“Russia is ahead of Nato” – that’s the

Textron Systems recently secured two task orders from Naval Air Systems Command to use contractor-owned, contractor-operated drones to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in support of 7th Fleet in the Pacific and other U.S. military forces.
Procuring those services from contractors allows the military to boost its ISR capacity without having to buy and maintain additional platforms and manage their full lifecycles.

U.S. Iran War Drags On – But How Might It End? – The United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28. But now, over half a year on, no one seems to know when it might wrap up.

Vance: We Don’t Know When War Will End

B-1B Lancer Bomber. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

A B-1B Lancer with a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) flies in the skies above Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20. The flight was a demonstration of the B-1B’s external weapons carriage capabilities.

Taiwan’s cabinet has put forward a supplementary defence budget of T$145.7bn ($4.59bn) for 2026, amid continued pressure from China.

Kuwait Airport Hit By Iran, Again – A huge wave of Iranian drones and missiles was launched toward Kuwait on Thursday.

Early on Thursday, sirens sounded across the country as air defenses engaged the attack. The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry said the barrage was an act of “blatant Iranian aggression.” On Wednesday, Bahrain and Jordan also said that they intercepted Iranian attacks.

A B-1B Lancer aircraft from the 34th Bomb Squadron departs from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 8, 2017. This departure marks the airframe’s first mission in the U.S.

The UK military with rotting from within while intransigence in Whitehall is aiding Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands.

The British Army has reportedly been instructed to suspend “non-essential” training exercises in the UK for units not preparing for overseas deployment, in a move aimed at saving money.

Leonardo signed a contract to produce the first batch of 8×8 Centauro II wheeled vehicles to the Brazilian Army.

The loss of dozens of MQ-9A Reapers during Operation Epic Fury has prompted the Air Force to rethink its plans to replace the drone, with officials now looking to field a cheaper successor in large numbers much more quickly.
The service is working with the Defense Innovation Unit on the Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) program, which looks to develop an affordable alternative and eventual replacement for the aging Reaper fleet. The Air Force kicked off the effort in July, and is planning to field at least 180 MMA drones with an air vehicle price of about $10 million each, said Lt. Gen.

US Envoys to Visit Russia and Ukraine This Weekend – United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Russia and Ukraine this weekend in a renewed effort to revive peace talks between the two warring nations.

Russian state news agency TASS reported the trip, which seeks to bring an end to the four-and-a-half-year war, but the Kremlin declined to comment when pressed.

Tim Murry, a foreign threats compound contractor, drives a T-72 battle tank into position to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov.

Last week, it appeared that the Trump Administration was pivoting away from carrying out, or even threatening, military action in Iran, in favor of a new approach of emphasizing sanctions through the “Economic D-Day” strategy of going after countries that do business with Iran.

However, by Monday, the sides were once again launching strikes at each other.

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform at the Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, March 29-30, 2025.

WARSAW, POLAND – For a second night in a row, two of Moscow’s major airports – Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo – suspended their operations and canceled all flights.

These actions were taken in response to the threats to all commercial aviation presented by the rapidly increasing use of drones in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

WARSAW, POLAND – The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that Washington and Kyiv are still negotiating a licensing agreement that could eventually allow Ukraine to establish its own production line for US PAC-3 interceptor missiles. These are the actual effectors fired by the Patriot missile defense system.

But, as The Economist recently wrote, Ukraine is “going Winchester”, which is a slang military term for running out of ammunition.

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The Army men’s senior rugby union team ha

Russia is preparing to showcase a significantly modernised version of its Ka-52E combat reconnaissance and attack helicopter at the El Alamein International Airshow 2026 in Egypt, as Moscow seeks to expand exports of a platform that has accumulated extensive combat experience during the war in Ukraine. Egypt is currently the only foreign operator of the Ka-52, which is significantly more costly than other Russian attack helicopter types, and is thus considered the leading potential client for the proposed upgrades.

