A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold June 24 after initially faltering, and U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides, saying they had fought “for so long and so hard” that they do not know what they are doing.
The UK will buy at least 12 F-35 stealth jets that can carry nuclear warheads in the most significant strengthening of its nuclear capability in a generation, the government has said.
A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran set back the country’s nuclear program by only a few months, according to officials familiar with the findings.
“In his recent article ‘Israel’s Futile Air War,’ Robert Pape argues that Israel’s effort to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and pressure the regime through airpower is doomed from the start. He claims that only ground forces can achieve such goals, pointing to historical U.S. operations as cautionary tales. But Pape’s central premise—that ‘airpower alone’ cannot accomplish strategic objectives—does not only misinterpret modern military history but also distorts understanding of the nature of joint operations and of how to best employ military forces to attain political goals,” writes retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
After years of delay, the Missile Defense Agency announced that the Long-Range Discrimination Radar —a foundational system for enabling President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome initiative to build an air and missile defense shield over the homeland—has for the first time tracked an ICBM-like target in a live test.
Top NATO and U.S. officials said President Trump is “committed” to the Western alliance, but cautioned that a sea change is coming—one that will result in Europe being in charge of its own defense.
As lawmakers and Pentagon officials push for reforms to the defense acquisition system, a small tech firm is expanding a data-analysis platform it says could arm Pentagon weapons-buyers with the information they need to more effectively manage the Defense Department’s nearly trillion-dollar budget.
There aren’t enough electronic warfare tools resident within the U.S. military services currently, according to a top lawmaker. At the end of the Cold War, many of the services divested of their capability within the electromagnetic spectrum. Now, these technologies are at a premium and in high demand for jamming enemy communications, navigation, and missiles while protecting against the same. Adversaries have invested heavily in this area following U.S. divestment, forcing a sprint to reinvigorate American EW prowess.
The military is bringing significantly more domestic violence cases against service members to court, including an increasing share of senior ranking officers, with conviction skyrocketing in a surge tied to a major overhaul of how serious crimes are prosecuted in the ranks.
The U.S. Air Force’s first combat employment of 30,000-pound GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs in recent strikes on Iranian nuclear sites draws new attention to work toward a successor. There was already very active U.S. military interest in a new Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) when the MOP first began entering service in the early 2010s.
Gen. Stephen Whiting holds the heavy responsibility of waging war in space for the United States when conflict occurs, from maintaining crucial global communications, to counterspace and offensive space operations to countering jamming, and moving America’s military satellites.
For the past few weeks, the news cycle has—to borrow a term from “Spaceballs”—gone to plaid, and now someone has yet again posted restricted information about military hardware on a “War Thunder” forum.