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The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division last month revealed the service’s new “Drone Killer Cartridge,” or DKC, a small-arms ammunition specifically designed to destroy small quadcopter drones. In the announcement, Brian Hoffman, chief engineer of NSWC Crane’s Man-Portable Weapons, explained that the ammo works much like a shotshell in that it disperses a cluster of projectiles, but it’s designed to be fired from a service rifle or machine gun instead of a shotgun. “The intent with our ammunition was to simply give operators a better chance of killing drones with cost-effective products that can be used in existing weapons,”…

Chinese President Xi Jinping is getting the United States he always wanted. Since U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025, Washington has grown less confident in its global purpose, less committed to the rules-based order it once upheld, and more willing to wield power in ways that unsettle markets, institutions, and allies. Washington’s global authority and credibility are wearing away.In one sense, this is good news for Beijing. A weaker, less moralistic Washington is harder for others to rally around. It offers a less compelling model. It has become less capable of organizing coalitions and more…

For Rachael Wade, her rise in HYROX has been fast. Along with Alyssa McElheny, Annie Emilsson and Saskia Millard she is part of a group that has gone from complete HYROX novices to Elite 15 calibre competitors within 3 races. In her three Pro races, the Alabama-based athlete has gone from a very creditable 1:05:49 for a podium in Atlanta to winning HYROX Houston 2026 in 1:00:34. What makes that progression stand out even more is how she’s doing it. Unlike many elite HYROX athletes logging double sessions and high mileage, Wade only trains around seven to eight hours per…

DEM Games’ 2026 survival RPG puts players in charge of a fortified shelter, scarce resources, and the brutal call of who gets in and who stays outside. From The Bunker appears to be an attempt to make a zombie survival game that focuses on the psychological effects of collapse and the damage a collapse causes to a group of individuals. The game takes place in a small Southern town after a virus (presumably) created by a pharmaceutical lab escapes the lab and spreads outward, allowing players to take control of survivors who find a secured, bunkered location in order to…

Proposals were cleared for the procurement of S-400 Missile System. Credit: VideoFromEveryWhere/Shutterstock.com. India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved military procurement proposals valued at approximately Rs2,380bn ($25.14bn) on 27 March 2026. The council cleared acquisitions for the Indian Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard, covering a range of systems and equipment. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The Indian Army received approval for procurement of the Air Defence Tracked System, Armoured Piercing Tank Ammunition, High Capacity Radio Relay, Dhanush Gun System, and Runway…

An Oregon senator has placed a hold on unanimous consent promotions for three military officers, citing behavior — including war zone misconduct allegations and a podcast with extremist language and viewpoints — that he says make the officers “unfit” for higher roles.Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., placed a hold Wednesday on the promotions of Marine Lt. Col. Vincent Noble, Col. Thomas Siverts and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas MacNeil, saying his objections to a process that would quickly approve the promotions as a bloc was based on “misconduct or concerning judgement.”In responses provided to Military Times, Wyden’s office made clear that the…

Check out this latest article from The Modern War Institute! Jeremy Mushtare argues in “The Sisyphean Struggle for Influence Campaigning in Competition” that U.S. influence efforts fail because they lack prioritization, integration, and alignment with strategic objectives. He explains that combatant commands treat influence as fragmented, bottom-up activities rather than as coherent campaigns tied to theater priorities. The article emphasizes that effective influence campaigning requires deliberate focus on positional advantage, deterrence, and threats, while integrating physical and informational actions. Mushtare also highlights structural challenges such as interagency friction, embassy gatekeeping, and risk-averse decision-making that limit execution. He contends that success…

India – Ministry of External Affairs March 27, 2026 Shri Randhir Jaiswal, Official Spokesperson: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let’s start our conversation. We begin. The floor is open. Yeshi Seli, Business India: This is Yeshi Seli from Business India. how many ships have come from the Strait of Hormuz right now? How many are expected? Also, has India sought any clearance from the US? There are reports that suggest to import LPG from, or LNG from Russia? Sidhant, WION: Hi sir, Sidhant from WION. We have seen an interesting tweet by the Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, marking the…

In his 2025 book, AI, Automation, and War, Anthony King implores the reader to understand artificial intelligence as a phenomenon most closely related to organizational structure: “It is vital that we recognise and try to understand this military-tech complex, especially since…so much of the literature has fetishized AI as a technology, ignoring its organisational aspects.”To understand how AI is being used in the war on Iran, we must understand where Anthropic’s Claude sits in the larger targeting system called Maven—and how the Pentagon’s quest for faster AI deployment threatens to overwhelm its planners’ ability to validate relevant data.Maven, evolvedAfter the U.S. military…

The Australian Army will eventually receive 211 Boxers under Project Land 400 Phase 2. The first seven Australian-built examples were unveiled on 27 March. (ADF)An initial batch of seven Australian-manufactured Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles (CRV) has been completed at Rheinmetall Defence Australia’s production facility at Redbank, Queensland, with the milestone marked on 27 March.The Australian Army is to receive 211 Boxers under Project Land 400 Phase 2 inked on 9 August 2018, a figure that includes 25 Boxer Block I vehicles produced in Germany and previously delivered to Australia by May 2021.That leaves 186 Block II Boxers to be manufactured…