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The signature of two contracts at SAHA Expo, two weeks ago, will see the Turkish Navy receiving a second batch of Zaha marine assault vehicles, and the Land Forces and Gendarmerie considerably increasing the number of their PARS 6×6 and 8×8 in different versions In an exercise which sees a beach assault starting at night and continuing the next morning FNSS Zaha marine assault vehicle is by definition one of the stars. The vehicles get to the beach and continue penetrating on land, carrying their 18 Marines plus the three crew members, their Çaka turrets armed with heavy machine guns…

Clash of Clans confirms Builder Base Bonanza and Mass Troops events were part of an A/B test.Supercell confirms that players who missed the events will receive them later in June 2026.Some players reportedly spent real money preparing for the event before being excluded. After days of frustration, complaints, memes, and even petitions from the community, Clash of Clans has finally addressed the chaos surrounding the Builder Base Bonanza and Mass Troops events. In an official statement, Supercell confirmed that the missing events were part of an A/B test, where one group of players received the events while another group did…

Bottom lines up front WASHINGTON—Yesterday, a Romanian F-16 deployed to NATO’s Baltic air policing mission shot down a drone over Estonia. Earlier today, Lithuanians in Vilnius rushed to take shelter after a drone incursion was detected. Since March, a series of drone overflights in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland has turned the Baltic region into a test case for how Russia seeks to exploit the secondary effects of Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign against its war economy.  Increasingly, the drones entering Baltic airspace appear to be Ukrainian drones redirected or disrupted by Russian electronic warfare as they fly toward targets inside…

Benson Henderson has recently pulled back the curtain on why he is returning to mixed martial arts after previously announcing he was bowing out from competing in the sport. The former WEC and UFC champion is headlining PFL Brussels, and Benson Henderson is taking on Patrick Habirora in the Smart Cage on May 23rd. While Henderson has been active in several martial arts competitions such as wrestling, jiu-jitsu, boxing, and Karate Combat, this marks a return to mixed martial arts for ‘Bendo’ after previously hanging up the four-ounce gloves. When it was referenced that there were some rumblings regarding how…

Bemowo Piskie, Poland — On May 7, 2026, at Bemowo Piskie Training Area in Poland, three Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2CR) tested a Group 3 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with a vendor during the Saber Strike combined arms live-fire exercise (CALFEX) to explore a potential partnership. A Group 3 UAS weighs greater than 55 pounds and can fly longer distances than smaller sized systems. “This Saber Strike CALFEX is showing that right now our platoons have a Group 3 asset, where they’re able to communicate with the intel cell and the fire cell,” said 1st Lt.…

The long peace of the past eight decades has rested on two revolutionary convictions: that wars of aggression are intolerable and that empires must end. The first principle emerged from the carnage of two world wars, which together killed a hundred million people. The second came from centuries of colonial subjugation and the fight across Asia, Africa, and Latin America for self-determination. The United Nations Charter, signed in San Francisco in June 1945, gave both convictions political form.Since then, the world has avoided a cataclysmic great-power war. Even more remarkably, global European empires were dismantled and replaced by a new…

Less than two months after U.S. forces rescued two crew members behind enemy lines after their aircraft was shot down over Iran, filmmaker Michael Bay has confirmed he will be helming a movie based on the mission.Backed by Universal Pictures, the “Transformers” director is slated to shepherd the speed-of-light-turnaround project based on the April 3 shoot down of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle and subsequent rescue of its crew during U.S.-led operations against the Islamic Republic, Deadline reported. The untitled movie is expected to be based on a book by author Mitchell Zuckoff, which will be released in…

An Army gynecologist in Texas accused of sexually abusing and secretly recording female patients is now facing mounting allegations involving nearly 100 victims, military prosecutors announced Wednesday.Blaine McGraw, 48, now faces eight charges and 273 specifications involving 96 victims, The service’s Office of Special Trial Counsel said in a statement, expanding an already sprawling case. The Army said the alleged misconduct occurred between 2019 and 2026, a span that dates back years further than previously announced. The office previously announced in April that McGraw, who is assigned to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, faced six…

US Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopter. Credit: viper-zero/Shutterstock.com. The US Department of State has authorised two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to the Republic of Korea, valued at a combined total of $4.2bn.   The first agreement involves the purchase of twenty-four MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters with support equipment for $3bn, while the second, valued at $1.2bn, concerns upgrades to the Republic of Korea’s AH-64E Apache helicopter fleet.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Under the potential procurement of MH-60R helicopters, the Republic of Korea has requested not only the aircraft but also a comprehensive package…

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