Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early March 9, as the war that began a little over a week ago with his father’s killing took a dramatic turn.
President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military into Ecuador this week to strike drug cartels, and now he’s poised to do the same in more than a dozen other Latin American countries under a new proclamation he signed March 7.
A seventh U.S. service member has died in the conflict with Iran, U.S. Central Command announced March 8. CENTCOM wrote on the social platform X that the service member passed away “from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East” on Mar. 1. The service member was “seriously wounded at the scene” of an Iranian attack on American troops in Saudi Arabia, the command added.
An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on March 6.
President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer of six Americans killed in an Iranian drone attack during the first weekend of fighting in the open-ended war that Trump administration officials have said may result in additional service members' deaths.
Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating—even indirectly—in the war, according to three officials familiar with the intelligence.
Iran’s top national security official, speaking on national television as the war entered a second week, said Tehran would not surrender or let up on retaliatory strikes and vowed to hold President Trump responsible for killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump administration officials conceded during a private briefing on Capitol Hill this week that Iran’s Shahed-136 drone is proving more disruptive on the battlefield than the Pentagon had anticipated, two people familiar with the matter told Military Times.
Less than a week into Operation Epic Fury, we have seen a wide variety of munitions used by the U.S. and Israeli militaries and have previously looked at how their employment evolved as the conflict has progressed.
Loitering munitions and first-person-view drones are emerging as top causes of death and bodily harm in modern military conflicts, senators warned March 5.
Switzerland has decided to cut its F-35A fifth generation fighter jet order by around six aircraft, down to a fleet of 30 units, following a contract dispute over increased pricing with the U.S. government.
The Department of Defense this week announced two new tech hires, adding a former DoD DOGE teammember and an Air Force cybersecurity officer to its ranks. The former DOGE member, Gavin Kliger, was named as chief data officer for the Pentagon.
Defense companies have agreed to make four times as many missiles, President Donald Trump said March 6, denying reports that his war on Iran was quickly draining stocks of key munitions.
The White House video, opens new tab begins with a scene from “Call of Duty,” the action-packed, first-person shooter game. It then quickly cuts to images of fighter jets launching from an aircraft carrier, missiles streaking through the sky and targets exploding in slow motion—all set to the pounding beat of rapper Childish Gambino's song “Bonfire” and a deep-voiced narrator declaring, “We're winning this fight.”