After a group of Navy SEALs walked into an ambush near Fallujah, Iraq, their medic was the first one to go down.
When a Navy SEAL tried to pull him to safety, he too was wounded. Jason Redman was next. He first was struck in the arm, an injury that he initially believed blew the limb off. His two injured comrades were now huddled behind a huge tractor tire, and a weakened Redman figured his best chance at survival was to join them.
Also read: The Navy said her son died by suicide. This mother pushed back fiercely for the truthAs the enemy fire continued, Redman tried to move behind the tire.

An attempted assassination has been made against a Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) general who is connected to Moscow’s heavy bomber command. The general had been previously accused by Ukraine’s intelligence services of ordering a 2024 attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

Maj. Gen. Nikolai Varpakhovich was reportedly shot twice by an unknown assailant who at the time was wearing a helmet and mounted on a motorbike.

Andrew Latham, 1945
The Seawolf-class submarine was the quietest, fastest and most heavily armed attack boat anyone had built. The Navy stopped at three anyway.

Andrew Latham, 1945
The Seawolf-class submarine was the quietest, fastest and most heavily armed attack boat anyone had built. The Navy stopped at three anyway.

BrDef
Following steep losses of the General Atomics

BrDef
Following steep losses of the General Atomics

Colton Jones, Defence Blog
MRADR is designed to give Marine units a mobile, 360-degree radar capable of detecting, tracking and identifying aerial threats, including cruise missiles and…

Colton Jones, Defence Blog
MRADR is designed to give Marine units a mobile, 360-degree radar capable of detecting, tracking and identifying aerial threats, including cruise missiles and…

Global Defense News
The United States plans to increase the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet internal missile carriage from four to six weapons under the “Six in the Bay” modernization…

Global Defense News
The United States plans to increase the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet internal missile carriage from four to six weapons under the “Six in the Bay” modernization…

Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
The base cost of an F-35A, the Air Force variant of the Joint Strike…

Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
The base cost of an F-35A, the Air Force variant of the Joint Strike…

A new analysis from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has concluded that the United States should consider options for military strikes against Chinese artificial intelligence infrastructure to prevent the East Asian country from achieving primacy in developing artificial general intelligence (AGI). Jacob Stokes, a former Obama administration national security staffer and senior fellow and deputy director of the CNAS Indo-Pacific Security Program, made the remarks on September 3. He argued that U.S.

This video describes the military situation in

This video describes the military situation in

On Aug. 25, at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Mazloum Abdi announced the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces, which he had commanded for a decade. Speaking first in Arabic and then in Kurdish, he said the force had joined the Syrian army and would no longer operate independently. 15 days earlier, Turkey’s parliament had passed a framework law for the disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

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South Korea has continued to cement its position as the leading supplier of artillery and rocket artillery systems to European armed forces, with Croatia now preparing to become the latest customer after having approved the purchase 18 K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers. The deal valued at €435.2 million ($506 million) is one of the largest signed in the Eastern European state’s history, and will replace its Cold War era Grad and Vulkan launchers.

New footage from China’s Xinjiang province has shown an intercontinental range flying wing stealth aircraft in flight, which has been widely speculated to be a prototype unmanned bomber intended to transform the country’s airborne strike capabilities. The images confirm prior assessments that the aircraft has a very substantial internal volume, allowing for a sizeable internal weapons load and fuel capacity.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary claims Iran’s economy could buckle “within weeks or months,” as Washington ramps up sanctions.

Bessent said the U.S. wants the regime to “come to its senses,” speaking to reporters at Monday’s G20 finance ministers’ meeting in North Carolina. Separately, he told CNBC that they needed to create conditions in which Tehran will “want to come to the table.”

Bessent Speaks With Russian Counterpart
Bessent also spoke privately with Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov, reportedly telling him: “Nothing is possible until the war is over.

The U.S. involvement in Iran is a military engagement with no clear end and no clear path to victory, while presenting growing political problems for the president who initiated it.

