Politics ❯ Defense Policy

Military Strategy

Regional Security Counterterrorism Naval Strategy National Security Air Force Operations Air Defense Operational Tactics Aerial Warfare International Cooperation Nuclear Deterrence

Navy Will Retire USS Boise to Shift Money and Workers to New Submarines

Leaders call it a data-driven stop to sunk costs that prioritizes delivery of newer submarines.

Survivors Say Kuwait Base Was Not Fortified, Contradicting Pentagon on Deadly Iran Strike

Ukraine Hits Two Caspian Sea Oil Platforms in Long-Range Strike

Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Stalls Despite New Funding and Internal Disputes

DIA Flags Chinese AI Firms Tracking U.S. Forces as Planet Labs Cuts Off Conflict-Zone Imagery

UK MoD Rejects Reports of British Warship Hit in Mediterranean

U.S. Confirms AWACS Damaged in Iranian Strike at Saudi Base

U.S. Fields Shahed-Style LUCAS Drone as Iran Claims Shootdowns

Ukrainian Drone Maker and Wilcox Announce U.S. Joint Venture for FPV and Interceptor Drones

FP-5 ‘Flamingo’ Linked to Blast at Russian Explosives Plant in Samara

Analysts Tie BLU-91/B Anti-Tank Mines to Area Near Iranian ‘Missile City’

USS George H.W. Bush Heads for Middle East to Bolster U.S. Carrier Presence

Germany Weighs Buying Australia’s MQ-28 ‘Ghost Bat’ Combat Drone

U.S. Confirms USS Nimitz Latin America Tour, Panama Stop Set for March 29–April 2

Air Force Expects NGAD To Enter Service In Mid‑2030s, Leans On F‑22 and Super Hornet Bridge

Germany Proposes Troop-Access Pact With Japan in Accelerated Indo-Pacific Push

U.K. Confirms Iran Targeted Diego Garcia With Two Missiles, Both Foiled

U.S. and South Korea Conclude Freedom Shield 26, Underscoring Combined Readiness

France, Germany Set Mid-April Deadline for Final Mediation on FCAS Fighter Rift

USS Tripoli Transits Singapore Strait Toward Middle East Deployment