Unheeded lessons from the US warship nearly sunk by an Iranian mine Defense April 15, 2026 Thirty-eight years ago today, an Iranian mine tore a hole in the hull of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a…
US must adjust to Iran’s use of commercial satellite photos, Space Command says Defense April 15, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Iran’s use of commercial space imagery to strike U.S. and allied targets will force the Pentagon to adjust,…
Put nuclear reactors in space within a few years, White House tells Pentagon Defense April 15, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Launch nuclear reactors to orbit as soon as 2028 and to the Moon as soon as 2030—that’s…
Orbán’s loss won’t stop Russian influence campaigns, but it shows they’re beatable Defense April 14, 2026 The electoral defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán dealt a blow to Russia’s foreign-influence operations—and illustrated how the Kremlin’s approach is…
Threat of Russia’s space nuclear weapon ‘forced us to prepare,’ Space Command head says Defense April 14, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Russia’s hypothetical use of its alleged nuclear anti-satellite capability was the focus of U.S. Space Command’s latest wargame…
DHS intelligence revamp would keep it answerable to nation’s top spy Defense April 14, 2026 A White House plan to fold the Department of Homeland Security’s primary intelligence unit into DHS headquarters for the coming…
4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the US in the great power game Defense April 13, 2026 “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”—Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim—may well have been in the minds of policymakers in…
How the Army is preparing to bring its first tiltrotor aircraft online Defense April 13, 2026 The Army—the last of the U.S. services to introduce a tiltrotor aircraft—is gathering lessons and working through challenges as it…
HASC Chair: Trillion dollar defense budgets are the ‘new normal.’ Reconciliation is less certain. Defense April 13, 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers said a $1 trillion baseline defense budget is the standard…
Homeland Security intel office restructuring would keep oversight under ODNI Defense April 13, 2026 A White House plan to fold the Department of Homeland Security’s primary intelligence unit into DHS headquarters for the coming…
