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Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 days ago

Ukrainian troops showed 'greater tactical imagination' than Western trainers, British officer says, pointing to their ambush tactics

Ukrainian soldiers demonstrate greater tactical creativity and flexibility compared to their Western trainers, particularly in ambush tactics.
#military-deployment
World news
fromCalifornia Post
5 days ago

Little-known Marine battle group deployed from California to Middle East - here's what they'll do

Three warships and over 2,000 Marines from San Diego are deployed to the Middle East to support U.S. efforts against Iran.
Washington DC
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

How Army paratroopers heading to Iran are trained to jump from airplanes

The Pentagon is deploying 2,000 Army paratroopers to the Middle East amid diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran.
World news
fromCalifornia Post
5 days ago

Little-known Marine battle group deployed from California to Middle East - here's what they'll do

Three warships and over 2,000 Marines from San Diego are deployed to the Middle East to support U.S. efforts against Iran.
Washington DC
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

How Army paratroopers heading to Iran are trained to jump from airplanes

The Pentagon is deploying 2,000 Army paratroopers to the Middle East amid diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran.
#drone-warfare
Germany news
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Who Needs Tanks In the Age of Drones?

Rheinmetall's CEO dismisses Ukraine's drone innovations, viewing them as simplistic compared to traditional military technology.
#drones
fromFortune
1 week ago
European startups

The Army and Amazon are creating an online storefront to buy drones as the technology transforms the battlefield | Fortune

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Russo-Ukrainian War

Working with Ukrainian troops convinced this elite British Army infantry battalion to go all in on drones

An elite Irish Guards battalion is prioritizing drone training, qualifying many operators and building dedicated facilities after learning drone tactics from Ukrainian troops.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

Ukraine's top general says that drones are now taking out Russia's soldiers as fast as it gets new ones into battle

Ukrainian drones neutralized roughly as many Russian soldiers in December as Russia mobilized, reflecting a significant rise in drone-caused casualties.
European startups
fromFortune
1 week ago

The Army and Amazon are creating an online storefront to buy drones as the technology transforms the battlefield | Fortune

Drones are revolutionizing warfare, prompting the Army to create an online marketplace for rapid procurement of unmanned aircraft systems.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromFlowingData
1 week ago

Cheap drones allowing war with volume

Drones have transformed warfare, allowing less equipped nations to effectively combat larger forces through high-volume, low-cost technology.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Russo-Ukrainian War

Working with Ukrainian troops convinced this elite British Army infantry battalion to go all in on drones

fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

Ukraine's top general says that drones are now taking out Russia's soldiers as fast as it gets new ones into battle

#military-technology
Fashion & style
fromWIRED
1 week ago

How American Camouflage Conquered the World

MultiCam, designed by Brooklyn creatives, has become a widely used camouflage pattern across various sectors, from military to civilian apparel.
History
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

25 Weapons That Changed Warfare Over the Last Century

Technological breakthroughs over the last century transformed warfare by introducing tanks, missiles, stealth aircraft, and precision-guided weapons that forced armies to continuously adapt tactics and reshape military doctrine globally.
World news
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare and catching the U.S. off guard

Iran's relatively inexpensive drones are depleting U.S. interceptor missile supplies faster than anticipated, raising concerns about sustained defense capability in the Middle East.
fromemptywheel
3 weeks ago

Great Tactics Mean Nothing if You Have No Strategy - emptywheel

The conduct of War is, therefore, the formation and conduct of the fighting. If this fighting was a single act, there would be no necessity for any further subdivision, but the fight is composed of a greater or less number of single acts, complete in themselves, which we call combats, as we have shown in the first chapter of the first book, and which form new units.
US politics
Science
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Why the military is obsessed with the myth of the 'infinite magazine'

Laser weapons' 'infinite magazine' advantage is misleading because dwell time—the seconds required to disable each target—creates a finite engagement capacity that limits effective fire rate.
Information security
fromThe Cipher Brief
3 weeks ago

The Drone War's Real Problem Isn't Technology - It's Speed

Defense acquisition reforms implement recommended changes but fail to address the fundamental cycle-time gap between rapidly evolving adversary capabilities and the military's ability to deploy countermeasures.
World politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

An Air-Campaign Primer

Air campaigns offer unique advantages in concentration, speed, and flexibility, but differ fundamentally from ground operations in their goals, strengths, and inherent limitations.
Miscellaneous
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

NATO's Arctic artillery forces are learning to dig, hide, and move to dodge drones

NATO artillery units are adapting tactics from Ukraine's drone warfare, prioritizing camouflage and strategic positioning over traditional mobility-based defense strategies.
US news
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

The survival training that kicks in after a US pilot is shot down

Pilot survival training through ejection preparation is critical because improper body positioning during emergency ejection can cause severe injury or death, as demonstrated by a recent friendly-fire incident involving three F-15E Strike Eagles.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

What does the US military's feud with Anthropic mean for AI used in war?

