The Republic of Korea Army is preparing to integrate a new active protection system onto its K2 Black Panther main battle tanks that will significantly enhance their ability to engage hostile drones. The program, approved by the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), will add an active protection system (APS), electronic-warfare equipment and a remotely controlled weapon station to the K2. The K2 Tank Performance Upgrade Project is valued at approximately 3.43 trillion won ($2.43 billion) and is scheduled to run from 2028 to 2046.

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For months now the media and the American public has been fixated on the food-borne parasite cyclospora, which is responsible for an “explosive diarrhea” outbreak that has left tens of thousands sick all across the country.
A new study shows that this cyclospora outbreak, while garnering a ton of attention, isn’t new or novel. Indeed, the incidence of foodborne parasite illnesses is staggering.

Update on the completely dishonorable Air Force Major Jason Watson—a 2009 US Air Force Academy graduate in the USAF for 17 years and passed over twice for Lt. Colonel.
Recall that back in July he stood on US Capitol steps in his Air Force uniform to denounce his Commander-in-Chief President Trump and Vice President Vance, thus skewering his already lackluster career.
Watson was arrested and taken into custody at Air Force at Joint Base Andrews who put him under a gag order.

Ukraine Strikes Major Oil Refinery – Ukraine’s long-range drone and missile strike campaign hit a major Russian oil refinery overnight into Saturday, August 22. For the first time, the Ukrainian strikes also hit a logistics center belonging to Russian online retail giant Ozon.

The attacks are part of a months-long campaign by Ukraine to raise the cost of sustaining the war and impact Russian military infrastructure and logistics. The overnight attacks killed at least 10 people across Russia and Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, according to regional authorities.

Russia Warns Ukraine Has Opened “Pandora’s Box” – Russia and Ukraine traded another wave of massive long-range strikes overnight into Saturday, August 22, amid ongoing and escalating nightly strikes that are pounding Ukrainian cities and devastating Russian economic and military infrastructure.

At least seven people were reported killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, only a day after a Russian drone strike on a busy shopping center in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih killed 16 people and wounded around 130.

Trump Gave Scott Bessent An Enormous Task – With Washington conscious of its shortage of interceptors and precision-guided missiles following months of conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump is now giving U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent an enormous task: forcing Iran into compliance through American economic power. And the hope is that he can achieve results quickly and do what months of American military might couldn’t quite achieve.

Iran Promises “Devastating” Response But Also Calls for Peace – In response to Washington’s new economic sanctions announcements this week, Tehran is responding with new threats of a “devastating” response while its political leadership simultaneously calls for peace.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday, August 21, that the nearly six-month conflict should be brought to an end while Tehran can still negotiate from what he described as a “position of power.

The Acting Secretary of the Navy is advising sailors and Marines to “harden” their online profiles and hide ties to the military, as part of a wider call for Department of the Navy personnel to be “vigilant” against adversaries. 
In an Aug. 19 notice to members of the Department of the Navy, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said that hostile actors are carrying out a “coordinated, multi-domain campaign” that includes direct attacks, harassment operations, and the release of personal information.

The number of U.S. troops wounded in the Iran war passed 750 this week, as the Department of Defense updated its casualty report. Nearly half of those were service members wounded since fighting restarted last month.
The Department of Defense’s casualty database was updated this week, showing dozens more troops wounded. The latest figure, as of Friday, Aug. 21, shows 341 service members listed as wounded in action since July 7.

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Five years after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, one question continues to surface among taxpayers: Did America continue sending billions of dollars into Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power?
One frequently repeated claim is that the United States sends $40 million every week directly to the Taliban.

Seven years after it was established, Space Force has a new, original ceremonial dress uniform.
Guardians in the Space Force Honor Guard will debut the new uniform publicly on Sunday, Aug. 23 at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar event in Washington, D.C. For much of its early years, Space Force — including its honor guard — has used modified Air Force uniforms for its service members, as the force worked to establish itself and develop its own identity. Now it has a wholly distinct outfit for members of the honor guard.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is reportedly to leave his post as Secretary of the Army before the end of the year, reports The Wall Street Journal. He was likely ousted by the Trump administration after he refused to go along with two key initiatives that Secretary of War Hegseth wanted to push through the Army.

