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At UFC 327 media day, a host of UFC fighters answer questions from the media Wednesday morning in Miami.The tentative schedule is as follows:10:30 a.m. ET: Nate Landwehr11:45 a.m.: Kevin Holland1:30 p.m.: Curtis Blaydes3:15 p.m.: Azamat Murzakanov3:45 p.m.: Dominick Reyes

Global Times (Xinhua) 08:01, April 08, 2026 BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, extended on Tuesday congratulations to To Lam on his election as president of Vietnam. Noting that China and Vietnam are a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, Xi said that in recent years, under the joint guidance and promotion of the leaders of the two parties and the two countries, China-Vietnam relations have achieved leapfrog development, and the comprehensive strategic cooperation has yielded fruitful results, bringing tangible benefits to the…

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 The Air Force wants a new, affordable, air-launched standoff cruise missile ready to field in 2033. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center announced April 6 it will hold an industry day event to conduct market research on the Standoff Attack Weapon, or SoAW, on June 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Those interested in attending must apply by June 1. “The intent of [the] industry day is to discuss…

The Department of Veterans Affairs would see its budget increase by 7.7% in fiscal 2027 under the White House’s proposed $2.2 trillion budget for the federal government. According to budget documents released this week by the Trump administration, the VA would receive a record $488 billion, including $205.6 billion in discretionary funding for programs and operations and $282.6 billion for mandatory spending — the column that covers disability benefits, pensions, insurance and other requirements. Highlights in the discretionary spending proposal include $500 million to build permanent facilities for homeless veterans at the new National Center for Warrior Independence in West…

BAE Systems has successfully completed test firing of a low-cost precision weapon launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon, demonstrating a highly effective, affordable solution to counter uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). The APKWS® laser-guidance kit is a combat-proven, multi-mission solution manufactured by BAE Systems in the US. It is designed to counter a range of threats while enabling cost-effective operations and is already deployed with armed forces around the world. The Company conducted the trial from its flight test development centre in Warton, Lancashire using a Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon test and evaluation aircraft to launch a successful strike on a…

The Army has picked at least two finalists to take over the service’s entry-level helicopter training program, despite Congressional pushback on the plan last year. Service officials have said they plan to choose a winner by September.Bell and M1 Support Services both confirmed in press releases this week that they were selected to move to the fourth and final stage of the competition.Another competitor, Lockheed Martin, was not chosen to move on, a company spokesperson confirmed to Defense One.The Army did not immediately respond to a request for comment asking whether any other companies were selected. Last month, it was reported…

You can use jiu-jitsu for self-defence, to socialise, to stay in shape, or to challenge yourself. But you can also use the art to bring change to the world, and that is what today’s episode of The Strenuous Life Podcast is about. Shiggi loves BJJ and believes it can build and change communities in Africa, and is on a mission to open a community dojo in Kenya to empower girls aged 12 to 18. Click below to check out episode 446 of The Strenuous Life Podcast on the audio platform of your choice… Shiggi is a BJJ practitioner with a background…

Ian Machado Garry is puzzled at how Islam Makhachev was ready to fight Ilia Topuria on June 14 but is not game to fight him yet.The P4P king recently called out “El Matador” over allegations that the latter put on the former. Topuria alleged that Makhachev declined to fight him at the White House due to an injury. However, Makhachev says it was Topuria who asked for an “unrealistic purse,” after which the promotion decided not to go with this super fight. He posted on X: “I’m tired of hearing made-up stories from Topuria and his team. I got the…

Abstract: In 2019, the author, with Arnel David, argued that the United States military’s conception of lethality was dangerously narrow—focused almost exclusively on kinetic destruction while neglecting strategic influence as a decisive instrument of war. That argument has been validated by events: adversaries have waged and won influence campaigns at a fraction of the cost of conventional warfare, while the United States has continued to pay an astronomical bill for kinetics-first strategies with diminishing strategic returns. This article revisits and builds on the 2019 thesis, surveys the strategic ledger since then, and introduces the Power and Ideology Lethality (PIL) simulation…

The USAF EA-37B Compass Call has been deployed to the Gulf region to replace damaged EC-130Hs. (USAF) Despite the US claims that it had won the Operation Epic Fury air war and destroyed the Iranian Air Force and the country’s air defence capabilities, the USAF continued to suffer losses both on the ground and, for the first time, in the air.  Iranian ballistic missiles damaged two USAF EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on 27 March. Consequently, two newer EC-37B Compass Call aircraft, based on the Gulfstream G550 business jet, arrived at…