CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. — Two soldiers from the Swedish Armed Forces competed with New York Army National Guard troops during the 2025 Best Warrior Competition last week.

The RBS-56 BILL is a Swedish Army's anti-tank guided missile. It was first introduced in 1985, and by 1996 over 15,000 missiles had been manufactured and marketed to several nations around the world.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Army Lt. Col. Elsa Canales, support operations officer for the 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York National Guard, speaks with members of the Swedish ...

Army secretary says US can't keep pumping money into expensive weapons that can be taken out by an $800 Russian drone.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the Army to shed outdated weapons and vehicles and increase its use of drones as part of a broad overhaul of the military’s largest service.

During that period, Russia and China steadily expanded their territorial ambitions and modernized their militaries. The U.S. Army was largely equipped with the kinds of conventional weapons, such ...