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It’s early days, but the Trump administration’s approach to a post-President Nicolás Maduro Venezuela is quickly coming into focus. This is not externally imposed democracy building but a regime management project that relies on compliant regime insiders, the existing state security apparatus, and offshore coercive leverage. As I argued previously in these pages, removing the apex of an authoritarian pyramid does not dissolve the pyramid. What changes is who gets to set the terms for the people still holding it up.

Chinese official sources have provided the first confirmation of the J-10C fighter’s reported combat successes in the hands of the Pakistan Air Force, with the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense on January 12 stating that the aircraft shot down several adversary aircraft in an aerial engagement without suffering losses.

The latest estimates for the size of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s nuclear powered submarine fleet indicated that it has overtaken that of the Russian Navy in size, making it the second largest only to that of the United States Navy. A primary driver of this trend has been the large scale production of the Type 093B class attack submarine, of which 16 are estimated to have begun construction.

Russian state defence conglomerate Rostec reported that the Su-35S has destroyed more targets in air-to-air combat than any other fighter type in the Russian Armed Forces. A statement by Rostec’s press office stressed that the Su-35 remains one of the most actively employed fighters in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War, highlighting that its advanced avionics including its electronic warfare and defensive suites in particular were major factors that led it to earn high praise from pilots.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a SpaceX facility in Brownsville, Texas. https://t.co/sER6w4FFIy
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) January 13, 2026

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The Army tapped a research and development company to create software that can identify and analyze “unpredictable” artificial intelligence behavior to ensure its AI-enabled systems are trustworthy, according to an award notice posted Thursday.
Army Contracting Command awarded an other transaction agreement worth approximately $6.3 million to Advanced Technology International, Inc. as the “managing prime” to Battelle Memorial Institute, for technology that can evaluate potential risks associated with AI-enabled autonomous systems and their models.

The Pentagon is officially ditching height and weight tables in favor of using a waist-to-height ratio to estimate troops’ body fat, according to an official memo released on Monday. And to pass, a service member’s waist measurement can be only slightly more than half of their height.
The method will divide the measurement of a service member’s waist circumference by their height to estimate body fat percentage.
The new body fat standards are between 18% and 26% for men and between 26% and 36% for women, according to a Dec.

The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Department of the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
Sean Rugge is a Senior Educational Technologist and eLearning Strategist for the U.S. Marine Corps, where he oversees a learning management system for over 250,000 Marines and is leading the service’s efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into its educational platforms. Dr. Silas Schaeffer, a contractor for the U.S. Marine Corps, holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) asked a federal judge on Monday to immediately quash Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to launch an investigation of the senator aimed at reducing his retired military rank and pension. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Kelly said Hegseth was pursuing legal action to “signal to retired service members” that they could face “retaliation” for speaking out against Pentagon policies.

NATO opened its submission window for proposals from international stakeholders looking to compete in the 2026 Innovation Continuum exercise series with cutting-edge technologies and associated research and development projects that could transform the alliance’s operational capacity and weapons arsenal.
Those interested in participating or providing feedback on the plan have until Jan. 30 to respond to a new request for information — and clarifying questions are due to NATO by Jan. 16.

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LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

LIVE: @SecWar Pete Hegseth speaks during the nationwide Arsenal of Freedom tour at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas. https://t.co/U1Oy4ONCrz
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) January 12, 2026

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When President Trump referenced America’s ability to “darken” parts of Caracas during Operation Absolute Resolve, the comment stood out not because of what it confirmed, but because of what it implied. Delivered without technical detail, the remark hinted at capabilities that sit somewhere between diplomacy and force, and between cyber operations and traditional military action.
Whether or not the statement reflected a specific technical action in the raid on Venezuela is almost beside the point.

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The UK Chief of Defence Staff said he is “certain” other nations besides the UK and France will deploy troops to Ukraine.

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Forget the scales.

The UK Government set aside £200m ($267m) this year from its core defence budget to prepare UK Armed Forces for deployment to Ukraine.

