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In Yemen, Trump risks falling into an ‘airpower trap’
In the first 100 days of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump has shown a willingness to lean on airpower when his administration decides that military force is necessary abroad. So far, the second Trump administration has…
Sentinel ICBM program needs brand-new silos, Air Force says
The Air Force has to dig new silos for its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, instead of reusing Minuteman III silos as originally planned, according to the service. “The Air Force continues to assess its options and…
Chilling effects: What one Army unit learned about cold-weather drone warfare
If small drones are critical to the Army’s future fight, what happens when you run out of batteries?That’s one of the questions the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team tackled during a recent rotation at the Joint Multinational…
Hegseth orders elimination of 10% of general, admiral jobs
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took the first step to turn his rhetoric about bloated senior military ranks into policy on Monday with a memo ordering the services to eliminate at least 20 percent of their active-duty four-star general and…
Wanted: counter-drone defenses that don’t hurt surrounding neighborhoods
The Pentagon’s Replicator project is asking industry for ways to detect and down enemy drones that can be used without harming surrounding areas—like American territory. “As drones rapidly evolve from slow, easily identifiable…
The D Brief: Budget ‘gimmicks’; Drones down fighter jets; China’s counter-drone efforts; Army’s…
White House’s ‘trillion-dollar’ defense budget: The Trump administration’s $1.01 trillion defense-spending proposal for fiscal 2026 wouldn’t increase the Defense Department budget, and would lead to an inevitable decrease in defense…
Forging a new national security alliance
In a not-so-distant future, the United States may face a combination of National Defense Strategy competitors in a shooting war while still holding terrorist groups at bay and responding to yet more crises across the globe. It is not…
Marines say they’re ‘leading the way’ in battlefield autonomy
WASHINGTON—There were a lot of big vehicles—some amphibious, with fresh camo paint—on display at the Modern Day Marine conference this week. But the smaller ones with the ability to drive themselves around stole the show. “I think…
‘Gimmicks’: GOP lawmakers slam Trump’s ‘trillion-dollar’ defense-spending proposal
Updated: 6:51 p.m. ET.The White House says it has proposed the first trillion-dollar defense budget, but some senators and budget analysts aren’t buying it. “For Defense spending, the President proposes an increase of 13 percent to…
Army’s latest networked-warfare experiment ‘took back’ Fort Irwin
The latest iteration of the Army’s Project Convergence imagined that the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., had been captured by an enemy force, with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force joining to take it…
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