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Task & Purpose was founded in 2014 with a mission to inform, engage, entertain, and stand up for active-duty military members, veterans, and their families. The site quickly became one of the most trusted news and investigative journalism sources for the military, with its journalists reporting everywhere from the Pentagon to the White House and beyond. Videos are produced and hosted by Kyle Gunn.
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News that the Pentagon was entering into agreements to build and buy thousands of more missiles a year kind of went unnoticed, but this is a big deal.
In our latest video, we break down what this missile production ramp looks like, why this is absolutely essential right now, and what new munitions are helping take the load off some of the old guards like the SM-6.
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What will Canada replace their Leopard 2A4 and 2A6 MBTs with?
If you haven't seen, Canada is on the hunt for 250+ tracked armored fighting vehicles and a new main battle tank. We talk about that in this video if you want to learn more: https://youtu.be/TYkJupptPHQ
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Great tank names alert 🚨
Cruising photos and ran across these two Abrams named "A Damn Good Time" and "Armored Palmer."
These tanks belong to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment and were taking part in exercises in Poland on January 23rd. U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Allen and Pfc. Andre Gremillion Jr. took the shots.
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If anybody out there reads, I'm gonna start sharing some of the books I get through that are relevant to this channel.
Finished this the other night. A pretty good primer on the US intelligence community. I read it because I genuinely didn't know much about the IC, and a lot of my thoughts about it were biased toward disdain and, honestly, mostly uninformed. I'm still biased toward disdain, but not I'm at least a little better informed.
If you're looking for something that is easy to read that gives a pretty good overall view of this topic, you'll probably enjoy this.
-Kyle
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More RACER pictures dropped, this time towing and employing an M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC).
RACER is DARPA's autonomous vehicle test vehicle.
Breaching obstacles seems like a pretty great use for these sorts of vehicles.
More photos here: www.dvidshub.net/image/9482358/racer-robotic-auton…
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We are working on a video that will be published tomorrow on the alleged use of a "sonic" weapon during the January 3 raid to capture Maduro.
In the account of an alleged eyewitness, which, to be honest, is incredibly thin, the guards protecting Maduro were reduced to vomiting blood and bleeding from their noses and eyes as a result of this mystery weapon.
We have reached out to the White House and Pentagon, but have not yet received a response.
There are known weapons that function similarly, however. The United States has Active Denial Systems that use millimeter waves, along with Long Range Acoustic Devices and Acoustic Hailing and Disruption Devices.
Stay tuned for more tomorrow. -Kyle
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The Army has unveiled the M1E3 Abrams prototype with two new photos.
Tough to tell what all this one has, but it appears that a sensor is mounted on the turret next to the cannon that is not on the SEPv3, and perhaps lights/sensors/optics integrated in the front, but few other clues.
Here is our video on the M1E3 from October with what the Army is looking to accomplish here, and how it is reportedly being built for the drone age: https://youtu.be/VqnKhMy9MFs
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured in a raid by US forces, as most have seen by now.
Our journalists have been working on the situation since very early this morning and are staying up to date with the latest developments.
The initial story on the capture: taskandpurpose.com/news/us-strikes-venezuela-carac…
The forces involved: taskandpurpose.com/news/venezuela-maduro-delta-for…
They'll stay on this story through the weekend, so please check out their work to get the most recent information as it is provided.
Here is a screenshot of President Donald Trump's Truth Social post with an image of Maduro in custody. -Kyle
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Happy New Year!
On behalf of the entire Task & Purpose team, I just wanted to say thank you all for a great 2025, and I hope you all have a safe and happy start to 2026. -Kyle
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A Chinese cargo ship loaded with what appear to be missile launchers, radar, and other weapons systems was spotted at the Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding facility in Shanghai.
The ship is the ZHONGDA 79, and in this configuration is shown with 48-60 VLS cells, a CIWS, radar systems, and decoy launchers (they launch decoys, they're not fake), making this an "arsenal ship."
We are working on something on this right now, so stay tuned for the video.
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