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Anyone who’s ever deployed can tell you there’s more to worry about in the field than just the enemy. While of course the North Vietnamese were the primary concern of American troops in the Vietnam War, just being in the jungle presented an entirely unexpected series of its own challenges… like giant centipedes.
Related: The story of US troops who think they saw Bigfoot in Vietnam
Rumors persisted about things like fragging, rampant drug use, and even the appearance of Bigfoot in Vietnam. But when U.S.

The German Armed Forces will acquire nine training systems for the Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle under a contract worth €119.5m ($139.0m).

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This past week American and Jordanian forces carried out the second wave of a new campaign of major airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria. Operation Hawkeye Strike so far has involved a range of aircraft ranging from fighter jets to close-air support planes.
And one of the aircraft that took part in the ongoing operation is “Samus.” Yes, as in Samus from the “Metroid” game series. Except this Samus isn’t a space-based bounty hunter in a power suit, it’s an A-10 Thunderbolt II — better known as a Warthog — that goes “brrrrrt.”
So far U.S.

As the Allied war effort in Europe balanced on the knife’s edge of history in the spring of 1944, the fate of nations hinged not only on armies, airpower, and logistics, but on silence. The invasion of Nazi-occupied France, known as Operation Overlord, was the most complex and heavily guarded military operation ever conceived. Every detail, from troop movements to weather forecasts, was cloaked in layers of deception and secrecy. Within this tense atmosphere, even a careless word could undo years of planning and cost tens of thousands of lives.

Navy Times
Navy pilots have successfully completed training to wield multiple drones from the cockpits of F-35C Lightning II

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In June 1940, Foss hitchhiked 300 miles to Minneapolis to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve so he could join the Naval Aviation Cadet program.

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The service is requesting $723.5 million in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act to develop the tank.

Trevithick, WarZone
Rocket-launched USMC XQ-58s will still need to touch down on runways after their missions, presenting opportunities and a few tradeoffs.

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On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato. Escorted by the light cruiser Yahagi and eight destroyers, Yamato was on its way to Okinawa. It was intended to be a one-way trip: Yamato was expected to beach and use its guns as a coastal battery against the U.S. invasion fleet. Its approach was detected by American submarines and signals intelligence. Eleven U.S. aircraft carriers launched almost 300 aircraft. Over about two hours, Yamato was hit more than 15 times by torpedoes and bombs.

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has launched a competition to rapidly develop a ground-launched short ranged ballistic missiles to re-equip the Ukrainian Army underProject Nightfall, which was first publicly announced on January 11. The project builds on an earlier early engagement notice in August 2025 outlining requirements for cost-effective ballistic missiles, and could complement Ukraine’s other ballistic and cruise missile development programs including the indigenous Flamingo subsonic cruise missile program with a 3000 kilometre range.

Following its introduction into service in December 2025, a growing number of assessments have been published in the Western world regarding the capabilities of the Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile, which is the first with an intermediate range to have been introduced in Europe since the 1980s. The missile has been combat tested twice in the Ukrainian theatre, the first time in late 2024 when its development was first announced, and the second time on January 8 in a major show of force aimed at targets the Lviv region near Ukraine’s western borders.

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White House Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt amplified claims about American special forces super-soliders deployed advanced weaponry during the extraction phase of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Leavitt reposted an alleged account from a Venezuelan security guard at Maduro’s compound describing what happened when Delta Force operators descended from helicopters in pitch-black conditions. This account was originally posted on X by California-based political activist Mike Netter, who is seeking to recall left-wing Governor Gavin Newsom.

The U.S. Armed Forces Indo-Pacific Command on January 10 provided details on military free-fall training by U.S. Naval Special Warfare forces above Okinawa, Japan, which was intended to enhance precision insertion capabilities and survivability in contested environments across the region. Images sowed coordinated airborne operations supported by U.S. Marine Corps helicopters, including the UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter and the AH-1Z Viper lightweight attack helicopter. The terrain and airspace simulated closely resembled those seen in the First Island Chain.

