On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory over Japan, at the cost of thousands of Marines and soldiers.
80 years since the Battle of Okinawa, a memorial to the dead stands on the island, with residents commemorating the end of the fighting each year. This year, the occasion is one of the last major anniversary events marking eight decades of the last year of World War II. The fighting ended on June 22, 1945.
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In the late hours of June 23 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missile strikes on Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar. Footage has confirmed the large scale use of U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to intercept the strike, with explosions filmed from the skies of Doha. The U.S. Central Command has claimed successful defence against the strike, which was launched using both short and medium range ballistic missiles, with President Donald Trump reporting that the attack was a “very weak response, which we expected, and have very effectively countered.
The U.S. military is going through its “reps and sets” via training, exercises, and wargames to make sure it is ready for a major war. The defense industrial base is only just getting started on serious wargaming, and that needs to accelerate.Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and guardians will need a durable industry — defense and otherwise — that can stay in the fight, especially a fight involving China, because it would likely be protracted and costly.
For centuries, infantry attacks have begun with a cacophony of eardrum-splitting gunfire. However, today, many engagements are initiated by the unflinching eyes of drones.Now the ability of infantry to effectively engage targets is no longer limited to human soldiers’ line of sight.
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer early Sunday local time, according to senior officials.
The event marked the first-ever operational employment of the weapon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Sunday during a press briefing at the Pentagon.
The 30,000-pound GBU-57 bomb, also known as the MOP, is designed to be capable of attacking underground targets. It can reportedly hit locations hundreds of feet below ground level.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 confirmed that serial production of the Oreshinik intermediate range ballistic missile is beginning, and that the missile has been assessed to have performed well when combat tested. “Volume production of the newest intermediate-range missile system Oreshnik, which has proved itself very well in combat conditions, is being started,” he stated, providing an update on the highly secretive weapons program.
A day after the United States military hit three nuclear facilities in Iran, American officials say that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities sustained “severe damage and destruction,” but it’s unclear if they were fully taken out of commission.
Operation Midnight Hammer, as Saturday’s military strike was called, was a massive undertaking involving U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and several dozen fighter jets, plus a Navy submarine. According to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen.
On 21 June 2025, the US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites. President Trump had threatened to do so after talks broke off with Iran so the action itself is not surprising. However, coming off the heels of 2 recent disastrous Middle East wars where the US brashly began wars involving regime change and insurgencies, it is fair to ask if the US finally has a plan to deal with all possible contingencies in its newest war.
In 2001, the US invaded Afghanistan after 9-11. At that time, it enjoyed popular support at home and abroad.
B-2 Spirit bombers dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or MOPs, on two of the Iranian nuclear facility sites struck this weekend as part of “Operation Midnight Hammer,” Air Force Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on Sunday.
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the U.S. military had attacked three facilities involved with Iran’s nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.
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