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From the wildly popular traveling Van Gogh exhibit to the immersive “King Tut” experience that trades artifacts for hauntingly lit and realistic tableaux, museums everywhere are departing from conventional curated collections to find new ways to engage visitors. At the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, staff hope a new augmented-reality exhibit featuring some 20 scenes from the Revolutionary War will create that fresh engagement while also building interest in the rare pieces of war history housed elsewhere in the building.“American Revolution: The Augmented Exhibition,” which opens Saturday at the museum, uses the camera scanning…

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Thursday accused China and other foreign entities of engaging in “deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to distill U.S. frontier AI systems,” and said that the Trump administration will be taking steps to safeguard domestic artificial intelligence products. In a memo to federal agencies, the White House office warned that these distillation campaigns — in which an attacker sends a deluge of requests to an AI model to train a knockoff version of it — are allowing bad actors to steal proprietary information from U.S. companies.“Models developed from surreptitious, unauthorized distillation campaigns like this do…

This is the second part (I) of our series looking at the structure of the Carthaginian army. As we discussed last time, while Carthage has an unfair reputation for being an ‘un-military’ society, its military system was one of the highest performing in the ancient Mediterranean, able to produce vast and effective armies waging war on multiple fronts for prolonged periods. Last time we surveyed the components of that military and then took a closer look at the role of Carthaginian citizen soldiers. What we noted was that Carthaginian citizen soldiers formed an important part of Carthage’s armies early in…

Technological and other developments in the area of unmanned vehicles since the early 2010s are now enabling a style of warfare that uses large quantities of attritable, adaptable unmanned systems, each at a price point that is orders of magnitude below today’s defense-specific platforms but still good enough to get its part of the mission done. These developments could allow the U.S. military to deter or defeat a major-power adversary that has quantitatively superior forces. However, the U.S. Department of War (DOW) is facing multiple obstacles to making this vision a reality. This paper highlights key technological and other trends…

Here’s a recap of all the new releases from the past few days. There are plenty of fresh RPGs and strategy titles ready to jump into, and among them, I think a few stand out as especially interesting. As usual, you’ll find the full list by scrolling down below. Wartales Contract: Fires in the Capital DLC Developers: Shiro Games Platforms: PC Release Date: April 23, 2026 Steam Page Let’s start with the new DLC Contract: Fires in the Capital, that sends Wartales mercenaries into Isandrin (the seat of the Edoran Empire), which is experiencing riots, street violence, and general unrest due to reforms being…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org When a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran and its pilot and weapons systems officer ejected into unfriendly territory in early April, rescue personnel immediately sprang into action. Crews focused on where the Airmen went down, listening for signals and looking for evidence that they had survived, and rescue helicopters swarmed and scanned for their possible landing sites.   When Airmen eject, the mission is clear: America leaves no warrior behind. Airmen are trained to survive, evade, resist, and escape…

A seasoned UFC welterweight veteran has landed himself in serious legal trouble following troubling allegations. According to a report from KOAT Action News, UFC fighter Tim Means was arrested Tuesday night in Tijeras, New Mexico, on a charge of abandonment or abuse of a child. The report states that his 17-year-old daughter called law enforcement after a verbal dispute over household cleanliness escalated. As per Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court records, the unnamed teenage girl reported that the wrangle turned physical, claiming Means became aggressive and headbutted her, resulting in a nosebleed. The report further states that “The Dirty Bird” allegedly…

ASAN, Guam – U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s senior military official to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), U.S. Department of State and Department of War representatives, and government leaders from the Republic of the Marshall Islands convened the executive Joint Committee Meeting in Guam, April 21. RMI Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kalani Kaneko led the visiting delegation. He thanked the U.S. government for their continued partnership and efforts to strengthen national security, maritime safety, and regional resilience for the RMI. “We gather here today not just to fulfill a mandate but to continue a story that begun nearly…

ROME — The Italian government is giving up a chance to grab an extra €12 billion ($14 billion) in defense spending as it shifts its focus to keeping energy bills down ahead of national elections next year.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been toying with the idea of triggering a European Union scheme to exempt a quantity of defense spending from calculations of annual deficit spending to allow extra arms purchases without breaking EU deficit rules.The so-called National Escape Clause (NEC) would have boosted Italian defense spending by about €12 billion over three years if used, sources have told Defense News…

Norway has jumped the Type 26 production queue, at the expense of the Royal Navy. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright UK has shifted some Type 26 build slots to Norway, risking fewer frigates for the Royal Navy (RN) unless more are ordered Norway’s deliveries starting ~2029/30 could take several UK slots, potentially leaving the UK with only a small initial Type 26 fleet as Type 83 work ramps up With Type 23s shrinking, the transfer could deepen the RN’s surface-ship shortfall past previous minimum targets Recent UK Government confirmation that it has transferred Royal Navy Type 26 slots over to Norway…