π¨ The man who attempted to breach Mar-a-Lago with a gun and gas canister has been identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of Cameron, North Carolina. Authorities say his family had reported him missing on Saturday. https://t.co/7zocm5pv3q pic.twitter.com/4aYBMLauJ9
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 22, 2026
This is puzzling to me. The Germans are buying and fielding the LUCHS 2 while also buying and participating in the CAVS program. The issue? They're both 6x6's of about the same size and capability, have about the same carry ability (according to what I've seen) and while I can't tell the cost breakdown for them I would think they cost about the same. While the LUCHS 2 is aimed at the recon mission (and they've gone with a 25mm cannon...explain that one!) the CAVS is gonna will be more general purpose with it going toward engineers, mortar carrier and RECON too. Is this just a buy Europe thing or something else.
Rheinmetall’s CT-025 Turret Chosen for Germany’s Future Luchs 2 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles pic.twitter.com/XqRG5mMb6d
— Army Recognition (@ArmyRecognition) February 20, 2026
MLK was under 24/7 Surveillance by
— BLACK FLAG π¨π΄πΊπΈ (@FlagBlack007) February 22, 2026
COINTELPRO but they needed someONE in MLK's inner circle to give them intel on his exact position at the exact time & someone to tell MLK to go on that balcony in that room number 304. Thoughts π ⁉️ pic.twitter.com/GdzWw8fuN4
Newly released images show the U.S. “Dark Eagle” land based hypersonic glide system, reportedly capable of Mach 6–7 speeds, with its strike range kept classified. pic.twitter.com/KU8MkVjvRf
— Defence Index (@Defence_Index) February 22, 2026
After the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group transits the Atlantic, the U.S. will have 2 aircraft carriers and 15 destroyers (plus a few subs) to work with across combatant commands.
— Ian Ellis (@ianellisjones) February 16, 2026
Approx. 33% of the deployed U.S. Navy fleet is represented below, which can carry 600+ TLAMs. pic.twitter.com/1vPf9akqTY
via Washington Times
Veterans Minister Alistair Carns startled Britons in 2024 with the revelation that analysts suspect the British army would likely be annihilated after six months of the kind of high-intensity combat on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Earlier that same year, lawmaker Luke Akehurst told a parliamentary committee that the only missile defense available to London is to moor one of the country’s handful of air defense destroyers in the Thames.
Britain’s last two tests of its Trident submarine-based nuclear missiles failed.
British forces are well trained, yet they are served by recruitment and procurement mechanisms that look unfit for purpose.
London’s military obviously cannot compete with Washington’s in scale, but even European peers France and Italy exceed Britain in virtually every metric.
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The military website Global Firepower shows that France (population 68.3 million) fields 264,000 active service personnel, and Italy (population 60.9 million) has 165,000. Britain, despite having a larger population (68.4 million), fields just 141,333.
In naval strength, Italy deploys 17 surface escorts, France 16 and Britain 13. Italy and Britain each field two aircraft carriers. France has one but also boasts three helicopter carriers. For perspective, the U.S. has 11 aircraft carriers.
In terms of air forces, France flies 974 airframes, Italy 714 and Britain 625.
Despite these shortfalls, Britain has a higher 2026 defense budget, $88 billion, than either France — which, like Britain, is nuclear-armed — at $67 billion, or Italy at $37 billion.
The Brits are in serious trouble. I hope they can recover. Its hard to look at what the Poles have done and compare it to the troubles that the Brits are going thru and feel hopeful.
A once proud military nation that punched above its weight is declining fast.
via The Tribune
Zhu's paper lists four tasks for China's premier amphibious force. One is acting as an initial assault force, leveraging its combined-arms advantages. The report stated, "It must play a pivotal role in independently conducting operations, breaching frontline enemy defences, while relying on the broader naval warfare infrastructure to achieve strategic surprise, conduct multidimensional assaults, execute elite force raids, seize and control critical points and complete other missions, and rupture enemy lines to penetrate and exploit enemy centers of gravity."
A second PLANMC mission is seizing and controlling islands and reefs. Chinese marines must be ready to perform integrated amphibious operations, all-domain control and precision maritime strikes. This may mean retaking or capturing enemy-held islands/reefs to establish strongpoints bristling with air defenses and sea control fires, or deterring an adversary from approaching said islands.
As a third mission, Zhu said the marine corps is a unique force for maritime deterrence. Thus, it safeguards maritime chokepoints, executes strikes to break an enemy's blockade of straits, conducts vessel boarding and infiltrates close to enemy bases to guide precision strikes or conduct special operations.
Finally, Zhu mentioned the suitability of the PLANMC for overseas operations. "As an overseas expeditionary force operating from the sea to the land, the marine corps can leverage traditional friendly nations as strongpoints, supplemented by the overseas support bases of Chinese-invested enterprises, using overseas garrisons and shipborne prepositioning to create an integrated land-sea force disposition, sustain forward presence, and perform missions such as defense of critical nodes, escort operations and evacuations of Chinese nationals, armed rescue operations and limited punitive actions."
Behind the scenes of War Department video of the reactor being unloaded and transported—HISTORIC! πΊπΈ https://t.co/ncE1da3c0Y pic.twitter.com/FQEbjTJPxk
— DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) February 17, 2026
Looks like Japan’s airborne stand off jammer based on the Kawasaki C-2 airlifter has broken cover. Possible designation EC-2? pic.twitter.com/ImpFGsq9el
— Mike Yeo ζ¨ε―ι (@TheBaseLeg) February 16, 2026
The horses knew he was near.
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) February 16, 2026
Apparently he was the owner of a ranch. His daughter brought him there to be with the horses one last time... pic.twitter.com/1kzS1MiX0W
