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US Army soldiers in Poland used the BLADE system to detect and destroy drones within seconds during Project Flytrap 4.0 live-fire tests. #USArmy #Drone #MilitaryTech --- US Army soldiers in Poland used the BLADE system to detect and destroy drones within [...]

My first platoon sergeant committed the biggest war crime since Vietnam—and I was his platoon leader. Here’s how I got there. #WarStories #MilitaryHistory #SOFREP --- My first platoon sergeant committed the biggest war crime since Vietnam—and I was his platoon leader. [...]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. And hundreds of the ones you do take. The post ‘The Battle of Palmdale:’ The Air Force’s most embarrassing dogfight burns Southern California appeared first on We Are The Mighty. --- In the [...]

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Ukraine urged China to pressure Vladimir Putin to move toward peace as the Russian president arrived in Beijing following his participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]

100-Year-Old WWII Veteran on Surviving Kamikaze Attacks and Naval Service --- Centenarian Steve Ellis was barely 16 when he joined the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at Tulane University—months before the U.S. entered World War II. Before that leap, the Louisiana [...]

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent suggested on Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration could declare a “national housing emergency” in the fall to help lower the cost of housing for Americans. During a Monday interview with The Washington [...]

Trump moves Space Command, Israel mobilizes reservists, Kim joins Xi and Putin. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening. #EveningBrief #Immigration #BeijingMilitaryParade #USSpaceCommandHQ --- Trump moves Space Command, Israel mobilizes reservists, Kim joins Xi and Putin. Here’s what’s making headlines this [...]

The Marine Corps asked James Capers to be the face of its national recruiting campaign, "Ask a Marine." He was the first Black Marine on a recruiting poster. The post Mighty 25: ‘Ask a Marine’ became one of James Capers’ [...]

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced on Tuesday that military fighter jets were deployed to track a Russian spy plane that was detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. In a Tuesday press release, NORAD officials [...]

The worldwide game of drones continues. The post New Army contract will turn Black Hawk helicopters into drone-launching motherships appeared first on We Are The Mighty. --- Is it the start of Skynet? Maybe. On August 20, 2025, the Army awarded Sikorsky, [...]