Rocket engines, helmet displays and ground robots: Last looks from AFA Day 3
Here are some parting sights from across the show floor at this year’s conference.
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One of the world’s most versatile attack planes is taking on the counter-UAS mission
[Sponsored] An airborne layer pushes drone engagements farther from defended assets and changes the cost-per-kill equation.
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Would NATO Membership for Ukraine Undermine Article 5 Itself?
In 2025, Jennifer Kavanaugh and Christopher McCallion wrote, “Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO’s Least Poor Option,” where they made the case for armed neutrality over full NATO membership as the wiser course for both Ukraine and NATO. A year later, we asked them to revisit their arguments. Image: MidjourneyIn your 2025 article, you argued that NATO membership and binding U.S. or European security guarantees for Ukraine were effectively unworkable, and that armed neutrality was the option best suited to protecting both Ukraine’s security and NATO’s credibility. As the debate has evolved to include talk of “Article 5-like” assurances short of
War on the Rocks•Christopher McCallion1h ago
German-Israeli company FTS unveils new light combat vehicle for German Special Forces
Dubbed TAHR, the vehicle can be dropped from the air, with two of them able to fit inside a Chinook helicopter.
Breaking Defense•Seth J. Frantzman1h ago
More Republicans are turning on Iran war as midterms come into view
Three more GOP members voted for war powers resolution to force withdrawal from the conflict as election looms US politics live – latest updates As the US war with Iran drags on, the ranks of Republicans signaling the conflict is a liability for their party continues to grow. When the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening considered its sixth war powers resolution intended to force Donald Trump to withdraw troops from the conflict, three Republicans who had not supported the previous efforts broke with their party to vote this one to passage. Earlier that day, a Republican who had lost his primary after repeatedly clashing with Trump proposed impeaching the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, alleging a variety of constitutional transgressions including prosecuting the war against Iran without congressional authorization. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Chris Stein1h ago
Russian drones hit bus, train in Ukraine, killing 5: officials
Russian drones struck a passenger bus and a train in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing five people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow pressed on with strikes on transport links and infrastructure. Russian President Vladimir Putin framed participation in an upcoming parliamentary election as a barometer of support for Russia's war in Ukraine and urged Russians to vote.
The Pentagon must prepare for battles around the moon: Joint Chiefs chair
Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach.
‘Nowhere to go’: Gaza’s damaged buildings turn deadly
A war-damaged building collapses in Gaza City, killing at least 21 Palestinians and exposing fears of unsafe ruins.
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Von der Leyen risks fresh EU-NATO turf war
Proposals to give the EU crisis decision-making powers and hold emergency talks threatens to overlap with NATO's mission.
Germany to send fighter jets to Latvia during election amid drone threat
Latvia's election is set for Oct.3 and Riga has asked Germany for backup.
Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others
A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation, as an “atrocity.” France 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
Is the U.S. and China's mutual distrust the biggest risk as AI evolves?
Analysts tell CBS News that as the U.S. and China race for AI supremacy, they risk driving all of humanity "off a cliff."