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As the war in Ukraine progressed, Russian strikes increasingly degraded Ukraine’s terrestrial communications infrastructure, steadily deepening Kyiv’s dependence on SpaceX’s Starlink. The satellite constellation became indispensable for crucial military functions, including command and control, drone operations, and artillery fire coordination, with no readily available European alternative should access be withdrawn.This reality exemplifies the idea that today, governments rely on critical infrastructure that is privately owned and globally embedded. But these interdependencies can be weaponized, and state-firm relations can become misaligned. Recent controversies over the ability of American and Chinese technology companies to restrict access to critical AI models, alongside NVIDIA’s…

Once Nurmagomedov hit the canvas, his brother and cornerman, Usman Nurmagomedov, stormed the cage and nearly clocked a sprinting Yadong with a flying elbow. It was a chaotic, heat-of-the-moment encounter that did not lead to any post-fight drama, but Usman failed to escape the social media lynch mob.“He did not elbow him, let’s stop making conspiracy theories out there,” former UFC champion and current color commentator, Daniel Cormier, said on his YouTube channel. “He did not elbow him, and he did not attack Song Yadong. What he did was try to get to his brother. Now, that in itself is…

The tenth anniversary of the K-1 World Grand Prix took place in 2002. Eight of the finest kickboxers from all over the world are gathered together under one ceiling in Tokyo, Japan, to produce the new Grand Prix champion. Mark Hunt, Jerome Le Banner, Ray Sefo, Peter Aerts, Bob Sapp, Ernesto Hoost, Stefan Leko, and the home crowd favorite Musashi are the ones who made it to the quarterfinals. Netherland’s Ernesto Hoost and France’s Jerome Le Banner are the two fighters that made it to the final. “Mr. Perfect” makes it to the final round, even though he loses two…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.The four Filipino archaeologists knelt shoulder to shoulder in a trench only slightly larger than a toddler’s sandbox, shaving away paper-thin layers of earth and filling buckets with soil beneath a blazing early afternoon sun on the Philippine island of Mindanao.A few feet away, Mike Henshaw, who spent much of his 25-year U.S. Army career recovering the remains of fallen service members, was creating a grid by stretching string between wooden stakes. He then activated a…

It may be a bit hard to believe that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been out for close to a month already, but we’ve seen the game develop quite a bit over the past weeks. Veteran competitor and lab monster Diaphone recently crafted a Marvel Tokon tier list of his own, though, he went about doing so in a bit of a different way. Instead of just diving straight in…

The House approved a continuing resolution on Tuesday that funds federal agencies through Dec. 11 and extends key federal cybersecurity authorities and tech programs past their Sept. 30 expiration date, including the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.The legislation, part of a broader package that President Donald Trump is expected to soon sign to avert a fiscal year 2027 government shutdown before the midterm elections, temporarily prevents the cyber information-sharing law from sunsetting at the end of the month when the federal budget resets.That law provides liability protections to private sector companies that voluntarily share cyber threat intelligence with agencies…

The Indian Navy took possession of INS Samarthak, a multipurpose naval vessel, on 27 August 2026. (Indian MoD)The Indian Navy has taken delivery of INS Samarthak (pennant number ‘A10’), the first of two multipurpose vessels designed to support indigenous naval weapons development and a range of operations other than war.The INR8.87 billion ($93.2 million) programme was awarded to Larsen & Toubro in March 2022. However, Samarthak was handed over on 27 August 2026, around a year later than originally planned.Displacing 3,750 tonnes and measuring 107m in length and with an 18.6m beam, the vessel is designed to support the test…

NEW YORK (AP) — The realization brought Qwynn Galloway-Salazar to tears. She was looking for civilian work two decades ago after leaving the Army Reserves, but what she saw was the disconnect between her and the panel of interviewers. As a Black woman, she didn’t fit the stereotypes of who veterans were or what military service looked like. “They thought of a veteran to be a white male who served in Vietnam,” said Galloway-Salazar, who has built her professional life since then around veteran issues and working to increase the public’s awareness. “I realized the minute I sat in that…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Air Force’s new nuclear security helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, achieved initial operational capability in August—a significant milestone in the service’s effort to replace its Vietnam War-era UH-1N Hueys but years later than originally planned. In an Aug. 31 release, Air Force Global Strike Command said it declared IOC for the Grey Wolf on Aug. 10. IOC occurs when a system can be fielded and maintained by some of its…

VIENNA — Russia was behind the failed explosive drone attack on Germany’s key Leipzig/Halle Airport last month, the authorities in Berlin announced on Tuesday, alongside measures designed to punish Moscow for its actions. A nearly monthlong investigation identified telltale signs of a Russian hybrid warfare action, German investigators had found. An explosive-laden drone fell near a Ukrainian cargo airplane used to shuttle munitions to the country at war in early August. It failed to detonate and was instead defused by a police bomb squad. German media later reported that two similar drones were found at or near the airport in…