Anthropic's refusal to allow Claude AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons has triggered a Pentagon supply chain risk designation, highlighting tensions between tech company safety values and military demands.
Information security
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Manage attack infrastructure? AI agents can now help

AI agents enable cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to automate reconnaissance, infrastructure management, and attack planning, significantly increasing the speed and scale of cyberattacks.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Cheap drones transform global battlefield

Iran's inexpensive Shahed drones force costly defensive responses, with Ukraine's anti-drone expertise becoming critical to Middle Eastern air defense after initial U.S. rejection.
World politics
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

The war with Iran is more evidence that winning the fights you can't see is critical in modern combat

US military operations increasingly rely on space and cyber forces to disrupt enemy capabilities before kinetic strikes, making non-kinetic warfare critical to modern combat effectiveness.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

The front line basements where Ukraine specializes in electronic warfare

Ukrainian soldiers are manufacturing homemade anti-drone systems on the front lines, representing a grassroots weapons production effort alongside official defense industries in response to evolving drone warfare tactics.
Miscellaneous
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Ukrainian special forces conduct sabotage and strike operations behind Russian lines - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Ukrainian special operations forces conducted infiltration and sabotage missions against Russian positions in northern sectors, using explosives to destroy personnel and disrupt supply routes.
World politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Used by Iran, Russia, and now the US, the cheap Shahed is reshaping modern war

The Shahed drone, an inexpensive Iranian-designed weapon, has become a defining weapon of modern conflict, adopted and copied by Russia and the United States, fundamentally changing warfare tactics and defense strategies.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

The US Army wants to see if it can get robots to rescue wounded troops like they're doing in Ukraine

The US Army is testing ground robots to evacuate wounded soldiers in high-intensity combat, reducing risk to medical personnel and troops during dangerous battlefield movements.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Elite British and French paratroopers finish deployment training for Ukraine - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Exercise Orion involved around 2,000 personnel from both British and French forces, focusing on rapid deployment, interoperability, and strengthening NATO's readiness against potential threats of insurgency and invasion, demonstrating the strategic importance of these drills.
Miscellaneous
World news
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

US military: Stealth bombers, fighters, and 'special capabilities' used in first 24 hours of Iran mission

US Central Command deployed over 1,000 strikes against Iranian targets using B-2 bombers, fighter jets, drones, and Tomahawk missiles in Operation Epic Fury.
Miscellaneous
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The Firearms That Gave Navy SEALs an Edge in Urban Combat

Navy SEAL firearms for urban combat are specifically selected based on operational experience to provide speed, precision, and reliability in close-quarters environments where reaction time is critical.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The US Army is taking a key drone lesson from Ukraine and letting soldiers build their own

The US Army is taking lessons from Ukraine's drone war and pushing soldiers to design, build, and 3D print their own systems. At the Army's first annual Best Drone Warfighter competition held this week at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the participating soldiers were encouraged not only to bring their own drone builds and modify them on-site but also to share tips and tricks across the service.
Gadgets
Canada news
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Canadian Military Exploring Taliban-Like Insurgent Tactics to Repel American Invasion

Canada is pivoting away from the United States by forming a strategic partnership with China and drafting military plans to repel a potential US invasion.
US politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Defending the Homeland: Pentagon Shifts Strategy on Drone Threats

DoD policy empowers commanders to use defensive measures, extend perimeters beyond installation fences, and counter UAS threats after an uncoordinated CBP laser incident.
fromInfoWorld
2 months ago

Stop treating force multiplication as a side gig. Make it intentional

Lead without authority. You may not have direct reports, yet you shape architecture, quality and the roadmap. Your leverage comes from artifacts, reviews and clear standards, not from title.I started by publishing a lightweight architecture template and a rollout checklist that the team could copy. That reduced ambiguity during design and cut review cycles by nearly 30 percent
DevOps
#precision-weapons
#navy-seals
Media industry
fromFortune
1 month ago

I'm a war gamer for the Navy and I know why you don't trust the media anymore. It's fighting yesterday's battles | Fortune

Journalism struggles to keep pace with real-time war information, causing perceived bias due to temporal lag and eroding public trust.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

US Army leaders say soldiers are drowning in so much battlefield data that AI is needed to make sense of it all

Army AI prototype processes vast battlefield sensor data, retaining context and patterns humans miss, to reduce information overload and improve decision-making.
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

How Precision Sniper Technology Reduced the Need for Massed Infantry

Infantry once relied on numbers to solve uncertainty. When soldiers could not see or hit targets precisely, the answer was more troops and more fire. Sniper technologies quietly overturned that logic. By extending range, improving accuracy, and increasing awareness, they allowed small teams to dominate space once controlled only by massed formations. Precision replaced presence, and patience became a battlefield advantage. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a look at the sniper technologies that totally changed the game.
Science
History
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Small Arms That Forced Changes in Military Doctrine

