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Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds, Düsseldorf – Rheinmetall unveils GMF-140 multi-role frigate concept, presenting a new vision for future surface combatants built around modularity, digital integration and operational flexibility. Rather than developing a platform optimized for a single mission, the concept emphasizes adaptability, allowing navies to tailor capabilities as maritime threats and operational requirements continue to evolve.The unveiling reflects a broader trend across the global naval sector, where shipbuilders are increasingly designing warships capable of accommodating new technologies throughout decades of service rather than relying on fixed configurations established at launch. Rheinmetall Unveils GMF-140 Multi-Role Frigate ConceptThe announcement that Rheinmetall unveils…

Key PointsUkraine’s military intelligence agency says a North Korean missile unit of about 90 personnel is deploying to Russia’s Voronezh region under the 112th Missile Brigade.Russia expects the unit to eventually field 120 North Korean ballistic missiles and six launchers, with final numbers set at talks next month, Reuters reported.A North Korean missile unit has begun moving into western Russia and could eventually field 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers aimed at Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing an official at Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, the country’s military spy agency also known as GUR. Andrii Cherniak, a spokesman for the agency,…

Only days after the Trump administration celebrated what it called a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, the president himself appeared to place the entire arrangement in jeopardy. In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump declared the deal “totally subject” to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing with Israel — a condition absent from the administration’s own announcement barely a day earlier. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt then confirmed that, without normalization, “the deal is off.”The reversal was striking not simply because it resurrected a condition Washington had already concluded was ineffective, as Saudi Arabia…

The Pentagon’s counterdrone task force awarded Kaizen Laboratories $15 million to build a “two-way” marketplace designed, in part, to make selling tech to foreign militaries easier. The site was built from a “blank slate” and developed to facilitate the Pentagon’s Foreign Military Sale Fast Lane Initiative, Nikhil Reddy, Kaizen’s co-founder and CEO, told reporters ahead of the announcement. “We just launched it, and we’ll continue to bring on more partner nations, a ton more vendors to the system,” Reddy said. The AI-backed marketplace has been online for about two weeks, but details of the contract weren’t publicly released until late Monday. The Pentagon…

Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal has warned that Moscow is likely to expand attacks on the country’s civilian population and critical infrastructure in the coming months as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to finally break Ukraine’s resistance. “Russia’s goal now is to destroy our water supplies,” commented Shmyhal in an interview with Politico this week. “Last winter they targeted electricity and heating, but you could still survive if you had gas and water during electricity shutdowns. It is difficult to survive for more than three days without water.” This grim forecast highlights Ukraine’s predicament as the country prepares for a…

Feradach mac Tralin took interest in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in 2011, watching the combat portion of the community and felt that was what he needed in his life. He has yet to look back. Focusing on German longsword and Italian rapier, Tralin discusses how the SCA balances the historical and modern aspects of training, and where does a martial art begin and when sport begins. Martial Arts of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Thank you for joining us! Baron Feradach Mac Tralin: Thank you for having me. MAYTT: What first drew you into the Society for Creative Anachronism?…

Neither Darren Till nor Yoel Romero are prepared to give an inch.Next month, Till and Romero square off in a cruiserweight bout in the main event of BKFC 94. The fight is the sophomore outing for both men in BKFC, and is being promoted by the company as the biggest bout in BKFC history. On Tuesday, the fighters took part in the event’s opening press conference in Manchester, England, and while things got a little testy between the two, the tension really ratcheted up when they had their first faceoff.While neither Till nor Romero came close to starting anything during…

Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are investigating changes made to the Defense Department’s official casualty database, demanding records they say are needed to determine why four U.S. soldiers briefly disappeared from the Pentagon’s public Iran war casualty count before being reclassified under a newly created category.In a letter shared exclusively with Military Times, the oversight committee’s ranking member, Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., ranking member of the Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide a complete record of every change made to the Defense Casualty Analysis System,…

One of the more interesting elements of Silent Hill: Townfall is its departure from series convention. It’s the first full Silent Hill in first-person, yes, but it also takes place in Scotland, being the second game in the franchise to go beyond US shores after Silent Hill f. I played Silent Hill: Townfall for about three hours during a press event in LA this July, and even had some time to chat with Jon McKellan, lead writer and director of Townfall, and Motoi Okamoto, lead Silent Hill producer since 2019. Both of these men play critical roles in not just…

For years, experts have predicted that artificial intelligence would revolutionize world politics. History may record 2026 as the moment the revolution arrived. From the start of this year, continuous developments have underscored the possibilities and perils of the AI era, from the use of AI in U.S. military interventions to the emergence of AI cyberweapons that can significantly outperform human operators. “Loss of control” episodes—cases in which AI models escape human control and supervision—have become more common. U.S. officials, including President Donald Trump, tout the American lead at the frontier of AI development, even as they worry about what dangers…