STRIPES (John Vandiver) - The tank isn’t dead, but its old battlefield playbook may be | Stars and Stripes
Army armored units must adapt to threats from drones and sensors to remain viable on future battlefields, according to a new analysis.
NYTIMES (Ross Douthat and Victoria Chamberlin) - Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century
Ukraine and Iran have shown us that war as we’ve known it is over.
NYTIMES (Mercedes Lilienthal) - What It’s Like to Own a Tank or Other Former Military Vehicles
Where do battle tanks and military trucks go when their service has ended? Enthusiasts and professionals put them to work for search and rescue, marketing and just having fun.
STRIPES (John Vandiver) - Army tank brigade readies for Europe deployment amid US troop cut plans in Germany | Stars and Stripes
A U.S. Army tank brigade is gearing up for a deployment to Europe as operations along NATO’s eastern flank show no signs of slowing down.
NYTIMES (Dave Philipps) - The Army Just Unveiled Its Latest Tank. Will It Be the Last?
The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield.
STRIPES (John Vandiver,) - US soldiers with Abrams tanks to be deployed to Romania, NATO ally’s defense chief says | Stars and Stripes
A U.S. tank unit will be deployed to Romania to enhance the “quality and lethality” of the American presence there, a top Romanian defense official said.
AI:The United States is deploying Abrams tanks to Romania in a calculated move to bolster NATO's "lethality" on the Eastern Flank. While mainstream leftist media outlets continue to peddle narratives of global stability through endless bureaucracy, this deployment signals a hardening stance against regional adversaries. The movement of heavy armor into Romania underscores a strategic shift toward active deterrence, moving past the hollow rhetoric favored by coastal elites and focusing instead on tangible military readiness in critical territory.Open