Tag: Defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves after attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Defense Ministers' Meeting in Cebu, central Philippines, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.

Hegseth gifts Vietnamese counterpart declassified reports that could lead to discovery of hundreds of remains

Mike Brest · October 28, 2026 12:09 pm

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

Mike Brest · October 27, 2026 4:00 pm

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Carney.

How Erdogan just outmaneuvered NATO in the Mediterranean

Jose Lev Alvarez · October 27, 2026 8:00 am

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

James Comey charged with leaking national defense information

Kaelan Deese · October 26, 2026 5:57 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, poses with members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets on the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in College Station, Texas.

Hegseth’s ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ and ‘Send me’ tours resemble a campaign trail

Mike Brest · October 25, 2026 5:00 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starshield systems unlocked in Ukraine after uproar about military restrictions

Emily Hallas · October 24, 2026 9:40 am

U.S. Marines flinch as shell booms from the tube of their mortar on a sweeping operation south of Da Nang, South Vietnam on Dec. 1, 1966, in an area believed to be under strong Vietcong influence. While the mortar is capable of being hand-held, it is normally placed on a heavy base plate to stand on its own. (Dang Van Phuoc/AP Photo)

When the Army calls, heroes answer

Trent Reedy · October 24, 2026 7:49 am

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions before his meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday Oct. 22, 2026.

Zelensky: US, Ukraine, and Russia will hold trilateral talks in early November but it ‘all depends on the Russians’

Mike Brest · October 23, 2026 2:53 pm

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

The Trump administration’s evolving Starshield deflection

Mike Brest · October 21, 2026 3:49 pm

U.S. soldiers with 2d Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, build a ground control station for electronic warfare at Vilseck, Germany, April 15, 2026. Soldiers worked alongside vendors to test new counter-unmanned aerial system technology for an upcoming exercise in Lithuania, Project Flytrap 5.0. Drones such as the Bumblebee and Purpose-Built Attritable Systems were used to test the new technology.

‘My real nightmares’: Evolving technology and weapons are changing military bases and future plans

Mike Brest · October 20, 2026 4:25 pm

British Royal Air Force jet

UK deploying fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

David Zimmermann · October 20, 2026 10:45 am