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USAF requirements are being developed for planes to take on the ‘Looking Glass’ mission after the Navy retires its E-6Bs.

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven
AI-powered, drone-controlling, and hybrid-electric, the M1E3 Abrams redefines tank warfare with unprecedented speed, agility, and lethal new tactics.

Speaking to Russian state media, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev recently stressed the importance of the country’s nuclear deterrent in guaranteeing its continued existence, at a time of mounting perceived threats from the Western world. “Without nuclear weapons, it is quite possible that our country would no longer exist. Whether that be the Soviet Union then or Russia today,” he observed, while predicting a new era of nuclear proliferation and further escalation of the nuclear arms race between Russia and the Western Bloc.

The Republic of China Army 3rd Battalion, 269th Combined Arms Brigade, has conducted exercises testing the targeting capabilities of its newly operationalised M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, which were procured from the United States in 2025. The brigade is the second in the Army to have received the vehicles, following the 584th Armored Brigade, with the Defence Ministry having ordered 108 of the vehicles which are expected to equip three brigades.

The U.S. Armed Forces have gained new authority to coordinate the Republic of China Armed Forces’ ballistic and cruise missile arsenals, with the establishment of aJoint Firepower Coordination Centre by the Republic of China Ministry of National Defence seeing U.S. personnel permanently stationed at the facility in Taipei to oversee planning and potential use of local missile forces. Analysts have noted that establishment of the centre, which provides “U.S. assistance and supervision” when using the arsenal, allows the Republic of China Armed Forces to receive intelligence from the U.S.

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The shooting on Nov. 26, 2025 in downtown Washington, which took the life of a young member of the National Guard and left another seriously injured, left people across the country shaken. As the suspect was an Afghan who came to the United States as a parolee after the horrific victory of the Taliban, it also created deep concern within Afghan communities throughout America and other Western countries. Many feared that the actions of a single individual might shape how the broader public views tens of thousands of families who fled Afghanistan under very different circumstances.

TikTok has quietly become one of the most influential platforms in the contemporary information environment, not because it promotes a particular ideology, but because it systematically prioritizes emotional engagement. More than a venue for entertainment or cultural trends, the platform operates as an algorithmic environment that reinforces affective responses through repeated exposure and feedback.

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The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of a strike operation launched by single use attack drones to destroy two Ukrainian military helicopters deep behind the frontlines. One of the aircraft was a Soviet Mi-24 attack helicopter, which is one of the most high value aircraft in Ukrainian service and is particularly difficult to replace, while the other was an Mi-8 multirole helicopter which has been used to provide air support multiple times in the past.

The Republic of China Air Force has moved ahead with the development of a new upgrade program for the locally produced F-CK Ching Kuo fighters aiming to bring their capabilities to a ‘4+ generation standard, with the Taipei-based China Academy of Sciences commissioned to develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the aircraft. The Ching Kuo first flew in 1989, and was introduced in to service in 1992, making it the oldest fighter type currently serving in the air force.

Tens of millions of Americans will find themselves digging out from a massive and historic winter storm. This generational storm will end up dumping snow, sleet and ice across a giant swath of the country. Millions and millions of Americans will be left without power or heat or with the ability to get to the store or the hospital.
Winter storms are nothing new, but in a world where we are increasingly reliant on the electrical grid these storms are getting even more deadly.

The Republic of China (ROC) Ministry of National Defence has established a Joint Firepower Coordination Centre within the Republic of China Armed Forces, which according to local media reports represents a response to the gradual increase in available firepower due to large scale arms procurements from the United States. Based at the Boai Camp in Taipei, the Centre aims to coordinate asymmetric firepower deployments across the various branches of the Republic of China Armed Forces, with foreign personnel, including U.S.

The Pentagon said it consolidated policies around protecting American military facilities from drone threats after unclear guidance that left base commanders scrambling on how to respond and years of increased unmanned aerial system sightings over key Defense Department assets.
Drone incursions over American military bases jumped considerably over the last several years, alarming officials, and a Pentagon watchdog report released last week said the DOD’s confused policies meant some facilities in the U.S. couldn’t adequately protect themselves.

