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Key PointsJapan’s Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets on August 12, 2026, after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft flew through the East China Sea.The aircraft flew south of Nagasaki Prefecture’s Danjo Islands and northwest of Okinawa’s main island before returning toward mainland China.Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets Wednesday after a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft flew through the East China Sea near southern Japanese territory, the Ministry of Defense said. The Joint Staff Office said the Y-9 intelligence-gathering aircraft flew from mainland China on the afternoon of August 12, crossing the East China Sea south of the Danjo Islands…

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Thursday announced its latest efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. Called Task Force Falcon Strike, the unit will reportedly employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea and operated by U.S. military support staff and regional partners. The timing of the launch comes nine months after CENTCOM established Task Force Scorpion Strike, the U.S. military’s first dedicated one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East. “Task Force Falcon Strike will expand on Scorpion Strike’s success given the tremendous innovation happening among our regional…

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 A new report on modernizing Air Force training and education suggests borrowing a method from the civilian technology industry to help Airmen and Guardians build skills in key new areas like artificial intelligence: stackable certificates. Also called stackable certifications, this approach breaks up long-duration coursework into smaller, bite-sized options that build skills upon each other to reach a higher level of technical expertise, with certifications along the way. The idea is for training…

Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. has placed orders with a total gross value of more than EUR 150 million for the delivery of several hundred chassis manufactured by CSG Group companies. Under the licensing rights granted, HSW will use them to produce complete Waran 4×4 and Heron 6×6 multipurpose tactical vehicles ordered by Poland’s Armament Agency under contracts financed through the EU’s SAFE programme. CSG has received three orders from HSW S.A. Two of them concern deliveries of 4×4 chassis to Huta Stalowa Wola. The chassis covered by the agreements are manufactured by CSG Group companies. The deliveries will enable HSW…

Cam Nelson is one of the most promising, surging prospects on the Canadian MMA scene, and he now prepares to showcase his skills on a global level. The 28-year-old has been mapping out making history in the UFC for years now, and Nelson gets a chance at doing just that at UFC Shanghai against Ding Meng on August 29th. During an interview with me prior to this UFC bout agreement being publicly confirmed, when Cam Nelson was just on the heels of winning his first professional MMA title under the Fight League Atlantic banner. When discussing the broader goals that…

How might artificial intelligence (AI) change the way militaries plan and fight campaigns? RAND researchers developed Camp(ai)gn, an unclassified operational-level wargame, to explore that question. In this paper, the authors offer initial takeaways from ten iterations of Camp(ai)gn featuring a hypothetical 2035 U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan and played by more than 20 RAND researchers and affiliates. From these games, the authors developed six observations about how AI-enabled autonomous systems could affect campaign planning and execution. First, autonomous systems could enable new forms of limited conflict—graduated, low-intensity operations fought primarily with robotic systems. Second, these limited conflicts could produce distinctive escalation…

Private cyber firms will be allowed to take action against foreign threats under a new White House policy, another step into a future where tech developers are ever more closely entwined with military operations, which now evolve faster than governments can keep up.Under the policy, announced Wednesday, the U.S. government will pay private cybersecurity companies to “manipulate,” “degrade,” “disrupt,” and “destroy” foreign adversary computer networks. The U.S. government historically reserves the right to take those sorts of actions, although they increasingly do so with help from front-line private workers. The companies will undergo vetting, be supervised by the departments of Justice…

Rheinmetall has successfully launched its FV-014 loitering munition system from the Containerized Missile Launcher, a modular multi launcher for guided missiles and loitering munitions. Both the Containerized Missile Launcher and the FV-014 loitering munition system are in-house developments. The product demonstration took place in July 2026 at the National Test Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems at the German Aerospace Centre in Cochstedt, Saxony-Anhalt. As part of a customer demonstration, the  FV-014 was launched from a Rheinmetall HX truck, both from a stationary position and whilst moving. During the demonstration, the system carried out various simulated operational profiles and attack flights.…

In recent months, Russia has dramatically expanded the bombardment of Ukraine, leading to a surge in civilian casualties. According to the latest United Nations data, at least 437 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in July 2026, representing a 70 percent increase compared to the same period one year earlier. Moscow has sought to frame this bombing campaign as “retaliation” for Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. Alarmingly, the Kremlin’s terminology has begun to creep into some international coverage of the war, with multiple prominent media outlets echoing the idea that Russia is “retaliating” rather than waging the largest European invasion…

Trending:Alex Pereira won’t wait on Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane before his next fight: “I want to fight for the belt”ONE ChampionshipA challenger who believes she has already proven her case is done waiting for the judges to agree. Natalia Diachkova gets a second crack at Stella Hemetsberger‘s ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Title in the main event of ONE Fight Night 46. The event broadcasts live in US primetime this Friday, August 14, from Bangkok’s Lumpinee Stadium. The Russian’s four consecutive wins to open her ONE Championship run earned a six-figure main roster contract. She’s had two more…