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Governor Youngkin of the American state of Virginia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to officially sponsor and partner with Finland under the State Partnership Program with the National Guard and the Finnish military. Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen commented that the cooperation between the Virginia National Guard and the Finnish military will stretch across the Finnish Army, Air Force, and...

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken traveled to China from April 24th to 26th to meet with senior Chinese officials. During the trip, Blinken met with Shanghai Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary Chen Jining, Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong, and Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi. Both sides discussed various topics, such as implementing the provisions made during the Woodside...

Update (1344 EST): According to local media, no second shooter has been found and the threat to the public seems to have been neutralized with the killing of the suspect before they made entry to the school. Update (1256 EST): According to users on Reddit, at least one 14-year-old boy has been shot. Eyewitnesses report multiple gunshots and a second...

Update (1629 EST): Holloman Air Base has made the following statement: “A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 49th Wing crashed west of Holloman Air Force Base near White Sands National Park at approximately 11:50 a.m. today. The sole pilot on board successfully ejected and was transported by ambulance for medical care.” Update (1535 EST): Initial claims are saying...

Over the past year, the United States has lost several MQ-9 Reaper drones due to adversarial action, whether it be from the Russians, Iran-backed militias in Iraq, or the Houthis in Yemen In this article, I will cover the losses and how they happened, as well as how the losses line up to yearly averages. The Losses The Black Sea Incident On March...