Nothing brings me to feel-good, ugly tears like a “welcome home” ceremony. In fact, fellow Americans share in this sentiment. We eat it up. There are countless reels that capture surprised and ecstatic military families when they spot their service member for the first time after a long deployment, whether it be a surprise or orchestrated.
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The strength, stamina, courage, and sacrifice of military families is unmatched and is precisely why military divorce is such a travesty.

The Civil War challenged the loyalties of countless Americans across the nation, tearing apart families and destroying friendships. Far from the clear division between North and South that many subpar summaries of the Civil War project, the conflict forced some of the nation’s leading and rising military officers to choose sides based on competing loyalties, views on slavery and secession, political convictions, and their understanding of the obligations of federal service.

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Footage released by Russian sources has shown a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 air superiority fighter firing a Kh-31PM anti-radiation missile, which was reportedly launched to target components from a Ukrainian MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence system. According to the target range cue, the missile was fired from 125 kilometre ranges. The missile reportedly has a 55 kilometre minimum range, with its maximum range approaching 300 kilometres.

The Yemeni Ansarullah Coalition has released footage showing one of its unmanned Rajum quadcopters dropping a munition onto a Saudi M1A2S Abrams main battle tank at a forward position in Yemen’s Marib Governorate. The video, released through Ansarullah-affiliated media on August 21, shows the munition that on or immediately adjacent to the tank, after which smoke and flames can be seen engulfing the vehicle. The strike causes the ammunition inside the tank to detonate in a large explosion.

Russian forces are reported by local sources to have eliminated 20 Brazilian mercenaries “various sectors of the front,” highlighting the continued role of Latin American combatants in the ongoing war effort. Brazilian nationals have become an increasingly visible component in the foreign frontline combat units, and by some estimates are second only to Colombians among Latin American mercenaries in the theatre.

Chinese weapons researchers say they have developed a new artificial intelligence system capable of recognizing simulated U.S. F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters based on their infrared signatures, and that it can do so in milliseconds.

The news could give future missile systems a new way to distinguish advanced aircraft from decoys and complicate U.S. planning in future military and combat scenarios.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Sean “Rambo” Loughlin, pilot for the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team, performs aerial maneuvers during a practice flight at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan.

America’s specialized counter-drone team is running a directed energy pilot program on multiple military bases to inform the government’s path to operationalizing high‑energy lasers, high‑power microwaves and other associated weapons, without shutting down airspace or disrupting missions on the ground.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401’s wide-scale series of technology tests will also pit select commercial capabilities against each other in “a directed energy shoot-off” event later this year, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross told DefenseScoop at a media roundtable on Friday.

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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***IranU.S. strikes on Iranian soil tapered off in August after frequent exchanges throughout July.

Russia has received North Korean KN-30 ballistic missiles for the first time, according to reports from Ukrainian intelligence, supplementing deliveries of KN-23 and KN-24 short range tactical missile systems in July. The missile integrates a warhead weighing 2,500 kilograms, providing five times the payload of Russia’s primary tactical ballistic missile the Iskander-M.

Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets to destroy

North Korea keeps expanding its military involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, with the isolated dictatorship now supplying Moscow with hundreds of trained drone operators and sending ballistic missiles that could be used to strike Ukrainian infrastructure in the coming months.

Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, says that a new contingent of roughly 8,500 North Korean personnel is also already deployed in Russia, alongside 400 drone operators who are expected to conduct reconnaissance and potentially launch attacks inside Ukraine.

After weeks of reports about horrible conditions on board, including that some sailors had attempted to throw themselves overboard, the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has departed the Middle East, bringing to an end a nine-month deployment.

