Defence`s Feeds

On August 17, 2026, President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner, Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay Mladenov and their teams at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

"Five years after the Taliban's seizure of power, France reaffirms its unfailing solidarity with the Afghan people. Five years on, Afghanistan still faces a deep humanitarian, economic and security crisis, which continues to worsen and is also threatening the stability of the region."

Oil and chemical tanker MT Asana, operating under the Tanzanian flag, was boarded and rerouted by seven Somali pirates about 100 kilometres off the coast of Yemen's Shabwa Governorate on 17 July. The head of maritime intelligence for the neighbouring [...]

Croatian spymaster Daniel Markic (IO, 08/05/26), director of the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN), is to have a [...]

The French armed forces ministry in early July commissioned Alt/A to carry out a prospective and strategic study on "Mechanisms [...]

FBI director Kash Patel met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Indonesian President Prabowo [...]

Pratt Miller showcase Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV) optionally configured as 50mm XM913 at #GVSETS2026 source:https://t.co/BZwurkLEHBhttps://t.co/UQBBwkY6Ubhttps://t.co/RMMlPhIxQx https://t.co/mb0BslNlpN pic.twitter.com/qd4ZKEgh0I

— 笑脸男人 (@lfx160219) August 13, 2026 Tanks are gone. The Marine Corps has a huge firepower gap and I DO NOT BELIEVE that we will have enough loitering munitions to blunt an enemy attack (especially since HQMC is looking out to sea instead of fighting the land battle). With that being said if they can mount this on a EMAV then we should be able to mount it on the ACV. Buy more, consider it a fire support vehicle so it won't carry Marines into battle, if necessary don't worry about making this version of the ACV swim but get the GCE some in house fire support!

Thought this thing was already in service. Apparently I was wrong. Seems like the Chinese are big into evolutionary improvements when it comes to their ground forces while attempting revolutionary leaps when it comes to their aerospace forces. Story here.

Sorry boys (and girls). The entire article is behind a paywall but enough of it is readable that its worth your while. Got no time? They've tested it with JDAM-LR's. Story here.

Here is the part that changed.

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— Aria Westcott (@AriaWestcott) August 14, 2026

USS Tripoli update provided by Former chief White House press corespondent. Wonder how the 31st MEU is fairing
by u/newnoadeptness in USMC Well at least we don't hear US Marines bitching yet...but a bitching Marine is a happy Marine so....

A Marine in Kyushu, Japan, initiated a manufacturing job on a printer nearly 400 miles away in Okinawa.

The Ministry of Defence has awarded a government grant of EUR 4.8 million to the programme for northern Finland for a project to develop 5G/6G network technology that supports homeland defence. A consortium led by the University of Oulu will be responsible for implementing the project.

A new multi-purpose building for the Army Academy will be constructed in the Lappeenranta garrison area. The building will gather accommodation, training, library and storage facilities, as well as the maintenance and common facilities supporting them, under one roof.

A new headquarters building for NATO's Multi-Corps Land Component Command North (MCLCC-N) will be constructed in the Karkialampi garrison area in Mikkeli.

 

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) pic.twitter.com/N5vFuJJbg5

— ᴅᴇᴡ (@Remnantize) August 13, 2026

في مراسم ختام التدريب لجنود الجيش الاندونيسي اجتمع الجنود مع عائلاتهم واحبابهم إلا جندي واحد بقي واقف بمفرده لأنه لم يحضر أحد من عائلته

لاحظ قائده الموقف من بعيد وتوجه له، كان الجندي متماسكا في البدايه لكنه انهار بالبكاء بمجرد ان احتضنه القائد وقام بمواساته pic.twitter.com/jzlDKJQQQr

— Saif (@diol2n) August 13, 2026 Man. In this case what if his people are from a poor village and can't afford to attend his graduation. For the US side the same applies. Unless they're offering free transportation then its a kick in the ass for recruits from poor families. Of course it could be something even more irksome for the recruit. Broken families, no family, estranged family...the list kinda goes on.
This part of their graduation needs to be shit canned.

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