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Every player has their favorite genre, or genres of games. Some cannot get enough of RPGs, others only play online competitive FPS, and the Souls-like community is filled to the brim with people who adore those kinds of games. My favorite genre is, unsurprisingly, strategy. Strategy in all its aspects: turn-based strategy, real-time, city-builders, traditional wargames, less traditional wargames, stealth-tactics—you name it, and chances are I’m a fan. No, I won’t try to discuss here what makes each sub-genre its very own sub-genre. We have had that conversation before about wargames, and that turned out to be fun. Of course,…

The Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMoD) is helping Israeli defence companies to enhance their cooperation with German defence companies. According to Israeli sources, the existing cooperation will expand to new fields like space. The structural drivers, such as German rearmament funds, Israeli combat-proven equipment, and the JV-with-local-production model that meets European sovereignty requirements, demonstrate deepening cooperation. Currently, all of the major Israeli prime companies (IAI, Elbit, Rafael) and German prime companies (Diehl, TKMS, Rheinmetall, KNDS, MBDA Deutschland, Reflex) have formal industrial collaborations. The Arrow 3 programme alone is worth around US$6.5 billion and is still expanding. One of the strongest…

In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of Taipei. Distributed in restricted military channels, this approach argues Beijing can achieve victory “by blocking the city’s ability to receive external assistance, restricting its ability to enable operations, breaking its operational system, collapsing cognitive cohesion, and eliminating its ability to recover.” Its objective is to break the Taiwan people’s will to fight.While this concept is not yet doctrine, it is an important and rarely seen example of how China’s military strategy and research inform the way it plans to fight a…

How do you protect an unbeaten record when your opponent refuses to lose either half of the fight? Very carefully, and not without a scare. Anastasia Nikolakakos improved to 7-0 with a split-decision win over Jihin Radzuan in a high-stakes atomweight MMA showdown at ONE Fight Night 45 on Friday, July 17, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The Gracie Humaita Bolton representative arrived off a blistering first-round knockout of Victoria Souza this past March, announcing herself to the global fanbase in emphatic fashion. Friday’s sophomore outing under the bright lights demanded considerably more from her. “We were prepared everywhere.…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that lettuce from a key supplier linked to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak has not tested positive for the parasite, reversing an earlier finding by the agency.  The FDA previously identified contamination in a sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico, but after retesting, said the finding was inaccurate.  “Due to the complexity in detection of Cyclospora, FDA laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample results and have concluded that the finding does not represent true…

Credit: China MoDDefense Feeds, Beijing – China showcases PHL-191 MLRS airburst munitions capability, drawing attention to the evolving role of precision rocket artillery in modern land warfare. The demonstration highlights how programmable airburst ammunition can expand the effectiveness of long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) against dispersed targets while increasing operational flexibility for artillery units.The development reflects a broader trend among major military powers to combine extended-range rocket systems with increasingly sophisticated munition technologies capable of addressing a wider range of battlefield scenarios. China Showcases PHL-191 MLRS Airburst Munitions CapabilityThe latest demonstration as China showcases PHL-191 MLRS airburst munitions capability…

Initial Order Enhances LRR and Advances Army Drone Dominance Initiative with AV’s Autonomous Group 2 eVTOL UAS ARLINGTON, Va., — July 20, 2026 — AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in intelligent, multi-domain autonomous systems, today announced it has been awarded a $117.3 million contract by the U.S. Army for its P550™ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial system in support of the Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance program, advancing the Army’s push to field scalable, adaptable capabilities for modern warfare. The award was issued under a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) through a competitive Call for Solutions (C4S) under the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Marketplace initiative, a centralized digital…

As the fifth anniversary of the U.S. military’s chaotic departure from Afghanistan approaches, tens of thousands of the Afghan allies America promised to protect remain at risk — either still under threat in their home country or facing instability and limbo abroad. The veteran-led organization AfghanEvac hopes a new AI-powered tool will benefit from the extensive data it’s gathered about the tortuous visa and asylum application process to help new applicants find the most promising pathways to help. The Visa Pathways and Relocation Information Center, or V-PRIC, launched earlier this month and has seen more than 30,000 visits in its…

Ahead of national ‘Hire A Veteran Day’ on July 25, former U.S. Navy officer Dietrich Kuhlmann, who is now president and CEO of Navy Federal Credit Union, tells Military.com there’s a talent gap between corporate hiring practices that use artificial intelligence to pre-screen candidates and veterans looking for work. “Technology is only as effective as the information it is built to recognize,” Kuhlmann said. “Military experience can be misread or undervalued, especially when a candidate’s accomplishments are described through rank, command structure or military occupational terminology that does not always fit neatly into civilian job titles or screening tools.” President…

Somewhere in a Chinese factory right now, a machine is stamping out a rare earth magnet that could end up inside a U.S. missile, and until this week, the Pentagon had no reliable way to force American weapons makers to stop that from happening. President Trump signed an executive order on July 20, 2026 aimed […]