It is 2029. General Secretary Xi Jinping has given the order for the People’s Liberation Army to forcibly take Taiwan. Hundreds of Chinese warships begin to cross the Taiwan strait, supported by fighter jets and protected by an umbrella of electronic jamming. 80 kilometers from Taiwan’s coast, the first blow comes from below. Autonomous underwater vehicles lurking on the seabed detonate against the hull of troop transports, scattering formations and forcing destroyers to divert to antisubmarine warfare.

On the ground with the troops🪖
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The Israeli paper Haaretz has confirmed that 8 out of 10 Iranian missiles launched against Israeli targets are reaching their targets, following mounting reports and growing quantities of footage pointing to the failures of Israeli and U.S. ballistic missile defences. The report further noted that success rates have continued to improve as air defences have become increasingly strained. Israeli analysts observed that contributing factors have included the systematic exhaustion of the air defence network, and the destruction of U.S.

Is the US signalling a shift from air strikes t

The Indian Defence Ministry Defence Procurement Council has approved the purchase of additional Russian S-400 long range air defence systems, following reports over several months of a growing interest in placing orders. “The S-400 system will counter enemy long-range air vectors targeting vital areas,” the Ministry announced in a statement, although not elaborating on the numbers intended for procurement.

Pentagon sources have raised serious concern regarding the rapid depletion of of the U.S. Navy’s BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile arsenal during the ongoing U.S.-led war effort against Iran, with officials speaking to Washington Post stressing that the issue of depletion of scarce and high cost munitions types has been a matter of growing importance for the Department of War.

The Space Force is looking to revise launch plans for a number of upcoming national security missions following a recent issue with a United Launch Alliance rocket that could take months to resolve, according to a senior official.
During a Space Force mission last month, ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket experienced a “significant performance anomaly” with one of the vehicle’s four solid rocket motors during lift off, according to the company.

The Navy is setting up a one-stop-shop for medium unmanned surface vessels (MUSVs) that carry swappable, containerized payloads in faster, multi-mission deployments, as it reshapes its model for buying autonomous watercraft that navigate, handle cargo and carry out certain military operations with little to no human input.

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As part of a force-wide “rebalancing” and cost-saving effort, the Army started notifying thousands of civilian employees this week that their roles are surplus, DefenseScoop has learned, giving them days to accept offers to voluntarily fill open vacancies or separate, or be forced to move positions. 
Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the Army has undergone significant structural changes, to include consolidating multiple entities into a single command.

Smart Shooter has secured its first contract from the US Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) for the supply of SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

Tens-of-thousands of Ukrainian troops have been

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The Army is entering exclusive negotiations with the Carlyle Group and CyrusOne to build and operate commercial hyperscale data centers on military installations in Texas and Utah, the service announced Thursday.
The initiative is being pursued through the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease program, after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Defense Department and other agencies to facilitate data center infrastructure projects that provide jobs and undergird key IT capabilities like the internet, cloud, and AI.

It appears that the F-14 Tomcat, retired from the U.S. Navy in 2006 but still in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, has finally come to the end of the runway.
When the war with Iran began on Feb. 28, one of the early goals was to hamstring the Iranian air force, which boasted a smattering of aircraft. This included French Mirage F1s, Soviet MiG-29s, and American F-4 Phantoms, F-5 Tiger IIs, and the beloved F-14 Tomcats. In satellite imagery and released footage, we can see the effectiveness of that campaign, with Tomcats smoldering on tarmacs.

Latvia has already begun delivery of CVR(T) armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine, understood to be the Spartan or Scimitar variants.

Morgan Plummer is Vice President of Policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation. He previously served as a Professor of Practice at the U.S. Air Force Academy and as Managing Director of the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Network.
The Trump administration’s recent decision to designate Anthropic a “supply-chain risk” marked an extraordinary escalation in the relationship between Washington and the tech sector. If this precedent holds, it could send a powerful warning to innovators: cooperate with the U.S.

The US Department of War (DoW) has entered into a framework agreement with BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin to quadruple manufacturing of seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor.

Two Ukrainian UAS entered Baltic airspace amid a drone barrage against the Russian port, Ust-Luga, where Shadow tankers operate.

In 1921, an unknown American casualty from World War I was brought back to the United States and interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Today, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) from Fort Myer, Virginia guard the Tomb rain or shine and will ensure that anyone who plays stupid games at this place of reverence wins stupid prizes. However, the Tomb was not always guarded.

S Trimble, Aviation Week
The timing appears to be aligned with the scheduled launch of the middle tier of acquisition track for the Affordable Mass Munition (AMM) Increment 1

Seligman & Timms, WSJ
The U.S. has begun to amass troops near Iran, moving thousands of additional Marines and paratroopers toward the Middle East in recent days.

The Defense Post
The Pentagon announced Wednesday agreements with defense contractors to put missile production “on a wartime footing” as the Mideast war leads to rapid use of munition…

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The WarZone
Test units will soon start experimenting with early M1E3 prototypes, with the Army now hoping production could kick off in 2027.

