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The playboy who inherited the world’s most notorious mercenary force​

KAMPALA, Uganda—Pavel Prigozhin was still learning the family guns-for-hire business when his father’s private jet exploded 28,000 feet over Russia.

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s very public death, following his very public falling-out with President Vladimir Putin, left his son, Pavel, in charge of the world’s most notorious mercenary force. At age 25, he inherited Wagner Group, an empire of gunfighters, gold smugglers, opioid dealers, brewers and vodka distillers.

Once seen as a pampered playboy, he turned out to be a natural.

Pavel Prigozhin, now 28, not only salvaged but expanded operations in Wagner’s African stronghold, the Central African Republic, according to former Wagner associates, government officials, business people and researchers in Bangui, the capital city.

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Hitler's Forgotten FIRST Jail Term

Oct 18, 2026
Everyone knows that Hitler was sent to jail after the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, but few knew that it was actually Hitler's second prison term, he having been given a 3-month jail term earlier in his political career. Find out why Hitler was first sent to prison.


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USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Oct. 16, 2026​


Army Lays Out New Plan for Prolonged Fight in First Island Chain​

The U.S. Army laid out its plans to prepare for a prolonged fight in the Pacific along the First Island Chain in the service’s new warfighting guidance released this month.

For decades, the ground branch has oriented troops against insurgent threats and high-intensity combat operations from the Middle East, Europe and the Korean Peninsula. In recent years, tensions in the Western Pacific with China have pushed the Army to formulate plans for a new type of operations area – one that encompasses vast swathes of archipelagos and maritime environments.

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The Endless Chip War

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Rakesh Kumar, the author of Chip Age: How Semiconductors Became the World's Most Powerful Resource. Rakesh
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Skorzeny's Last Battle - The Oder Bridgehead 1945 (OMNIBUS EDITION)

Oct 22, 2026
In early 1945, Hitler's commando leader Otto Skorzeny was detailed by Himmler to create and hold a bridgehead over the Oder River, Germany's last water barrier before Berlin as Himmler planned to use it to launch a counter-offensive and stop the Soviets. This was the Schwedt Bridgehead and this is its story.


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Ukraine’s reliance on Starlink carries a chilling lesson from the Second World War​

Last week, the problem of Ukraine’s dependence on a single technology – Elon Musk’s Starlink internet system (which uses satellites in low Earth orbit to provide connectivity, particularly across remote areas and battlefields) – reared its ugly head.

The military version of the system, Starshield, had been used by Ukraine for months to intercept killer Russian missiles and drones and destroy far-off targets deep inside Vladimir Putin’s country – all at lightning speed.

That was until Ukraine’s access was restricted amid an ongoing row with President Trump. Cue recriminations: Musk blaming the White House for the slowdown, and other sources telling The Telegraph that it was the Tesla boss himself who had the idea.

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USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Oct. 30, 2026​


Russia, North Korea Test Missiles in the Western Pacific​


Russia and North Korea carried out ballistic missile launches this week with Russia conducting a launch of a Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from the Western Pacific to Russia arctic region, according to a Russian Ministry of Defence (MOD) release on Wednesday while North Korea carried out launches of Short-Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBMs) as part of a firepower demonstration for North Korea leader Kim Jong Un during an exhibition of unmanned aerial vehicle technology.

Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) RFS Generalissimus Suvorov (K-553), assigned to the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet, launched a RSM-56 Bulava SLBM from the sea of Okhotsk at the Chizha test site in the Arkhangelsk region of northwest Russia.

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