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Rumors of War
Russia Can Afford to Take a Beating in Ukraine
Russian forces in Ukraine are suffering casualties at more than 400,000 per year — enough to pack the house at the world’s four largest stadiums. Losses like these have been fuel for simultaneous talk of inevitable Russian defeat or victory…
Trump: Golden Dome to cost $175B, be ready in three years
An architecture, a price tag, and a development leader have been set for the ambitious Golden Dome anti-missile defense system, President Trump said Tuesday.“We have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that…
Hegseth to Air Force: Figure out how to modify Qatari jet
The Air Force is drawing up plans to convert a Qatari luxury jet into an Air Force One at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—despite bipartisan concern that accepting a foreign government’s plane is both dangerous and…
US Army medics prepare for war with China
HONOLULU—Military casualty care in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed to fly wounded troops to a hospital within “the golden hour.” But such quick medevacs are unrealistic in the vast Pacific.“You can’t fly anywhere in an hour, and you may…
The D Brief: US strikes in Somalia; UAE seeks DOGE’d DOD workers; Trump-Putin talks fall flat;…
The Navy’s top officer said U.S. forces carried out “the largest air strike in the history of the world” during recent operations near Somalia. Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby shared the extraordinary remarks Monday…
Why the Nuclear Gravity Bomb Has Gotten a Reboot
Within months of the Cuban Missile Crisis, weapons designers at Los Alamos National Laboratory began engineering what would become the longest-serving and most adaptable weapon in America’s nuclear arsenal. Although it was ballistic…
How America’s Special Operators are Preparing for a High-Tech Future
Down in Tampa on the sidelines of SOF Week, Ryan spoke with Lt. Gen. Frank Donovan, vice commander of Special Operations Command, in front of a live audience about how America’s special operators are leading the way on the the future of…
The D Brief: Largest drone attack of Putin’s invasion; Dim outlook for Russia-Ukraine talks; Army…
Russia’s military carried out its “largest single drone strike of the war against Ukraine” early Sunday morning. The attacks killed at least one woman after the munitions fell across eastern, northern, and central parts of the country,…
Special operations are becoming the Pentagon’s future ‘normal’
TAMPA, Florida—Today’s special operators are rapidly becoming the model for the rest of the U.S. military, disrupting how the Defense Department does everything from buying gear to responding to global crises. You might not notice that…
The nation needs a ‘security clearance ready reserve’
Who gets to hold a security clearance? And more importantly, what happens to that eligibility when someone steps out of federal service?Security clearances are the gatekeepers of the nation’s secrets – powerful tools of trust wielded…
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