But no, it is not the same thing as the Vietnam War.

Bombs Inside the B-52 Bomber. Photo taken by Harry J. Kazianis/National Security Journal.

B-52D Bomber at USAF Museum. Image Credit: National Security Journal.

B-52 Bomber Bombs. Image Credit: National Security Journal.

Iran’s motorists are facing hours-long lines at gasoline stations as war with the U.S. continues to imperil its economy.

Deutsche Welle reported that motorists were spotted sleeping in cars overnight to buy fuel the next morning.

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Creative Commons Image.

Some stations were even forced to close after running out of fuel.

“I’m in the gasoline line right now. It took about 45 minutes just to get this far,” a resident of Karaj, west of Tehran, told DW. “Yesterday I went to several stations.

The Iran War: On Pause? Over? Or Ending Soon? The Middle East spent Thursday, September 3, waiting to see whether the sudden return of heavy exchanges of fire would see the United States escalate further and initiate another sustained bombing campaign.

It followed another wave of missiles and drones launched by Iran overnight against American military positions in the Gulf, and threats that more sites would be targeted in the near future.

U.S. Air Force Capt.

Trump Administration Believes Iran Could Collapse From Within – The Trump administration reportedly expects that the economic pressure inflicted on Iran could be sufficient to cause the collapse of the Islamic regime, even as President Donald Trump explores the possibility of declaring the war over and withdrawing some U.S. military presence from the region.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued this week that mounting economic pressure could ultimately cause Iran’s security establishment to fracture or even trigger a popular uprising.

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The Pentagon has moved decades of secret military planning documents off of the SIPRNet, the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, that supports the US defense community, in a bid to control the flow of information and stifle leaks as the Trump administration launches an unprecedented crackdown on unauthorised disclosures to the press.

The Defense Department on Thursday launched a new initiative aimed at helping small businesses and other innovators gain access to facilities where they can do classified work.
Officials involved in the pursuit, dubbed “Secure Space Network,” plan to design and produce about 50 mobile Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities and “related information systems” that could be rapidly deployed to military installations, industry-related sites and other locations across the nation where they’re needed, according to a press release.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers expressed “deep concerns” this week about the Army’s decision to order a Europe-based infantry battalion to halt its drone innovation mission, pressing the service’s top leaders to explain their rationale as unmanned systems continue to fundamentally change modern conflict.
In November, the Army tasked the 600-soldier Unmanned Assault Battalion, part of the 173rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, to function as a dedicated drone formation, according to a service official, part of an experimental unit concept informed by lessons from the Ukrainian military.

Northern Viking 26 brought US helicopters from

Live fire?

Six months after President Donald Trump launched a war he hoped would be over within “four to five weeks,” Washington is scrambling for ways to stop fighting Iran without conceding that the conflict ended without achieving the objectives laid out by the president when he addressed the American people and announced the war.

Trump has major political and economic incentives to find an off-ramp now, and they are becoming harder to ignore by the day.

Donald Trump at Turning Points USA. Image by Gage Skidmore.

Trump Doing the Trump Dance. White House Image.

The war is straining the U.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is a chance of ending the war in Ukraine, despite continuing to ramp up attacks.

Addressing the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Thursday, Putin said the United States, China, and others were now open to supporting a deal.

Putin in 2021 Creative Commons Image

Putin and Russian Military Creative Commons Image

However, he stressed that the decision ultimately rested with Moscow and Kyiv.

“Is there a chance? In my view, yes, there is,” Putin said.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao told a gathering of officers and senior enlisted Marines in North Carolina that they need to do more as front-line leaders to address the rate of suicides. The comments came during Cao’s first public appearance after being formally nominated as Navy secretary Tuesday, a role he has held in an acting role since April.
Cao traveled to Camp Lejeune Wednesday with Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith and other senior Marine leaders. The group spent close to two hours in two town halls focused on suicide prevention and mental health.

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