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U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as the Iran war continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said.The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the communications were not public, said several European countries will be affected, including in the Baltic region and in Scandinavia.Some of the weapons in question were purchased by European countries under the Foreign Military Sales program, or FMS, but have not yet been delivered, the sources added. Those deliveries will likely be delayed, U.S. officials told European…

Views of a US Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter landing. Credit: US Army photos/Boeing graphic. A US Army CH-47F Chinook helicopter has recently performed its first “fully automated approach and landing” using Boeing’s Approach-to-X (A2X) technology.   During the flight test, the helicopter touched down with all four wheels on the runway using Boeing’s Digital Automated Flight Control System (DAFCS) software.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The manoeuvre was completed without any pilot interaction, Boeing stated.  The A2X software is designed to lower pilot workload and enable “automated tactical approaches” in line with pilot flight…

The Atlantic alliance can no longer be managed through reassurance, communiqués, or the fiction that its internal tensions are political noise. They are structural. Mark Rutte’s recent visit to Washington made that clear. NATO requires rebalancing: a more credible distribution of responsibility, capability, and strategic weight across the alliance.Beneath this lies a growing crisis of trust. Europeans no longer simply ask whether the United States will stay engaged; they worry that ambiguity or sudden shifts in Washington could hollow out deterrence and tempt adversaries to test what was once an ironclad commitment. Unequal burden‑sharing has shifted from a long‑running grievance…

We’re now less than two weeks away from the next big fighting game launch in Invincible VS, and some adjustments are being made from what people just experienced in it. Following Invincible VS’s open beta last week, Executive Producer Mike Willette recently put together a recap going over what they learned from the test and what needs changing. One issue many players ran into was a surprising amount of rage…

With nearly every seat in the packed Beaverton City Hall chamber filled, Oregon Army National Guard Specialist Daniel Lopez Hernandez stood in quiet dignity near the front, listening as leaders, speaking in both English and Spanish, described how the Parole in Place program had transformed his family’s life. Chely Castillo opened her remarks in Spanish, a simple acknowledgment to the community she has been diligently working with for over 25 years, pausing periodically for translation by Sgt. 1st Class Rosa Cortez, an Oregon Army National Guard recruiter. “I want to begin my speech with the word ‘Hope’, because it indicates…

Hey folks! Fireside this week; next week we’ll be back to seperating out the components of Carthaginian armies, looking at the real backbone of those armies, which are Carthage’s North African subjects. Ollie (left) looking shocked and Percy (right) looking annoyed that their Itty Bitty Kitteh Committee has been interrupted by a photo-op. But for this week’s musing, I wanted to talk a bit about how different historians approach our craft when the evidence is both limited and hostile and Carthage provides a good opportunity to do so. As we noted last week, the evidence for Carthage – its armies,…

As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.On Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, a news outlet run by the Chinese Communist Party posted a 51-second video of Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun accusing President Lai Ching-te of inviting Chinese aggression. Lai, Cheng said, was “dragging all 23 million of us” in Taiwan into a “dead end, a road to death” by pursuing independence. The clip quickly surfaced on Facebook, YouTube and other platforms popular in Taiwan.Chinese state media outlets are increasingly amplifying Taiwanese critics of the island’s…

A division major updates a common operational picture during a campaign in the Pacific. An engineer company leaves one mobile brigade combat team and joins another on a different island. A signal package shifts with it. The icon moves in seconds. The operation does not. The gaining brigade now needs lift, fuel, maintenance support, communications integration, protection, reception, staging, onward movement, and rehearsals. The losing brigade now needs replacement capacity or a revised scheme of maneuver. The sustainment architecture changes across distance and water. The task organization decision looked simple. It reshaped the operation. Major General James Bartholomees and Major…

NRAAM 26 – Tippmann Ordnance Pirate Pistol Affectionately known as the Pirate Pistole, the new GSTR 380 is serious departure from the company known for their .22 and 9mm Gatling Guns. Chambered in .380, it features a 7-round tubular magazine below the barrel. The pump action can be slam fired. Finally, the barrel is threaded to accept a suppressor. tippmannordnance.com/380-pirate-pistol This entry was posted on Friday, April 17th, 2026 at 21:13 and is filed under Firearms, NRA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

The U.S. Air Force and Space Force reached their fiscal year 2026 recruitment goals five months ahead of schedule, according to a Tuesday Air Education and Training Command Facebook post.The Air Force had a goal of enlisting 32,750 active-duty airmen, and the Space Force set an enlisted goal of 730 new recruits, according to a fiscal 2026 Air Force Accessions Center recruiting snapshot.“Recruiting success like this reflects the mission of the Air Force Accessions Center, which integrates recruiting and officer accession programs to attract and develop the next generation of Airmen and Guardians,” the Facebook post reads.In a Wednesday social…