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The military is undercut in various ways by Congress’ failure to pass a defense budget this far into the fiscal year—even if the stopgap funding bill passed in the wee hours of Saturday morning avoided a costlier government shutdown.The…

The U.S. Navy rescued aviators downed “in an apparent case of friendly fire” over the Red Sea early Sunday, officials at Central Command announced this weekend. Both members of the F/A-18F Hornet’s aircrew are safe, one with minor…

Shutdown watch: Troops won’t get paid over Christmas unless shutdown is averted, Pentagon officials said Thursday after Republicans bowed to tweets from Elon Musk and backed out of a spending deal that would have funded the government…

China is rapidly advancing in missiles, nuclear weapons, and influence operations—but endemic corruption is to some degree undermining its military ambitions, according to the new edition of the Pentagon’s annual China Power report.Its…

YUMA, Arizona—Marine Corps F-35 jets enjoyed some of their highest-ever readiness rates during a five-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific—largely because amphibious warship Boxer had enough spare parts and manpower to maintain 10 of the…

The Biden administration intends to send more than a billion dollars in military aid to Ukraine by the end of the year, officials said Tuesday. That includes $1.2 billion still left from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, Defense…

Russian general dead in MoscowThe general in charge of Russia’s nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons was killed outside his apartment building in Moscow on Tuesday. His name was Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, and he reportedly perished along…

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he will push Ukraine’s president to negotiate with Russia for a ceasefire after he takes office next month. But just days earlier, a Ukrainian lawmaker told reporters in Washington, D.C., that a…

A number of U.S. military commands failed to keep a complete and accurate inventory of mobile devices used to store and transmit classified information, according to a heavily redacted Defense Department oversight report.The findings from…

While Syria is shifting to new management, Israel is attacking the country’s arsenals and infrastructure. On Monday, military jets struck former air defense sites and missile warehouses along the country’s western coast in the early morning…