Defense

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites lifts off looking like a thick flame of orange from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Oct. 27, 2026. Guardians and Airmen assigned to Space Launch Delta 30 supported the launch by providing range capabilities that help ensure assured access to space from the West Coast’s premier spaceport and test range.

Russia has a sustained pattern of harassing US national security space satellites: DIA

Mike Brest · October 27, 2026 8:00 pm

The Aevex Atlas precision guided drone system stands ready to be launched at a range

The military’s $1 billion drone plan to take on China — and how it hopes it never has to use them

A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025, after returning from a massive strike on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

Pentagon orders production of US Air Force’s first hypersonic missile

An artist’s rendering depicts the GHOST-R satellite prototype, which is designed to deliver geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) reconnaissance capabilities to the Department of War, at an undisclosed location, Sept. 18, 2026.

US military will do ‘space-based logistics’ in ‘our lifetimes’: Caine

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks outside the West Wing of the White House.

Democrats ask Musk for clarification on Starlink shutdown in Ukraine

‘Front line into a fortress’: North Korean military threatens to move into demilitarized zone

Zach Halaschak June 15, 2020 9:53 pm

Democracy imperiled in Africa by ‘reformers’ turned dictators

Michael Rubin June 11, 2020 9:41 pm

Meaningless war powers report might as well have been blank

Daniel DePetris June 11, 2020 8:24 pm

In this Monday, March 9, 2020 photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday.

Russian bombers and fighter jets intercepted within 8 miles of US airspace

Zach Halaschak June 10, 2020 5:58 pm

US Navy moves to ban display of Confederate battle flag

Zach Halaschak June 10, 2020 2:35 am

Trump almost fired Esper over disagreement about deploying active-duty troops during protests: Report

Zach Halaschak June 10, 2020 12:33 am

In this Monday, June 8, 2020 satellite photo provided by Maxar Technologies, a fake aircraft carrier is seen off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. As tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S., the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mockup of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills.

Iran appears to construct mock aircraft carrier complete with fake fighter jets

Zach Halaschak June 9, 2020 10:50 pm

FILE - In this June 3, 2020 file photo members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington securing the area as protests continue following the death of George Floyd, a who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. An Ohio National Guardsman was removed from policing protests in Washington D.C. after the FBI found he expressed white supremacist ideology online, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a briefing Friday, June 5, 2020.

Ohio National Guardsman removed for alleged white supremacism activity online

Zach Halaschak June 6, 2020 1:36 am

FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file frame from Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country's nuclear chief said Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, according to state television, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran's collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges will be inaugurated in the coming weeks.

UN atomic watchdog says Iran in violation of all nuclear deal restrictions

Zach Halaschak June 5, 2020 8:55 pm

‘The nightmare is over’: Iran releases US veteran after nearly two years of captivity

Zach Halaschak June 4, 2020 11:09 am

Egypt could face blowback from Somalia weapons deal

Michael Rubin June 1, 2020 6:22 pm

Fix the homefront before worrying about abroad

Daniel DePetris June 1, 2020 5:55 pm