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Credit: Wikimedia CommonsDefense Feeds, Tallinn – Estonia Receives IRIS-T SLM Air Defense System. After Ukraine’s success, the milestone marks a major enhancement of the country’s air defense capabilities as NATO members continue strengthening protection against evolving aerial threats across Europe.Estonia has officially received its first IRIS-T SLM air defense system, a platform that gained international recognition through its performance in Ukraine against missile and drone attacks. The delivery represents a significant step in Tallinn’s broader military modernization effort and reflects growing concerns about regional security along NATO’s eastern flank.The acquisition comes as European nations accelerate investments in air and missile…

Lockheed Martin won an over $35 billion contract to boost the production of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptors.The seven-year contract, awarded by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, will quadruple the interceptors’ production, according to a Wednesday Lockheed release, in a time when U.S. lawmakers are pushing for an increase in munitions procurement.After the war in Iran and other conflicts, the U.S. munitions stockpile has dwindled, leaving the country to place pressure on defense contractors to deliver more weapons as policymakers worry over the amount of key air-defense and precision-guided weapons available.Even though the U.S. had enough for…

UFC star Paddy Pimblett has given his thoughts on Arman Tsarukyan’s hopes of getting a long-awaited UFC lightweight title shot. Arman Tsarukyan has been waiting for a crack at the belt for a long time now, and one of the only real hurdles has been his relationship with the UFC. Arman has been involved in several incidents away from his fighting career that have caused controversy, with Dana White not being overly pleased with some of his antics. RELATED: Arman Tsarukyan explodes at Justin Gaethje over declining post-UFC White House gift: ‘B——- guy!’ Alas, there’s no denying that Tsarukyan is…

SUMTER, S.C. –- The 20th Civil Engineer Squadron, in partnership with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), hosted its 2026 Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting at Cherryvale Elementary, June 17, 2026. The yearly meeting provided community members with an opportunity to learn about ongoing environmental restoration efforts and discuss cleanup initiatives affecting Shaw Air Force Base and the surrounding community. The meeting serves as a forum for communication between Air Force environmental professionals, regulatory agencies and local residents regarding environmental restoration activities on and around the installation. Community members were encouraged to ask questions, provide feedback and engage directly…

“Day by day, he already looks like an entirely different person,” trainer Jesus Gallo told SerEbro EnlosDeportes (transcribed by Bloody Elbow). “Obviously, he still feels discomfort, but it doesn’t seem like he’s had any fights really. All the swelling in his face has gone down. All the bruising he had has gone down. To the naked eye, you can see a person who has already recovered a lot, and it has been a week and two days.”“What the doctor told us was that within six to eight weeks, it should heal properly, especially because there was no orbital bone displacement,…

The domestically constructed destroyer Choe Hyon was commissioned into the Korean People’s Navy at Nampo Port on 23 June. (KCNA)North Korean paramount leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled plans to build at least two major warships annually over the next five years. This includes a new class of 10,000-tonne cruiser, as Pyongyang seeks to rapidly modernise what Kim describes as a long-neglected navy.His vision was outlined during the commissioning ceremony of the lead ship of the Choe Hyon-class destroyer at Nampo Port on 23 June.“In the new five-year-plan period, we should correctly implement all the plans for building up our naval…

The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is the next generation of American nuclear deterrence. Twelve of these boats will replace the aging Ohio-class fleet, entering service over the 2030s and 2040s, each carrying 16 Trident IIs and driven by a ghost-quiet electric motor that renders them acoustically invisible to any adversary. What makes all of that possible — the propulsion, the stealth, the strike precision — depends almost entirely on rare earths refined in China. This is perhaps the Navy’s most consequential and least discussed vulnerability.The dependency runs through every layer of the capability stack. The sub’s permanent magnet motor requires…

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy is set to deploy four Triton autonomous underwater and surface drones as part of ongoing efforts to protect subsea cables and monitor incursions by Chinese vessels and maritime militia in disputed features within the West Philippine Sea.The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines announced this week the transfer of the AUSVs worth 754 million pesos ($13 million) and produced by American firm Ocean Aero to the sea forces to enhance capabilities “to detect and respond to maritime challenges and illegal maritime activities.”The transfer comes after the Armed Forces of the Philippines revealed that China discreetly…

Sneak Peek – Polartec Powergrid Hoodie from Hill People Gear Coming soon from our friends at Hill People Gear is the Polartec Powergrid Hoodie. They’ve been mulling insulation over for quite awhile so we’re looking forward to this piece. Here are the features of our pullover hoodie: contoured hood that will go under a helmet or cowboy hat drawstring around face no pockets to maximize breathability under exertion doubled cuff with thumb loops to prevent drafts and make it easy to put a jacket over the top length is 2″ shorter than a Windcheater to keep the weather off of…

Bottom lines up front On April 17, two radiological incidents unfolded within hours of each other at opposite ends of the European continent. At the Medyka border crossing in southeastern Poland, border guard officers stopped a Ukrainian woman during a routine screening. One of the hundred-dollar banknotes she was carrying registered radiation levels 1,905 times higher than the permissible threshold. It was the second such case in five months. The same afternoon in London, the Metropolitan Police sealed off Kensington Gardens after a pro-Iranian Islamist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, posted a video showing two men in hazmat suits launching…