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The D Brief: Iran’s missile attack on Israel; Russia seizes town; Ukraine gathers industry; Jan. 6…
Shortly after U.S. officials predicted it publicly, Iran launched more than 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday, with dozens flying over Jerusalem’s Old City, a holy site for Muslims, Christians, and Jewish people around the…
US destroyers intercept Iranian missiles as Mideast crisis intensifies
Two U.S. destroyers fired a dozen interceptors to help Israel ward off a barrage of some 180 Iranian ballistic missiles, about twice as many as Tehran launched in its previously unprecedented April 14 strike, Pentagon officials said Tuesday…
Two years after rollovers, Marines’ ACV is landing on Pacific beaches
The Marine Corps is gingerly introducing its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle to its intended habitat—the coasts of Asia—two years after two surf rollovers led the Corps to suspend the vehicle’s water operations.One requirement: no big…
The D Brief: Israeli troops in Lebanon; More Red Sea ship attacks; NATO’s new chief; Navy’s sub…
Israeli troops have launched additional ground operations inside Lebanon, advancing their gradual escalation northward to push Iran-backed terrorists out of weapons caches and hideouts across southern Lebanon. The Israeli military describes…
The Navy’s new missile sub could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ extra: GAO
The U.S. Navy’s next ballistic-missile submarine is already late and over budget—and the actual overrun might nearly quintuple the service's projections, a government watchdog agency says.“Our independent analysis calculated…
In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones
Networked cell phones running special software may make a cheap and easy-to-deploy counter to sophisticated Russian electronic-warfare tactics, according to an American company working to develop such a system in…
VIDEO: Russian fighter jet nearly sideswipes US F-16
Cockpit footage released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command shows a Russian warplane closely buzzing by a U.S. F-16 fighter jet last week—a move U.S. officials have publicly called out as dangerous and unsafe. “On…
Replicator 2 effort aims to produce anti-drone defenses
A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to buy thousands of cheap-ish autonomous weapons—aims to procure defenses against small drones.Dubbed Replicator 2, the effort will focus on the threat to…
The D Brief: Israel kills Hezbollah chief; $600M for Taiwan; DOD’s uneven study of Ukraine; BBC…
After killing Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut on Friday, the Israeli military is keeping up its pressure on high-level terrorist leaders in the region, including two commanders from Hamas and…
Is the US military learning enough from Ukraine?
The U.S. military speaks frequently about the lessons they’re learning from the war in Ukraine. The Air Force has sought to evaluate the Ukrainian military’s methods for detecting drones, while the Army has revamped training, fielded…
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