Defense
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Canada's European Pivot: 230 Defence Firms Storm Poland's MSPO Fair
From plywood drones to a 125,000-job strategy, Canada is aggressively diversifying its arms trade to reduce reliance on ...
Bundeswehr’s Internal Crisis: Unpacking 1,900 Sexual Misconduct Allegations
A surge in reported misconduct cases has forced the German Ministry of Defence to confront a deeply ingrained culture of...
Lawfare vs. National Security: The Fight to Save the SAS
Sir David Davis leads a parliamentary push for new legal protections as elite soldiers flee the Special Air Service over...
Stealth Stakes: The F-35B’s Strategic Pivot in Japan and Morocco
As the US Marine Corps shifts F-35B jets to Japan, a massive $18 billion deal in Morocco signals a global realignment of...
Digital Breadcrumbs: Why US Military Branches are Killing Ad Trackers
Following warnings from Senator Ron Wyden, the Air Force, Army, and Special Operations Command are disabling advertising...
Defense vs. Diplomacy: Canada Weighs F-35 Future Amid US Trade War
Minister David McGuinty resists calls to scrap the stealth jet deal, but a review of 72 aircraft remains active as tarif...
Pentagon Orders Immediate Testosterone Screening for U.S. Troops
A new directive mandates hormone testing as a standard health step, prioritizing rapid deployment of screenings across a...
The Wear and Tear of 286 Days: The USS Abraham Lincoln’s Thai Arrival
After nearly ten months at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand, revealing both the physical toll of a record ...
The Hidden Toll of the USS Abraham Lincoln’s Nine-Month Deployment
As 5,000 sailors arrive in Thailand, the focus shifts from local economic gains to the strain of a record-breaking missi...
Pentagon Rift: US Generals Warn of 'Breaking Point' Over Iran Troop Mandate
High-ranking commanders have formally dissented against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's strategy to maintain 50,000 tro...
Laser Defense Goes Mobile: AeroVironment Deploys LOCUST Systems to U.S. Army
The U.S. Army is integrating 20-kW directed-energy weapons onto lightweight vehicles to counter the rising threat of dro...
Sky-High Diplomacy: How the Bucharest International Air Show Bridges Allied Forces
From the Frecce Tricolori's precision to a smoke-ring finale by Jurgis Kairys, BIAS turns the Romanian sky into a geopol...
Printing the Front Line: Firestorm Labs Brings Drone Factories to the USS Essex
A containerized 3D-printing hub aboard a Navy ship is turning digital files into combat drones and $230,000 spare parts ...
Pentagon's $1.5 Trillion Gamble: Trading Cold War Steel for AI Swarms
The U.S. Department of Defense seeks a historic budget increase to pivot from legacy platforms to autonomous warfare.
The War of Attrition: Israel's Military Facing Financial and Human Breaking Point
From depleted ammunition stockpiles to a crisis of personnel exhaustion, the Israeli army is struggling to sustain a mul...
Hegseth’s War on DEI: Meritocracy or Marginalization in the DoD?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparks a firestorm after calling for a "colorblind" military, triggering clashes with sen...
Powerless in the Pacific: The USS Benfold's Four-Day Engineering Crisis
A generator failure left a US guided-missile destroyer without basic amenities in one of the world's most contested wate...
Canada's Submarine Gamble: TKMS and the Race to 2043
German shipbuilder TKMS has won the preferred bidder spot for Canada's naval upgrade, but a decade of delivery and compl...
The Ration Rift: US Navy Sailors Face Backlash Over Food Complaints
Social media grievances from US Navy sailors have ignited a fierce debate, pitting modern service expectations against t...
The Human Cost of 1.5 Million Pounds of Ordnance: Defending the USS Abraham Lincoln
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao defends the grueling 266-day deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln amid reports of mental...
Beyond the Horizon: The Human Cost of the USS Abraham Lincoln's 250-Day Deployment
As the USS Abraham Lincoln marks over 250 days at sea, President Trump dismisses reports of crew distress, leaving lawma...
The Human Cost of a Prolonged Deployment: A 19-Year-Old Sailor's Breaking Point
A young sailor's mental health crisis aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln highlights the growing strain of extended naval ope...
The 'Heartbeat' in the Machine: Chinese Components Found in UK Royal Marines Drones
A routine security audit of K3 Scout surveillance drones revealed unauthorized Chinese components, raising alarms about ...
The Beijing Backdoor: UK Royal Navy's £12 Million Drone Security Breach
A whistleblower reveals that K3 Scout drones are leaking data to China, echoing the UK's previous 5G security failures a...
China-Linked Data Signals Found in Royal Navy Special Forces Drones
A security breach involving K3 Scout drones has forced the UK Ministry of Defence to sever internet links to prevent dat...
The Patriot Gamble: US and Ukraine Weigh Local Missile Production
As Russian ballistic strikes intensify, Washington and Kyiv negotiate a complex plan to manufacture PAC-3 interceptors o...
Precision Gap: US Army Nears Exhaustion of Long-Range Missiles in Iran Conflict
While President Donald Trump claims ample munitions, officials warn that depleted ATACMS and PrSM stocks leave the US vu...
Breaking the Monopoly: The High-Stakes Race for U.S. Rare Earth Sovereignty
As the Pentagon pushes to decouple from Chinese supply chains, New Hampshire's Phoenix Tailings is at the center of a cr...
The Golden Fleet: Trump's $150 Billion Bet on Obsolete Battleships
A multibillion-dollar naval project is drawing fire from experts who claim the 'Trump-Class' ships prioritize aesthetics...
US Army Moves 'Hammer of the Gods' Overseas to Disrupt Precision Targeting
The US Army is transitioning its new electronic warfare system from land-based trials to large-scale maritime experiment...