapons systems, while calling for increased automation of artillery and expanded military production. The directives were issued during a three-day inspection of major defence-industrial facilities, highlighting the Korean People’s Army’s growing emphasis on combining conventional firepower with increasingly automated and unmanned systems.

Dashcam footage released on Russian social media has provided a rare view of the T-14 next generation main battle tank in testing, at a time when the future of the program has become increasingly uncertain. The vehicle was seen crossing a dirt road toward a firing range, in what appeared to have been a routine range exercise. The T-14 is a derivative of the Soviet next generation tank program informally referred to as the T-95, which was intended to transform Soviet armoured warfare capabilities when entering service in the late 1990s.