Several small arms forced militaries to rewrite doctrine, training standards, and unit roles when battlefield realities exposed doctrinal assumptions' failures.
Science
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Autonomy on the Battlefield

Autonomy enables commanders to delegate control to machines while retaining command, requiring a fundamental mindset shift and clear frameworks for authority and responsibility.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

The Sniper Systems That Performed Better in Combat Than Anyone Predicted

Snipers often discover a weapon's true potential only after it leaves the range and enters combat. Dust, cold, heat, and chaos expose weaknesses, but sometimes they reveal strengths no one planned for. Across multiple wars, certain sniper systems proved tougher, more accurate, and more versatile than expected, allowing operators to push ranges and missions far beyond the original design brief. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at sniper systems that exceeded expectations in combat.
History
US politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
2 months ago

The Country's First 'Cognitive Advantage' Chief: Influence Is the New Battlefield

Integrates information, perception, culture, and behavior operations to provide nonkinetic strategic options and counter adversary cognitive campaigns.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

US Army leaders say soldiers are drowning in so much battlefield data that AI is needed to make sense of it all

The US Army is developing AI to process and contextualize overwhelming battlefield sensor data faster and more reliably than humans; it is in beta testing.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Weapons That Performed Well Except For Desert, Jungle, or Arctic Conditions

On paper, many of the world's most famous weapons looked like reliable successes. In practice, desert sand, jungle humidity, and arctic cold often had other ideas. Systems that performed well in testing or early combat sometimes broke down once environmental stress became unavoidable. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at how the environment, not enemy fire, can quietly expose limits that designers never fully anticipated.
World news
US news
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Operation Absolute Resolve and Delta Force: Inside America's Most Secretive Missions

Delta Force and similar elite units execute highly discreet, precision-driven missions—hostage rescues, counterterrorism, and raids—shaping U.S. responses to high-risk crises.
History
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Infantry Weapons That Changed Battlefield Tactics for Unexpected Reasons

Infantry tactics often changed as soldiers adapted to unreliable, dangerous, or awkward weapons rather than due to superior equipment.
#arctic-warfare
US news
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

San Francisco streets became a simulated battlefield in 3-day Air Force drill

Air Force airmen spent three days in San Francisco conducting urban evasion training, navigating with limited resources and facing realistic enemy forces before extraction.
World news
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

Hybrid or Ambiguous, Asymmetric Warfare is Here to Stay

Asymmetric and ambiguous warfare doctrines from China and Russia anticipated cyber and hybrid attacks that the U.S. failed to adequately prepare for.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The US Army once saw small drones primarily as scouts. Ukraine showed they could be weapons.

Facing an existential crisis, the Ukrainians had to develop a way to counter hostile forces cheaply yet with mass. That meant figuring out how to turn inexpensive drones into weaponry, a step that quickly and fundamentally changed how the war was being fought. Now, drones carry out 80% of all battlefield hits and are responsible for most combat casualties.
Gadgets
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Military Aircraft That Only Succeeded Because of Their Skilled Crews

Some aircraft succeeded even though they made life harder for the people flying them. They demanded constant attention, punished mistakes, and left little margin for error. Instead of relying on forgiving design, these platforms forced crews to compensate through skill, planning, and coordination. Over time, combat proved that the human element was the decisive factor behind their success. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at these aircraft that embodied the human factor.
History
History
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

Temporary Military Gear and Assets That Became Permanent Fixtures

Temporary, emergency military gear often becomes permanent when battlefield performance, reliability, and adaptability outperform planned replacements, reshaping doctrine and procurement priorities.
US news
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
2 months ago

Camp Pendleton Marines hustling to add tiny, lethal drones to their warfighting repertoire

The Marine Corps is training to deploy small, disposable, kamikaze-style drones to deliver explosives and complement larger tactical drones.
World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Pentagon Conducted Lethal Boat Strike With Aircraft Disguised as Civilian Plane

Disguising military aircraft as civilian planes constitutes perfidy and can be a war crime under international law and U.S. military rules.
History
fromMedievalists.net
2 months ago

Crossing Under Fire: River Operations in Early Medieval Warfare - Medievalists.net

Forcing a river crossing under enemy resistance demands extensive planning, deception, and logistics, a persistent and difficult military problem from antiquity through modern warfare.
World news
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

29 Aircraft That Were Only Effective When Air Superiority Was Assured

Air superiority determines which aircraft can operate effectively; many platforms require permissive airspace to deliver their full value.
US news
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

No single piece of tech is going to defeat all drone threats, new US counter-drone force commander says

Layered, integrated networks of kinetic and non-kinetic systems are required to detect, track, identify, and defeat small uncrewed aerial systems.
#ngc2
US news
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

West Coast Marines want to train 500 new drone pilots a year in a crash course on everything from flying to explosions

Marines run a 15-day drone pilot course training aerial navigation, attack drone operation, and safe explosive payload preparation, aiming to certify 500 operators annually.
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