The new National Defense Strategy broadly prioritizes the Trump administration’s plans for protecting U.S. territories and assets and juicing the military’s industrial base, but contains few references to specific technologies of interest.
As it pivots the primary focus of America’s military more inward around the Western Hemisphere and urges allies to take on more burden-sharing against severe global challenges in other regions, the 2026 NDS includes noticeably less technology callouts than its recent predecessors.

The Army has reached an agreement with Salesforce that the company says will help the Pentagon boost its data analytics capabilities and accelerate future agentic AI deployments.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract announced Monday is worth up to $5.6 billion and includes a five-year base ordering period plus a five-year optional ordering period.
Salesforce — a vendor of “customer management relationship” (CMR) tools and other workforce-enabling IT for commercial and government customers — has been increasing its focus on the defense marketplace.

The Marine Corps is incentivizing major retention bonuses for enlisted troops who are willing to switch into high-tech jobs, while many in traditional roles — including infantry — can now get smaller bonuses for re-upping in their current role.
Marines with more than a decade into their careers could see bonuses that edge past $60,000 in some cases.
Under a MARADMIN released last week, mid-career Marines can earn as much as $50,000 by retraining into emerging fields that support drones, cyber, and intelligence operations.

A service to remember the 32 victims of a First

A former Royal Marines cold-weather specialist

Lucas Tomlinson is a familiar face as a correspondent for FOX News. But long before he found himself on the ground during a Russian attack on Ukraine, he was a naval officer.
Growing up in Chappaqua, New York, Tomlinson developed a deep-rooted passion for service and giving back that was instilled in him by his family. His uncle was a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War; it was those stories and seeing his old uniforms that would leave a lasting impression.
Related: Ukraine is using this massive rifle that’s bigger than a Barrett .

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The 107-country Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 prohibits nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons from being placed or used from Earth’s orbit. What they didn’t count on was the U.S. Air Force’s most simple weapon ever: a tungsten rod that could hit a city with the explosive power of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
It’s technically not a weapon.
Related: 4 strange weapons of the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used what they called “Lazy Dog” bombs. These were simply solid steel pieces, less than two inches long, and fitted with fins.

In January 1961, the U.S. Army suffered its only nuclear accident and the only fatal nuclear accident in the United States. The accident was caused by the manual removal of a control rod in a nuclear reactor in Idaho. The resulting explosion killed two Army specialists and a Navy Electrician’s Mate. One of the Army specialists, Richard McKinley, was so irradiated that his body had to be interred in a lead-lined casket, covered in cement, and placed in a metal vault before burial.

Anduril, BAE, Leonardo, Lockheed, Syos, Tekever and Thales have been selected to put forward a design for an Apache wingman.

The People’s Liberation Army is making pr

The UK needs to invest in a maritime capability

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group have steamed into the Middle East, U.S. officials confirmed on Monday. The news of the ships’ arrival in the region overseen by U.S. Central Command comes a few days after President Donald Trump said that a U.S. Navy “armada” was approaching Iran.
The ships are currently in the Indian Ocean, a Navy official told Task & Purpose on Monday. Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin posted on X on Monday that the Lincoln strike group is not yet in position to launch any possible strikes against Iran. A U.

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Ukraine’s defence industry is winning a greater proportion of contracts than previously, as focus turns to domestic capabilities.

The A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the “Warthog,” has been a major part of U.S. combat operations in the Middle East in recent years, even as the Air Force works to wind down its service. And recently A-10s have been spotted in the region sporting some video game-related nose art.
The latest is “Diddy Kong.” Not the titular Donkey Kong from the long-running franchise, but his smaller nephew, who wears a baseball cap rather than Donkey Kong’s tie.

Operation Underworld, a secret pact between the United States government and the American Mafia, began as a desperate gamble in the earliest days of World War II. With German U-boats attacking merchant ships, docks vulnerable to sabotage, and East Coast supply lines under constant threat, federal authorities made a choice almost unthinkable in peacetime. They turned to the underworld.
Together, government agents and mob lieutenants secured the ports, protected the waterfront, and even contributed intelligence that shaped the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Marine Corps Compass Points
What do the rusty struts on the ACV have to do with the future of the Marine Corps?

Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute
Strategy, Credentialism, and the Pursuit of Intellectual Depth

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Cold, calculating, and ruthless adversaries do not hesitate.

Tyler Rogoway, The WarZone
We go in-depth with Anduril on their machine learning-infused loitering munition that the USMC just ordered, including how they intend to produce it at…

Stefano D’urso, The Aviationist
The USAF is introducing an improved version of its deployment construct, called Air Expeditionary Wing 2.

Life in certain parts of Ukraine has become dystopian as drone netting covers everything, to prevent FPV drone attack damage. Of course, this won’t stop the heavier projectiles but it will stop a small FPV drone with a warhead attached.
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In 2021, a single explosion in Minden, Louisiana, sent shockwaves across the U.S. defense industrial base. For nearly two years, the nation’s only domestic producer of black powder stopped operating. Ammunition manufacturers were forced to draw down stockpiles and delay deliveries because there was nowhere to get the main ingredient for their product. That episode captures a reality often missed in debates about defense production.

Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of nuclear-capable delivery systems in the Russo-Ukrainian War underscores a returning logic: nuclear weapons as instruments of coercion and risk manipulation, not only city destruction. RAND Europe’s 2025 scenario analysis similarly includes a coercive diplomacy pathway in which Russia might threaten or conduct a limited nuclear strike to compel political concessions or sanctions relief.

In late 2003, I was asked to take on the task of demobilizing Iraqi militias. This would later be named the “transition and reintegration” program. Shortly after the program commenced, efforts to stabilize and rebuild Iraq veered off in directions no one wanted.The task I took on was conceptually simple but practically daunting: persuade Iraq’s armed factions to lay down their weapons and trust in a future they could not yet see while violence escalated.

Head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin has reported that the combat use of the newly operationalised Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile on January 8 against targets in western Ukraine had a “staggering” effect on defence planners in the Western world. The West perceived it “as a warning against their military’s direct involvement… in the hostilities,” he claimed, adding that it highlighted the vulnerability of any Western Bloc forces that may be deployed in the country.

The United States Air Force is currently preparing Misawa Air Base in northern Japan to support a planned permanent deployment of F-35A fifth generation fighters, as part of a much broader expansion in F-35 deployments in the region. The Pentagon plans to deploy 48 of the aircraft to the facility to replace 36 aging F-16CM fourth generation fighters, in parallel to the replacement of 48 F-15C/D air superiority fighters at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa in southern Japan with 36 newer F-15EX fighters.

The U.S. Space Force officially stood up a new element focused on Latin America this past week, nearly three weeks after Guardians were taking part in a major combat operation in South America.
On Jan. 21 Space Force Force Southern was formally activated. The new component, operating under U.S. Southern Command, is based out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. Under this new purview, it will coordinate space-related matters dealing with Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean, where U.S. forces have been massed for months.

Three days before Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, some of the biggest names in professional football will attend a ceremony on February 5 that honors individual excellence. The NFL’s MVP will be announced, as will the Coach of the Year and Rookie of the Year, among other awards.
One honor that night will stand above all others, though, when it comes to impacting the military community. Since 2011, the NFL Salute to Service Award has been presented to an honoree who has made a significant impact on service members and veterans.

An operational mindset that fostered a “false confidence of safety” as well as poor mission planning contributed to an Air Force demonstration gone wrong last year, when a helicopter crew in Japan accidentally caused a civilian to suffer a fatal fall.
An Air Force accident report was released this past week, looking into a mishap at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. A Japanese civilian working as a Department of Defense Education Activity teacher at Kadena Elementary School was knocked off balance by the helicopter’s rotor wash, causing her to suffer a fall. She would die five days later.

For Nazi history in US buffs like me, a very interesting report by Commander Kenneth T. Klima, U. S. Navy was put forth in 2024 in the form of an MA thesis at Harvard University.
The effectiveness of Nazi-era espionage in the US had been downplayed. But his review of a declassified intelligence batch in the early 2000s appears to tip that over.

From a secret US underground base housing a nuc

AFP Publisher L Todd Wood appears on Bannon’s War Room after attending the grand opening of the LTG James M Gavin Joint Innovation Outpost at Fort Bragg, NC, where army innovation in collaboration with industry and academia is happening.
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