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Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 3:24 PM Iranian tribal fighters from central Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Bakhtiari provinces struck two US Black Hawk helicopters that had entered Iranian airspace, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Saturday. IRGC said the helicopters were operating in rugged, inaccessible mountainous areas far from the presence of Iran’s regular armed forces. They had reportedly crossed into Iranian territory to rescue pilots from the American fighter jet that was downed by IRGC air defense forces. Each tribal group independently engaged and successfully struck the two Black Hawk helicopters, the…

Iran Press TV Saturday, 04 April 2026 3:02 PM The Iranian Army says it has carried out a large-scale drone operation targeting key positions of the Israeli regime at Ben Gurion Airport. The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran says it carried out a large-scale drone operation targeting key positions of the Israeli regime at Ben Gurion Airport in response to ongoing US-Israeli aggression against Iran. In a statement released early Saturday, the army said its forces struck several strategic facilities at the airport, including a newly built control tower, control towers at Terminals 1 and 2, navigation systems,…

News April 03, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Saab STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Sweden placed an order worth about SEK 2.6 billion with Saab for a mobile, modular counter-uncrewed aerial system meant to protect the Swedish Armed Forces and civil infrastructure from drone threats, the company announced in a statement. Deliveries are scheduled for 2027 and 2028, the statement reads. Saab says the system is being developed and fielded in partnership with the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, also known as FMV. According to the company, the counter-uncrewed aerial system is intended to detect,…

Former UFC champion Jon Jones has spoken following a tense encounter with another driver in Albuquerque over the weekend. Early on Sunday morning, a man named Bryan Beltran spoke out on Instagram, accusing Jones of dangerous driving. He also shared video of a face-to-face conversation with Jones, which ended with him getting flipped off. This guy got into a road-rage incident with Jon Jones 😳 🗣️ Jon Jones: “You gotta calm down bro. You gotta relax yourself bro.” 😬 (via IG / bryanbeltran06) pic.twitter.com/g8qOyUmwkK — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 5, 2026 “Driving up Central close to Eubank when i was…

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 Pentagon is requesting funds to buy 85 F-35s in its fiscal 2027 budget, 38 of them A vairants for the Air Force, a number that analysts say is not enough to reverse the service’s fighter shortfall. President Donald Trump’s rollout of his much-anticipated $1.5 trillion defense budget pledges to restore “the readiness and lethality of the force.” The request would provide $30.6 billion for Air Force aircraft procurement, a significant…

Maki is not here for your nonsense. Weapons training isn’t a part of every martial art, but practicing martial arts and weapon use can be closely intertwined. Guest writer Zain Ali from the site Kato Katana explains the nuances of a real katana versus what you might see in anime. I’m currently rewatching previous seasons of my favorite anime JuJutsu Kaisen, which is fighting and weapons galore, so this article came across my desk at a great time.If you would like to contribute a guest article for Little Black Belt, please review the guidelines here. How Real Is the Katana You…

Jon Jones has addressed the viral road rage clip out of Albuquerque, saying he felt “proud” of how he handled the confrontation and framing it as standing up to intimidation on the road. The incident took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, near the intersection of Central Avenue and Eubank, an area Jones has long called home during his UFC career. Nineteen-year-old Bryan Beltran posted video of the encounter on Instagram, saying a black Ford SVT pickup “almost hit” him three times as they drove along Central before both vehicles pulled into a nearby parking lot. This guy got into a…

Bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler won the Mr. Olympia title four times between 2006 and 2010, earning the judges favor by leaving no stone unturned when it came to chiseling his phenomenal physique. And, while Cutler is famed for his quad stomping legs, he was also celebrated for his brilliant back. So, in a recent Instagram post, Cutler shared that one of the driving forces behind his success was a love of the Meadow’s Row for superlative lats. What is the Meadows Row? John Meadows, known to fans as the “Mountain Dog” was a popular bodybuilder and advanced exercise coach, who…

CHAD – When April Fool’s Day Jokes Backfire In our industry, perhaps the most classic backfired April Fool’s Day joke was the 5.11 Tactical Kilt which they ended up making for several years after public outcry. On the other hand, Magpul is still dealing with customers who want them to come through with that waffle maker they teased back in 2019. This year, our friends in Canada at Gray Fox Strategic announced CHAD, their Stimulant Retention System for your individual energy fluid and self-contained lip stimuli. Instead of just laughing it off, customers have demanded that it become a real…

A supervisory engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division spent years building a jammer designed to defeat America’s own radars. The harder his team made it for friendly pilots to see through the jamming, the better they were doing their job. Then the question changed: what if the same system could jam the enemy? The system is Angry Kitten, an electronic warfare pod that NAWCWD engineers integrated and matured over a decade. Built to simulate hostile jamming during training, it is now headed to contested airspace as an offensive weapon, giving pilots a proven, government-owned jammer to suppress enemy…