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, is the Mayor of Mexico City at best. Most of Mexico is ungoverned space outside of the Narco Cartels and their Chinese Overeers.

After a decisive showing in the Forward Operating Base of Venezuela, President Trump says land targets in Mexico are next.
What’s going on in Mexico? Mexico is the immediate tactical Forward Operating Base for China, Venezuelans, Russians, Iranians, and Hezbollah right across the Southwest Border Fenceline.

Secretary of War Hegseth with employees at Divergent

As an ’86 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy who studied aeronautical engineering, part of aerospace industry lore I learned is of the legendary ‘Skunkworks’ at Lockheed in the mid-twentieth century.
The Skunk Works is the official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), a highly secretive aerospace engineering division renowned for rapidly developing cutting-edge aircraft and technologies under tight deadlines and minimal bureaucracy.

One of the Army’s main missile defense bases is dealing with a “critical disruption” to its food services operations, “jeopardizing the readiness” of soldiers.
Fort Greely, where hundreds of soldiers are stationed in Alaska, has been dealing with civilian staffing shortages at its dining facility since at least October, according to a contract solicitation by the Army. The notice, posted on the SAM.gov website where the government takes bids for the military, describes a shortage of cooks and support staff.

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In 36 BCE, Chinese troops from the ruling Han Dynasty launched a preemptive strike against a group of Xiongnu, a nomadic tribe from Central Asia, at a fortress in what is now Kazakhstan. Zhizhi, their leader, had 13,000 troops holed up in a fortress which was much further West than Chinese armies had ever marched before.
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During the battle, the Chinese noted that their enemy employed a strange but distinctive formation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is remembered as the president who guided America through the Great Depression and World War II. Yet behind the scenes, he faced a deeply personal struggle after polio left him paralyzed from the waist down in 1921.
Related: FDR dressed up as Julius Caesar for a White House toga party
Determined not to let disability define him, he fought for independence in ways the public rarely saw. One of the most meaningful expressions of that independence was his love for driving. His cars were more than vehicles.

For years, the Army leaned heavily on bonuses to keep the force staffed. Those who served during the 2022–2023 recruiting crisis probably remember the wave of incentives, record enlistment bonuses, quick-ship payouts, and the urgent push to fill training seats.
But as the Army moves deeper into 2025, the service has quietly shifted direction. Instead of leading with money, it’s leading with options: career flexibility. Assignment preference. Paths that let soldiers shape not just how long they serve, but what their service actually looks like.

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Has man’s best friend just had an upgrade

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Following the initiation of Operation Absolute Resolve against Venezuela on January 3, which U.S. forces strike key military and infrastructure targets across Caracas and abduct President Nicolas Maduro, Washington has explicitly warned of the possibility of launching similar attacks against Colombia. President Donald Trump publicly stated that after the attack on Venezuela, a similar “operation” against Colombia “sounds good to me.” Accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of cocaine trafficking, and describing Colombia as “very sick,” he said the U.S.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth motivates the workforce at Castelion, which is producing the new Blackbeard cruise missile.
The firm is producing the missile at scale with innovation and speed to plug the hole in America’s defense capability.
AFP was on site as part of the Pentagon Press Corps.
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On January 11 Chinese state media published new footage showing the first test flight of the J-20 fifth generation fighter, making 15 years since the event in January 2011. A ceremony marking the event, and a never before seen large crowd from the Chengu Aerospace Corporation which was responsible for the aircraft’s development, were seen. The J-20 currently serves as China’s most capable air superiority fighter type, and has been in service for nine years, with procurement rates far exceeding those by the U.S.

A China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast has provided insight into a simulation launched by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force in which J-16 fighter aircraft engage French Rafale fighters in air-to-air combat. The wargame exploded a range of air combat scenarios, including computer-assisted exercises aimed at exploring now tactics. The exercise one of several held in the Xuchang, Henan Province, in central China, and was attended by approximately 20 units from across the armed forces and various academies.