The carrier’s 5,000 sailors and other personnel are headed back to San Diego, with the George Washington headed to the Middle East to take its place. The journey will take four to five weeks, the New York Times reported.

Washington is set to outline what it termed the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran from next week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump also said “tremendous economic consequences” could follow for states that offer Tehran assistance.

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The Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) transit the Atlantic Ocean March 20, 2021, marking the first time a Ford-class and Italian carrier have operated together underway.

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The Polish Ministry of National Defence has responded to mounting criticisms regarding its decision to donate remaining surface-to-air missile interceptors from its U.S.-supplied MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to Ukraine. This follows the donation of the country’s longest range system, the S-200D, as well as S-125 medium range systems, which have left Polish airspace increasingly exposed.

Washington says it is preparing to launch its toughest-ever economic campaign against Tehran – and while China has so far rebuffed the White House’s attempt at economic warfare, the threat poses a serious risk to the Islamic regime. It also comes as Iran struggles to contain existing economic problems at home.

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A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 29, 2025. The Growlers are assigned to the Harry S.

Reports of food shortages and other serious issues on a major U.S. aircraft carrier have shocked many in the public, even as the Pentagon has rushed to insist sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln are well-supplied.
But for the Navy, the situation aboard the Lincoln is larger than just one ship and underscores the strain that attacks on logistics hubs can place on a fleet when supply chains are interrupted.
Iranian missile and drone attacks on a major U.S.

Is This How Ukraine Will Overcome Its Patriot Shortage? – Ukraine’s Patriot interceptor shortage is becoming impossible to ignore following another enormous Russian missile attack that killed 17 people in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight. The strikes are becoming so devastating that Ukraine is now looking for entirely different ways to stop the attacks, with Patriot deliveries not expected to arrive in time to fend off Russian attacks over the coming winter.

A U.S. Navy messman, Doris “Dorie” Miller, was a Black 22-year-old sharecropper’s son from Waco, Texas. Because of his rating, he was restricted from handling any weapons. His duties included serving the officers’ mess, collecting laundry, and shining shoes. Despite the institutional racism built into the Navy at the time, Miller found success as the boxing champion of his ship, the battleship USS West Virginia.
That didn’t change the fact that he was Black, and as a result, he was segregated from his white shipmates in both his duties and berthing.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it got in the way of his plans for the Iran war.

Later, he suddenly announced a scaling down of a planned military exercise with South Korea, citing what he called South Korea’s refusal to involve itself in the Iran war.

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office.

In the now-famous 2016 Republican primary process, part of Donald Trump’s pitch to Republican voters was that he would avoid foreign policy mistakes like the Iraq War.

His opponents, he implied, would get the country into more wars like Iraq, and one of them, former Gov. Jeb Bush, was the brother of the president who had launched that war.

President Donald J. Trump speaks to the press during a presentation of the Religious Liberty Commission Report in the Oval Office, Friday, June 26, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N.

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Ask any military historian and they’ll probably tell you that tactical aggression is a game changer. Throughout the history of armed conflict, forces who were more aggressive saw more success. Say it however you want: Seize the day. Take the initiative. Fortune favors the bold. It’s all the same maxim.
In a game of strategy and tactics like NFL football, the same kind of aggression pays off—and there’s a mathematical reason for it.
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The first batch of three F-16 Block 70 fighters ordered to equip the Republic of China Air Force have departed from Lockheed Martin’s Greenville plant in South Carolina and transited to the Fort Worth base in Texas, with the aircraft expected to arrive in Taitung in the coming days for delivery. Although the United States was originally scheduled to deliver all 66 aircraft by the end of 2026, production delays have pushed deliveries significantly behind schedule.

Russian Drones Are Crossing into NATO Territories – NATO’s southeastern border is being violated by Russian projectiles with growing frequency, and Romania is increasingly shooting back.

Izmail, one of Ukraine’s key Danube River ports, sits directly across the river from Romania, with parts of the waterway forming the international border. Last week, a civilian Togo-flagged vessel sustained damage near the port, and four people were injured in the attack.