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Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – London. The UK Army Eyes Rheinmetall Shadow Wolf Tactical Vehicle program reflects Britain’s growing focus on battlefield mobility and rapid-response operations as NATO militaries continue adapting to the realities of modern warfare shaped by the conflict in Ukraine and rising tensions with Russia.German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall recently introduced its new Shadow Wolf tactical platform, a vehicle designed to support military operations across demanding battlefield conditions where speed, flexibility and survivability are becoming increasingly important.The unveiling has attracted attention as European armed forces accelerate procurement efforts aimed at improving combat readiness and operational mobility. The Shadow…

LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 18: Actors Keegan-Michael Key (L) and Jordan Peele, winners of Best Variety Sketch Series for ‘Key & Peele’, pose in the press room at the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/WireImage)

Among some nuclear strategists, military officers, and lawmakers, a belief bordering on the canonical has taken root that the United States is on the short end of a “deterrence gap” with Russia and China. Both countries, and especially Russia, possess theater-range nuclear weapons, whose comparatively small yield is thought to lower the threshold for their use. The relative dearth of these capabilities on the American side, so the thinking goes, denies Washington the ability to answer a limited regional nuclear strike with a comparable response and thus deter such an attack in the first place. Adversaries may therefore see an…

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent move to delay a massive weapons sale to Taiwan after a summit with his Chinese counterpart will drive the island’s military further toward self-sufficiency, with sights on asymmetric warfare rather than technological might if ever in a war with China, analysts say.Days after Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the U.S. acting Navy secretary said a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan had been delayed. The president is due to announce an update the package’s status, Taipei-based Central News Agency reported on May 23.Although it’s unclear whether Trump…

Credit: Staff Sgt. Jessica Smith/U.S. Marine CorpsDefense Feeds – Washington. The U.S. Army Fields Upgraded Javelin Launcher With Extended Range initiative marks a major enhancement to one of the military’s most widely used anti-tank weapon systems as American forces continue modernizing capabilities for future high-intensity conflicts.The U.S. Army has begun receiving the latest generation of Javelin Command Launch Units (CLUs), bringing substantial improvements in target detection, identification and engagement capabilities. According to program details, the upgraded system provides approximately twice the detection range of earlier launch units, giving troops a greater ability to identify threats at extended distances before entering…

Click here to watch the full discussion. This June will be seven years since the Office of Management and Budget issued the first federal data strategy. Just last March, it was the two-year anniversary of the first governmentwide policy around artificial intelligence. Both of these firsts marked a shift in how agencies were to use data to improve mission outcomes. By having a modern data strategy, agencies were taking a key first step to prepare for applying AI tools and capabilities. Agencies had to get their arms around things like data governance and data management before even testing the AI…

The first edition of the Enhanced Games arrived with exactly the kind of controversy the organization expected. Critics questioned the ethics. Olympic traditionalists pushed back publicly. Social media erupted over world records, performance-enhancing protocols, and the future of elite sports. But inside the organization’s media sessions and athlete discussions, one message was repeated over and over again: This was not meant to encourage reckless drug use—especially among children. Executives, physicians, and participating athletes consistently framed the Enhanced Games as a medically supervised performance and longevity initiative centered on recovery, health monitoring, and extending athletic careers rather than glorifying underground enhancement…

UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria believes he would embarrass Arman Tsarukyan if the two ever fought one another. Ilia Topuria has his sights set on greatness in the world of mixed martial arts and in his next outing, he will attempt to successfully defend his UFC lightweight championship when he puts it on the line against veteran Justin Gaethje. RELATED: Islam Makhachev admits Justin Gaethje has a real chance to beat Ilia Topuria at UFC White House The two will battle it out in the main event of the UFC Freedom 250 card, which will take place at the White…

Ghost Robotics Exhibits Production Manipulator Arm for Vision 60 QUGV Just a year ago I showed you the new Manipulator Arm accessory for the Vision 60 Quadraped Unmanned Ground Vehicle which is often referred to as a “Robotic Dog.” During this week’s visit to Canada I ran across an updated version. The version I originally showed you was a production prototype and in the ensuing year Ghost Robotics has made a couple of small improvements and transitioned into serial production. According to company representatives, most of what is happening now are software improvements. As before, the Arm offers seamless integration…

Modern democratic systems were designed around specific imaginaries of the political world: individuals represented as citizens, interests aggregated through elections and deliberation, and governance embedded within economic systems organised around industrial growth. These frameworks helped expand participation and rights over time, while gradually recognising broader obligations, protections, and relationships that extend beyond immediate electoral interests. Yet the underlying structures of democratic governance remained largely organised around human-centred, territorially bounded, and growth-oriented assumptions, rather than the deeply interconnected social, cultural, and ecological systems that shape life on Earth.Today, democratic systems face growing pressures that reveal the limits of these inherited frameworks.…