The future arrived on December 28, 2025 as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced that Iron Beam became the first high-energy tactical laser weapon to be fully integrated and cleared for operations ...

Key Points and Summary - Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System is in crisis. Berlin and Paris are now openly debating whether to gut the €100 billion program’s centerpiece—a new sixth-generation ...

At the Future Force Capabilities Conference, the U.S. Army unveiled cutting-edge weapon concepts designed to dramatically enhance infantry firepower, mobility, and precision. From air-droppable 81mm ...

YJ-19, China's first operational hypersonic cruise missile, seen during a military parade in Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images) There are two competing narratives about the ...

Editor's Note: In this second installment of a two-part series on leadership and readiness, the article argues that the future of military advantage lies not in weapons or algorithms, but in character ...

Combat exposes weapon flaws missed in testing like maintenance complexity and environmental stress that controlled trials cannot replicate. Many failed weapons were overdesigned or mismatched to ...