Before the first bomb fell, the conflict in Iran was already being dominated from 22,000 miles above it.
On an uneventful evening in February 2026, hours prior to F-35s screaming off carrier decks and B-2s beginning their long trek toward Tehran, U.S. Space Command and Cyber Command were already at work, relentlessly severing the connective tendons of Iran’s military.
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Satellite communications would go dark, sensor networks would lose sight.
Author: Michael
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration have conducted a high-energy laser test to advance c-UAS in the US.
The United States Coast Guard has been around since President George Washington signed the Tariff Act in 1790. In the nearly 2½ centuries since, the Coast Guard has pingponged between three federal cabinet departments for oversight.
Does it surprise you that none of those departments is the Defense Department?
Related: The complete guide to Coast Guard ranksA good follow-up question is, “Why not?” It’s a valid point, considering the Coast Guard is the only military service branch outside the Pentagon’s umbrella.
How did we get here? Let’s find out.
The USS Nimitz is at sea for one last job. The aging aircraft carrier, set to be decommissioned, departed its homeport in Washington State this weekend and is heading to the waters around Latin America.
The USS Nimitz and its crew of several thousand sailors departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for its planned final destination at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia ahead of being decommissioned. Stars & Stripes reported on Saturday that the ship will be deploying to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility during that final voyage.
Benjamin Moseman, War Room
Without space, such an operation would not have been possible
L.C. Williams, DOne
The announcement comes after months of White House pressure on defense companies to build weapons faster.
AF Times
Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry…
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Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg
The Pentagon needs an additional $12 billion through 2031 to boost declining readiness rates of the F-35 fighter
Images showing a Serbian Air Force MiG-29 fighter aircraft flying with two Chinese-supplied CM-400AKG ballistic missiles indicate that the service has become become the second foreign operator of the missile type, with the procurement revolutionising the previously very limited strike capabilities of the aircraft. The missile’s speed, which can exceed Mach 6, makes Serbian MiG-29s them the first fighters in Europe with hypersonic strike capabilities.