Italy turns away Middle East-bound US military aircraft from Sicily stopover
ROME — U.S. military aircraft heading from the United States to the Middle East have been refused permission to stop off at an air base in Italy, an Italian government source has told Defense News. The request to land at Sigonella air base in Sicily...
Hegseth reveals secret trip to Middle East amid escalating Iran war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he made a secret wartime trip to the Middle East to meet with American troops fighting in Operation Epic Fury. Hegseth, speaking during a press briefing at the Pentagon, asserted that morale is high and service members...
Marine charged with stealing and selling Javelin Missile Systems, ammunition
An ammunition technician specialist at the School of Infantry West stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, has been federally indicted for stealing Javelin Missile Systems, AT4 antitank weapons and ammunition “so lethal that the public cannot legally possess it,” the District Court of Arizona charges. Andrew...
The US Navy brought a ‘one-of-a-kind’ laser weapon back from the dead
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The U.S. Navy spent at least six months resurrecting a high-energy laser weapon that previously graced the bow of a warship for a...
Bark River Knives Closes Doors Amidst Blade Steel Controversy
Bark River Knives closed its doors earlier this month, and it was a move accompanied by some serious controversy, as it was discovered that several recent model runs were produced with a Chinese steel that BRK sold as 154CM/CPM-154. BRK’s closure was officially announced on...
Thousands of US Army paratroopers arrive in Middle East as buildup intensifies
Thousands of soldiers from the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division have started arriving in the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, as President Donald Trump weighs his next steps in the war against Iran. Reuters first reported on March 18 that...
Trump says massive military complex to be built beneath White House ballroom
President Donald Trump revealed on Sunday evening that the U.S. military is constructing a “massive” underground complex beneath his new $400 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom. Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while holding renderings of the plans, said the ballroom “essentially becomes...
What a US ground fight in Iran could become
U.S. troops are deploying to the Middle East by the thousands as the Pentagon weighs the possibility of ground operations in Iran. The movement raises a question: What would those missions actually look like on the ground? Military analysts point to several possibilities, including coastal...
Trump interested in calling on Arab states to help pay for Iran war, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, adding talks with Tehran to end the conflict are progressing well. Leavitt, asked at a news...
US Navy commissions fast-attack submarine USS Massachusetts
The U.S. Navy officially commissioned its newest nuclear attack submarine during a Saturday ceremony at Boston Harbor, the service announced. The USS Massachusetts, — which weighs 7,800 tons and is 377 feet long — is the 12th Virginia-class submarine and the fifth to be named...
