Half the drones in a recent US Army combat exercise were designed to be expendable like ammo – Business Insider

  1. Half the drones in a recent US Army combat exercise were designed to be expendable like ammo  Business Insider
  2. Integrating the Deadly Seven: Evolved Combined Arms for the Drone Age  Modern War Institute -
  3. Army can outfit small drones to each unit, but needs the training to do so  Breaking Defense
  4. LaNeve tells soldiers that decision to revert experimental drone unit back to infantry roots predated his tenure as acting Army chief  DefenseScoop
  5. Is the U.S. Army Backing Off on Drones?  Council on Foreign Relations
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Israeli president overrules military to pardon soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker – CNN

  1. Israeli president overrules military to pardon soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker  CNN
  2. Israeli President Pardons Ex-Soldier Over Killing of Incapacitated Palestinian  The New York Times
  3. Herzog pardons soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian stabber in 2016, against IDF position  The Times of Israel
  4. President Herzog Pardons Elor Azaria, IDF Soldier Convicted of 2016 Killing of Wounded Palestinian Assailant  Haaretz
  5. Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate  AP News
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Michelle Bachelet withdraws from race to become UN secretary general

Former president of Chile drops out after support collapsed in security council straw poll, leaving seven candidates in contest

Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile, has withdrawn her candidacy to become the next secretary general of the ⁠UN, ending an attempt ​that had struggled to gain traction among security council members.

Bachelet, 74, announced ⁠her decision in a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, saying: “I will now continue, with the ⁠same determination as always, my international work.”

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Puzzling sound in backyard leads homeowner to massive 1,000-year-old treasure – foxnews.com

  1. Puzzling sound in backyard leads homeowner to massive 1,000-year-old treasure  foxnews.com
  2. A Finnish man finds a “Viking” treasure—historians stunned by what it really is  Futura, le média qui explore le monde
  3. A metal-detector hobbyist found roughly 4.5 kilograms of silver coins near Sysmä church village on 3 September, in what Lahti Museums calls the largest late-Iron-Age coin hoard known from Finland, packed into two birch-bark containers and buried among st  Space Daily
  4. News - Medieval Silver Hoard Found in Finland  Archaeology Magazine
  5. A Metal Detectorist Dug Up 10 Pounds of Viking Silver in a Finnish Field, and Finland's Law Decides Exactly How Much of It He Gets to Keep  CPG Click Oil and Gas
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‘It’s transformed the village’: the volunteers greening up Britain’s train stations

Exclusive: Five gardening teams shortlisted for Royal Horticultural Society’s new Railway Stations in Bloom award

Every year since 1964, towns across the UK have bloomed with hanging baskets and brightly coloured flowerbeds planted by residents.

They wield their trowels in aid of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom competition, a coveted accolade for the 1,600 communities that enter each year.

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Vladimir Putin prepares Russian draft surge, European hybrid attacks after Duma election – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Vladimir Putin prepares Russian draft surge, European hybrid attacks after Duma election  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Russians Fear Putin Will Send Them to War Once Election Is Over  Bloomberg.com
  4. NATO on alert as Europe braces for Russian escalation and possible post-election mobilization  ynetnews.com
  5. Russian officials trying to move assets abroad and open foreign bank accounts amid mobilization rumors, Bloomberg reports  Meduza
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