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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent 2 North Korean Prisoners of War to South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, following months of consultations between Kyiv and Seoul after the soldiers were captured in Russia’s Kursk region in 2025. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry did not directly confirm Zelenskyy’s comments but said it…
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BREAKING: DOJ Now Has Until October 12 — ATF’s NFA Guidance Could Come First
The video reports that Judge James Wesley Hendricks granted the Department of Justice a 10-day extension, moving its response deadline on the plaintiff states’ clarification motion to October 12, 2026. DOJ said the extension is needed partly because the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is finalizing public guidance…
Spruance-Class Destroyers Launched 112 of the 288 Tomahawk Missiles Fired in Desert Storm — The USS Fife Alone Fired 60
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy’s 31 Spruance-class destroyers entered service in the 1970s to hunt Soviet submarines around nuclear carriers. At 9,250 tons and 563 feet, they matched World War II cruisers, and their four GE LM2500 gas turbines became the surface fleet’s standard engine. Fitted with 61-cell…
The Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird’s Ceiling Was Thought to Be 85,000 Feet. In 1965, a Test Pilot Flew It Past 90,000, Felt It Wobble, Lost an Engine and Landed on One at Edwards
Summary and Key Points: In 1965, the SR-71 Blackbird was still in testing at Lockheed’s Skunk Works when Kelly Johnson asked Air Force Capt. Pete Collins, paid about $600 a month with no life insurance, to fly it past 90,000 feet. With 1 percent of the atmosphere under the wings,…
‘We Are All Born Ignorant, but One Must Work Hard to Remain Stupid.’ Benjamin Franklin Changed His Mind on Independence at 69 and on Slavery at 84. 236 Years His Quote Still Holds
Summary and Key Points: Benjamin Franklin’s line, “We are all born ignorant, but must work hard to remain stupid,” describes his second act. Sent to London in 1757, he spent 18 years trying to hold the British Empire together, was humiliated before the Privy Council in 1774, and sailed home…
US Navy 45,000-Ton Iowa-Class: Four Battleships, 36 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Round Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy designed the Iowa-class battleships in 1938 to run down Japan’s fast Kongo-class ships at 33 knots with nine 16-inch Mark 7 guns firing 2,700-pound shells. Instead, Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin escorted carriers, shelled islands, and chased escapees at Truk. Submarines sank…
Out-of-state Guardsman arrested in DC for pistol without permit
Get Task & Purpose in your inbox Sign up for Task & Purpose Today to get the latest in military news each morning. An Oklahoma National Guardsman deployed to Washington, D.C. was pulled over for an expired car registration, where police then found a pistol that wasn’t registered in the…