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With four Gladius reconnaissance-strike battery fire modules already delivered, the Polish WB Group unveiled at MSPO a series of new effectors, among which the Warmate 30, which in Polish service will be named Gladius 2, a loitering munition system designed to detect and engage high-value targets click on image to enlarge In 2022 Poland ordered four Gladius reconnaissance-strike systems which are now fully operational. These were mostly based on the FT-5 ISR UAV and on the BSP-U U(Bezzałogowe Statki Powietrzne-Uderzeniowe, for strike UAV) Gladius 1/Warmate 5 effector. EDR On-Line understood that in fact the Gladius 1 attack effector is something…

Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin’s secretive research arm, plans to build four more of its experimental, multipurpose drones as the firm attempts to sell its futuristic platform to the U.S. military.Last year, Skunk Works unveiled Vectis—a concept for a group 5 drone that’s capable of a wide range of missions. Now, on the first day of the Air & Space Force Association’s defense conference near Washington, D.C., company officials announced they’re making significant progress on the prototype and are already planning to expand the fleet for more tests.“We are moving forward with a plan to build an additional four vehicles, bringing…

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Whether it’s fitness, health, finance, or sport, setting, and achieving goals is vital to progress in any arena. For those who are hoping to advance in their specific martial art, your goals can be set based on class attendance, skill learning, or competitions. No matter what you’re setting goals for, there are some basic ways to create goals that help make them achievable and realistic: Make them measurable. Often, we set goals that don’t have a measurable quality and therefore can’t actually be held to any sort of standard. Goals like “lose weight” or “learn a language” are too broad…

Unexpected’s tactical roguelite is built around relic synergies, slot management, and battles without mana or action points. Deified is getting ready for its full release. French studio Unexpected and publisher Goblinz Publishing have confirmed that the tactical roguelite will leave Early Access on September 21, 2026, on PC via Steam. The game has been available in Early Access since April, but the upcoming 1.0 release marks the completion of its development phase. At the heart of Deified is a turn-based combat system built almost entirely around relics. There is no mana, no action point system, and no traditional cooldown management.…

With lingering questions regarding the depleted U.S. stockpiles due to the war with Iran, the Air Force is looking to build the “right mix” of weapons, not just “replenishing what has been expended,” Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons III said. During the panel, “Rethinking the Stockpile: Building the Right Mix for Future Conflict” at the Air and Space Cyber Conference on Monday, Lyons noted that the service is working to balance “capability, capacity cost and the adaptability to produce at the speed and scale for future conflicts.”Citing the conflict in Ukraine, where battlefield adaptations can come within hours and minutes, not…

Objectives This study aimed to examine associations of contraceptive knowledge among U.S. veterans of reproductive age, focusing on differences by sex, education, healthcare use, and primary source of contraceptive information. This study extends prior research by identifying factors associated with contraceptive knowledge in both males and female veterans. Study Design We analyzed data from a nationally representative 2025 survey of U.S. veterans aged 18–49 (n = 542). The survey included validated measures of contraceptive knowledge, healthcare use, and information sources. Survey-weighted linear regression models assessed associations between demographic factors, healthcare engagement, and knowledge scores, estimated overall and stratified by sex, adjusting for…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Air Force Secretary Troy Meink acknowledged that the U.S. has space weapons, a public revelation that some experts said could accelerate an arms race in orbit.“Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist,” Mink said during his Monday morning speech at the Air, Space, Cyber conference here. “This is why the United States now has, on orbit, space-control weapons, capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversaries.”Top service officials have typically been cagey when asked about U.S. space weapons, often citing national-security concerns. It also marks a…

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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum, only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and StrategyФокус…