The U.S. military blew up an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Feb. 9, killing two “narco-terrorists” and leaving one survivor. The vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization, transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” in the Pacific Ocean and was engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations, according to U.S. Southern Command.
As the conflict nears the four-year mark, Russia’s increasingly effective use of drones is helping its forces maintain a grinding, slow-motion advance. It is weakening Ukraine’s hand at the negotiating table, where it is under pressure to cede strategically vital territory.
The Defense Department announced Feb. 9 that it will incorporate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into the military’s generative AI platform that’s already being used by more than 1 million personnel.
The Pentagon has completed its initial review of defense contractors it believes are falling short of the department’s expectations, but needs more time to assess before finalizing a so-called naughty list that could halt stock buybacks or investor dividends, according to the department’s top spokesman.
Ukraine has launched Mission Control, a first-of-its-kind digital command-and-control system designed to unify planning, execution, and reporting for all drone operations across the country, as Kyiv seeks more innovative ways to move the frozen front line on the battlefield after almost four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
We just got some interesting photos out of U.S. Central Command showing A-10C Warthog ground attack jets exercising with the USS Santa Barbara, an Independence class Littoral Combat Ship that is currently deployed in the region. At a glance, the two assets seem somewhat strangely paired, but the images highlight a long-standing mission of the A-10, and one that has grown far more prominent in the twilight of its career.
Fears over how adversary nations use artificial intelligence is one of the aspects driving a Defense Department overhaul of how it provides and trains its cyber warriors, a top Pentagon official told Breaking Defense.
Boeing has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to design, manufacture, and integrate a modernized flight deck for the C-17 Globemaster III. The company said Feb. 6 that the upgrade will keep the military transport aircraft “flying and mission-ready for decades to come.”
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On the afternoon of Oct. 4, 1918, American artillery hit a ravine in France's Argonne Forest. The rounds were falling directly on roughly 500 U.S. soldiers that had been trapped behind enemy lines for two days. Maj. Charles Whittlesey, a New York lawyer commanding the surrounded force, had one way left to stop the bombardment. His life and the lives of his men now rested on a lone carrier pigeon.
