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Building a bigger chest is not simply about pressing the heaviest weight possible. Exercise selection matters because the pectoralis major is a broad, fan shaped muscle with fibers that run in different directions. Changing the angle of the bench changes the line of resistance, the muscles that contribute most strongly, and the part of the chest that receives the greatest emphasis. The incline bench press and decline bench press are both useful chest builders, but they are not interchangeable. Incline pressing is generally the better choice for lifters who want to emphasize the upper chest and create a more complete,…

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Every day across New York City, drivers in Amazon-branded vehicles deliver packages sorted and fulfilled by the e-commerce giant to consumers. However, these drivers aren’t employed by Amazon, despite the prevalence of the company’s logo on the vehicles they drive and attire they wear. Instead, they work for businesses called “Delivery Service Partners,” which operate under contract to make deliveries for Amazon. Amazon isn’t alone in contracting out the final mile of delivery — FedEx leverages contracted service providers for ground-based deliveries.…

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 soldier wakes at 6 a.m. after getting only three or four hours of sleep.He showers, shaves and puts on his uniform by 7 a.m., even as his head pounds from a traumatic brain injury. Sometimes, while walking to a mandatory daily roll call, the piece of shrapnel still lodged in his back catches on his shirt.He’s not in the barracks. He is recovering at the Soldier Recovery Unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.“It’s…

SPX Communication Technologies has taken part in NATO’s Baltic TRUST 26 (BATT26) exercise in Riga, Latvia, where its BlackTalon Ecosystem counter-uncrewed systems capability was one of four selected for an operational role and used by Allied military operators during a training exercise.BATT26 is part of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Layered Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Initiative (LCI-X) programme of operational experimentation, bringing together Allied operators with industry.For NATO ACT’s LCI-X Crucible Series, the value of BATT26 is in moving beyond whether systems can connect technically to whether they can deliver battlefield effects. Working with industry throughout the Crucible Series in…

“Unthreatening and respectful.” That is how the president of the United States described North Korea on Aug. 16, 2026, in his social media post ordering his secretary of defense to scale back joint exercises with South Korea. Two years earlier in Seoul, the U.S.-South Korean alliance agreed that South Korea’s role in an American nuclear operation would involve exercises and training, formalizing those guidelines at a Nuclear Consultative Group meeting co-chaired by Vipin Narang, then-acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy.Three weeks before the president’s post, on July 24, Narang spoke at the second Deterrence Symposium hosted by South…

The U.S. military purchased satellite images that identified Chinese aircraft carrier positions and Ecuadorian airstrips allegedly used for drug trafficking, a new report from the Government Accountability Office revealed. But despite those and other examples of prior use, the Space Force still hasn’t fully embraced commercial intelligence, the watchdog said.“Some Space Force officials told GAO about challenges they have faced related to purchasing and using commercial space data such as licensing costs, perceived use restrictions, and concerns over long-term access to the data,” the report said. “These challenges led to hesitation to purchase and use commercial data among these potential…

ESTFIELD, Massachusetts – August 26, 2026 – Savage Arms®, an iconic firearm manufacturer, is proud to announce its revamped Ultralite series. The four new models, 110 Ultralite Elite V2, 110 Ultralite Pro, 110 Ultralite Predator and Impulse Ultralite Pro, are engineered to provide hunters and shooters a lineup of lightweight, high-performance rifles tailored for various applications. “Our goal with the new Ultralite lineup was to push lightweight rifle performance even further while giving hunters more ways to tailor their rifle to their specific pursuit,” said RJ Contorno, Senior Product Manager at Savage Arms. “By combining carbon fiber barrel technology, the new AccuFit V2 system, modular grip options and modern mounting…

Cyber security remains a persistent concern for public and private sector organizations alike. Given the potential impact of cyber threats from criminal groups, adversarial states, and extremists, the topic draws substantial attention. Yet, in a field that evolves so quickly, some risks slip through the cracks. We asked four experts to identify and assess a key cyber security threat to U.S. national security that analysts and policymakers often overlook.Read more below. Emily HardingDirector of the Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program and Vice President of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Determining the state…

Destinus and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence sign a Concept Development & Evaluatio contract to integrate the Hornet B2 kinetic counter-UAS interceptor onto Royal Netherlands Navy warships by Q2 2027. Destinus press release A new Concept Development & Evaluation program will integrate Hornet B2 with Royal Netherlands Navy warships and develop the system towards a possible initial operating capability. ‍Naval air defence faces an increasingly difficult economics problem. Low-cost aerial threats can arrive in volume, and meeting each one with a premium interceptor is an equation no navy can sustain. High-end naval air-defence missiles remain essential, but fleets also need…

Residents and airmen in the Washington, D.C., area will soon miss the familiar “whomp whomp” sound of UH-1N “Hueys” flying overhead as the aging aircraft depart Joint Base Andrews in the coming years.The U.S. Air Force recently selected Andrews to receive 26 HH-60W Jolly Green IIs, an advanced combat search and rescue helicopter, to replace the base’s 26 aging medium utility Hueys. The new aircraft are expected to reach initial operational capability by 2029, with full operational capability by 2030. In the meantime, the base will prepare for the additional aircraft through standing up the 5th Helicopter Squadron on Thursday…