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Last May, NATO invited 10 Ukrainians to act as an opposing force during Hedgehog 2025, one of NATO’s largest exercises in the Baltics. The Ukrainians successfully simulated the destruction of 17 armored vehicles and conducted 30 strikes in half a day, effectively neutralizing two NATO battalions before dinner. One observing commander summed up the broader implication in three words: “We are finished.” Ominously, the exercise occurred without American forces.The Western debate on Ukraine is sometimes framed as an act of generosity, with NATO propping up a beleaguered partner.

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Recent developments indicate that the United States has begun redeploying critical missile defense assets — including elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and Patriot batteries — from South Korea to the Middle East. As Washington navigates an increasingly volatile global security landscape, the need for “strategic flexibility” is understandable. South Korea remains a committed partner in the Indo-Pacific and recognizes the gravity of the threats facing our allies elsewhere.

The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has reported on the results of multiple ambushes launched against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, with 21 Israeli Merkava main battle tanks reported on March 26 to have been destroyed within a 24 hour period. Other consequences of engagements have included the firing of over 60 rockets at targets in the Galilee region that day, complementing much longer range strikes against Israeli targets launched by Hezbollah’s close strategic partner Iran.

Russian analysts have conducted a detailed assessment of the cost effectiveness of procuring main battle tanks and other armoured vehicles compared to unmanned attack aircraft, at a time when the advanced capabilities of the latter, particularly when demonstrated in the Ukrainian theatre, have brought the role of armour increasingly into question.

Storm battle, Army on top🌧️
⚽The British

Officially, they’re only 20 years old👶

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The revving engines of an Air Force refueling tanker blew a 25-foot-wide hole in an Alaskan airport last summer, flinging chunks of asphalt 100 feet away during an engine test. The mishap did not damage the Air Force jet, but left Fairbanks International Airport with a $147,044 hole to fix.
While the ill-fated test occurred last July, the service released a formal report on the incident earlier this month.
The president of the investigation board, Air Force Lt.

Army Technology explores all known platforms, systems and equipment the UK has sent to the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Defense Department announced three new agreements with industry on Wednesday that will drastically increase production capacity for critical munitions, including the Lockheed Martin-made Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) that recently made its combat debut in the Iran war.
Under one of the deals, Lockheed plans to “make targeted investments in advanced tooling, facility modernization and critical testing equipment” to reduce production lead timelines for the PrSM, according to a Pentagon news release.

In 2025, Jack Roush wrote, “Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Brought Iran and Belarus Closer Together,” where he argued that a closer security partnership between Belarus and Iran could have devastating consequences for Ukraine. Now that Iran is involved in a war with the United States and Israel, we asked Jack to revisit his arguments.Image: khamenei.ir via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2025 article, you argued that if the security partnership between Belarus and Iran deepens, it could provide a faster, more secure flow of critical drone technology to Russian forces in Ukraine.

In 2025, Jack Roush wrote, “Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Brought Iran and Belarus Closer Together,” where he argued that a closer security partnership between Belarus and Iran could have devastating consequences for Ukraine. Now that Iran is involved in a war with the United States and Israel, we asked Jack to revisit his arguments.Image: khamenei.ir via Wikimedia CommonsIn your 2025 article, you argued that if the security partnership between Belarus and Iran deepens, it could provide a faster, more secure flow of critical drone technology to Russian forces in Ukraine.

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AV has released LOCUST X3, the third-generation version of its high-energy laser weapon system, designed to address a range of uncrewed aerial and surface threats.

Denmark has awarded a revised contract to KNDS for the supply of tank tracks for its Leopard 2 fleet of vehicles.

The US Army has introduced the UAS Marketplace, a new digital platform intended to expedite the procurement process for drone technology.

Every weapon system in the United States military has a face. The gunner, the trigger puller. The one whose name ends up in the citation, the after-action report, the paragraph some war correspondent types up while pawing at a steaming cup of coffee. That person gets the story.
Alongside them, someone was setting up the tripod, feeding the belt, swapping the barrel with heat-mitt hands while brass rained down like confetti, sharing bags of gummy bears: the other guys.

First-person footage shows a Yak-52 aircraft gunner shooting down a Shahed drone over southern Ukraine.
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The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 missile launchers, which can be configured three ways and can be used to shoot both the Hellfire and Joint…

R. Finnerty, Flight Gl.
Work to convert a Boeing 737 passenger jet into the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform is set to begin.

Army Technology
The Skydio X10D provides ISR capability at the platoon level and can operate autonomously without GPS.

Hope Hodge Seck, WarZone
With the Army putting its MV-75 tiltrotor on a blazingly fast track, troops are already getting experience on the aircraft before the first one is even delivered.

Akhsan Erido Elezhar, NextGenDefense
Zeus is a shoulder-launched, lightweight anti-tank missile, and featuring tool-free payload swapping.