Sending Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine Is an Expensive Blunder The truth is Patriot systems are as likely to stop the drone threat as a water balloon is to stop a forest fire.
Military Legends: 5 Most Overrated Weapons of War Ever These weapons of war are "overrated" in the sense that they occupy a larger space in the defense-security conversation than...
House OKs $1 Billion for Israel's Iron Dome Defense System The U.S. began supporting Israel’s development of the Iron Dome system about a decade ago and has provided about $1.6 billion...
US Pulls Missile Defenses in Saudi Arabia Amid Yemen Attacks A high-resolution satellite picture taken Friday showed the batteries' pads at the site empty, with no visible activity.
Army Activates Two Israeli Iron Dome Missile Defense Batteries at Fort Bliss The system is designed to track and destroy enemy missiles and other threats launched from up to 40 miles away.
Army Wants Missile to Kill Enemy Targets Beyond 900 Miles The surface-to-surface missile that the Army wants could be positioned in areas in the Pacific islands to deter China.
Army Destroys Cruise and Ballistic Missile Targets in 2nd Test of New Defense System It was the final live-fire exercise in a limited user test of the Army's Integrated Battle Command System.
F-16 Shoots Down Drone in Test for New Cruise Missile Defense An F-16 has taken out a drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket.
Turkey's S-400 Will Be Fully Operational by End of Year: Pentagon Official The Defense Department believes that Turkey's S-400 surface-to-air missile system will soon be ready to track aircraft in the...
FTC Investigating Northrop Grumman Amid ICBM Spat with Boeing The agency is probing whether Northrop violated the terms of an agreement it made to acquire Orbital ATK.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...