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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that she’s focused on fraud in the United States’ largest nutrition assistance program, but her department hasn’t acted to prevent scammers from stealing hundreds of millions in benefits, a government watchdog found.The tally for SNAP “skimming,” where fraudsters steal SNAP card data and use it to take the benefits, could cross half a billion dollars later this year, according to a new estimate released by the Agriculture Department’s office of inspector general last week. That is in large part because the government still relies on half-a-century-old card technology to get money for food to over 41…

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The Indian Army intends to field the Suryastra to fill near-term requirements for a deep-strike fires system. Built by Indian firm Nibe, it is based on the Elbit Systems PULS. (Elbit Systems)The Indian Army announced on 3 January 2026 that it had awarded an INR29.3 billion (US$35 million) contract to local firm Nibe to deliver Elbit Systems Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) long-range multiple rocket launchers.Nibe had executed an agreement in August 2025 for production of the PULS system in India. The agreement includes technology transfer, and it could cover future requirements for not only the Indian Army, but…

It’s the perfect time to reflect on the changes we want to make and resolve to follow through on those changes.  While you’re trying to stick to your “New Year New Me” resolutions, we have compiled 10 of the most popular martial arts quotes to help you stay motivated in stepping up your game. Here we go! “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela found that real courage doesn’t necessarily mean having no fear at all. Fear is a natural emotion, as we are all human, everyone feels it at…

In 2021, a single explosion in Minden, Louisiana, sent shockwaves across the U.S. defense industrial base. For nearly two years, the nation’s only domestic producer of black powder stopped operating. Ammunition manufacturers were forced to draw down stockpiles and delay deliveries because there was nowhere to get the main ingredient for their product. That episode captures a reality often missed in debates about defense production. No amount of pressure from the Department of Defense, whether applied directly or via primes like Raytheon or Northrop Grumman, can make production go any faster if the critical base components don’t exist.President Donald Trump’s…

Since arriving in the post of Editor back in late 2022, I have worked hard to modernise and evolve ESD, and it has been an absolute privilege to lead this magazine through its most significant transition in many years. Looking back over the past three years, I am proud of what ESD has managed to achieve, with highlights including fifty award nominations and eight award wins across the DMAs, AMAs, and EMPA, a wonderful redesign of the magazine, bringing a plethora of excellent new contributors on board, and growing our audience. I have thoroughly enjoyed editing many of the finely-crafted…

Breaking Defense is pleased to announce a key addition to our editorial staff, bringing on board Diana Stancy as Staff Reporter for Naval Warfare. Diana will be responsible for covering the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, as well as global naval developments. She joins Breaking Defense from Fox News Digital, where she covered the White House with a focus on foreign policy and national security issues. Diana previously spent five years covering the military at Navy Times and Military Times, reporting on overseas operations, leadership and a broad variety of naval issues, while also helping anchor a video show.…

Taiwan has begun the first dive tests of its domestically built submarine Hai Kun (SS-711), marking a new phase in the island’s indigenous submarine program. According to Taiwan’s Liberty Times and other local outlets, the submarine conducted its initial submersion test on Sunday, moving beyond surface and harbor trials that have taken place over the […]

Sputnik News 20260124 MOSCOW (Sputnik) – NATO must recognize that Russia will not allow the alliance to approach its borders and agree on how Ukraine can once again become a buffer state, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday. “I see no other solution than to recognize that NATO and the European Union cannot directly deploy troops to Russia’s borders, because the Russians will always respond with war. That is why there must always be something between Russia and their borders, some kind of buffer zone. And we must agree on how this land called Ukraine, which was a…

In the end, it may have been the dancing. “He gets up there and he tries to imitate my dance,” said U.S. President Donald Trump in a January 6 speech, explaining why he had ordered the American military to fly into Caracas in the dead of night, seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and bring them to the United States to face criminal charges. Trump had other reasons, too. Maduro, he said, was a drug trafficker. He led a repressive authoritarian government. He was reluctant to give U.S. companies preferential access to Venezuelan oil. But few experts believe…