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Ben Askren and Jorge Masvidal will forever be connected by the flying knee heard around the world.In a bout at UFC 239 in July 2019 that had career-altering implications for both men, Masvidal connected with a flying knee that left Askren flat on the mat, out cold in just five seconds. The all-time great knockout propelled Masvidal to a new level of stardom and a pair of UFC title opportunities, while Askren fought once more before retiring from MMA.Askren was recently a guest on Masvidal’s Death Row MMA show, and the former rivals looked back on the epic finish, and…

Molson Coors named Matthew Hook as its next chief supply chain officer for the Americas, effective Oct. 12, the company confirmed in an email to Supply Chain Dive.  Hook most recently was VP of manufacturing operations for North America. Across 27 years with the company, he has cultivated experience in manufacturing, engineering, logistics, customer supply, procurement, import/export and demand planning, including serving as chief supply chain officer for Canada. He has deep roots with the beverage company, first joining in 1999 as a production management trainee at a Toronto brewery. In his most recent role, Hook helped modernize Molson Coors’…

The Trump administration’s attack on Canada and Mexico is cracking the foundation of the United States’ global power. Friendly relations with neighbors enhance security, promote mutual economic gain, and make it easier to handle transnational challenges. Weak neighbors export trouble. Today, Canadians perceive U.S. President Donald Trump’s high tariffs and belittling of their country as the “51st state” as assaults on Canada’s economy and independence. In Mexico, Trump’s economic coercion and threats of military intervention have revived deep historical anxieties about gringo hegemony.The North American partnership took generations to forge. During the nineteenth century, the United States’ foreign policy concentrated…

The Army is bringing futures back.The service announced the creation of Futures and Autonomous Systems Command on Friday, a day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new combatant command for autonomous warfare in a speech to troops.”Secretary Hegseth made it clear: We are done with the bureaucratic inertia holding back modernization,” acting Army Secretary Adam Telle said in a news release. So how do they cut through bureaucracy with a new bureaucratic organization? FASCOM will stand up in the wake of last year’s decision to consolidate Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command, part of a multi-year…

Herstal, Belgium – 09 October 2026: FN – the iconic brand of FN Browning Group’s Defence & Security division, which includes FN Herstal, FN UK and FN America – is proud to introduce the FN® M3M ENDURANCE, the latest in the international series of M3 .50 calibre machine guns. FN has taken the most powerful, combat-proven .50 calibre weapon system and increased its service life by 50% while also extending maintenance intervals by three times, all while retaining its worldwide-recognised high firing rate for maximized hit probability. Backed by over 135 years of empowering those who serve, defend and protect…

Trading protection for speed and agility, this is one of the lessons coming from the most recent battlefields, Ukraine and Gaza, and based on those indications Plasan developed a new COTS-based light vehicle, the Stormer, which is being unveiled at AUSA in Washington DC Lessons learned from Ukraine and Israel have shown that soldiers on the battlefield prefer speed and agility to armour when they become the prey of FOVs and attack drones. click on image to enlarge Plasan of Israel decided to take the challenge and develop a vehicle heavily based on the latest product developed by Jeep, the…

“The Thrill is Gone,” sang the late blues legend B.B. King, and two-time UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland can relate. Strickland recently stated he’s considering relinquishing his 185-pound world title, fighting out his UFC contract and leaving the organization for boxing. His biggest complaint centers around fighter pay but in an Instagram story, “Tarzan” said he’s “over MMA.” “I crashed out a little. Let me explain my frustration,” Strickland wrote on Instagram. “I think I’m just over MMA. My body is wrecked from 21 years of training … Boxing is just easier and way more fun. “I’ve always been a…

A day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a speech from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, congratulating the crew on proving doubters wrong, the Navy’s No. 2 officer sounded a warning note, saying the full readiness impact of a deployment double extension and other combat commitments had yet to be felt.Speaking at a hearing before the congressionally created National Commission on the Future of the Navy on Thursday, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby said the Navy faced difficulties that weren’t all immediately visible when it came to sustaining and resetting after such combat…

The Sukhoi Su-57 looks like a stealth fighter, but that description misses the most interesting part.Russia did not build the Sukhoi Su-57 Felon around stealth alone. Its designers wanted an aircraft that could hide from radar, turn hard at high angles of attack, carry long-range weapons, and attack targets far beyond visual range. Those goals pull in different directions. The Su-57 is the result of trying to make them coexist in one airframe.That makes the aircraft unusual.Take its shape. The Sukhoi Su-57 uses internal weapon bays, carefully aligned edges, radar-absorbing materials, and other measures to reduce its radar signature.Yet its…

When it comes to Iran, the Trump administration has a decidedly dismal record. It failed to wear down the Islamic Republic with months of intense bombings. It could not bend Iran’s will at the negotiating table. Yet despite seven months of setbacks, U.S. officials believe that they have turned the page. They have implemented fresh sanctions while maintaining the existing American blockade of the country’s southern coast, throttling its access to outside commerce. As a result, they have concluded that the Islamic Republic will soon either concede or be downed. “We are going to economically asphyxiate this regime,” Treasury Secretary…