Most accounts of the Manhattan Project tell a familiar story: American scientists relentlessly racing to design and build the fission bombs that would ultimately fall on Japan. A neglected chapter of the saga was the obsessive advocacy of a handful of physicists who favored a far more potent weapon design. The “Super” of their imagination would derive its explosive energy not simply from fission, or the splitting of atomic nuclei, but also from the fusion of deuterium and tritium, two isotopes of hydrogen.
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German officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal have warned that the country has been left poorly protected against potential air or missile attacks due to the transfer of military systems, and particularly MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems, to Ukraine. The issue has been exacerbated by the more recent deployment of remaining Patriot systems to protect Poland on NATO’s eastern flank from late 2025.
The U.S. Air Force on March 4 scrambled two F-35A and two F-22 fifth generation fighter aircraft to interceptor two Russian Tu-142 anti-submarine warfare aircraft in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defence identification zones, with the Russian aircraft being closely shadowed, and remaining in international airspace. The fighters were supported by four KC-135 tankers, and one E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS), while Canada deployed two F-18 fighters and a CC-150 tanker.
Reports from multiple Western sources confirmed on March 5 that the United States Army has expended over 800 anti-ballistic missiles from MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems during just five days of hostilities with Iran, after the U.S and Israel both launched a large scale attack against the country on February 28.
A NATO E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) have conducted their first ever operational mission over Finnish airspace, positioning them in close proximity to the Russian Arctic and well within range to monitor deep into Russian territory.
Members of the Pentagon’s counter-drone task force were in Kyiv last week to understand how Ukraine’s military was protecting infrastructure and troops against Russian unmanned aerial systems — just before the start of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran.
The revelation — which was delivered by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 director Brig. Gen. Matt Ross at an industry event in Virginia on Thursday — came just hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he received a request from the U.S.
It’s been what, a couple thousand years or so since the Persians had a military invention of their own? They were overdue.
It is D+3, and there is one part of Operation Epic Fury that keeps popping up to top-of-mind for me, the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS).
First of all, like I said Sunday, BZ to the staff weenie(s) who came up with that acronym for the best blatant copy-job by the U.S. military since the Springfield 1903 looked at Mauser and said, “Nice gun you have there.
The U.S. military targeted infrastructure and assets that enable Iran to move data and conduct warfare operations in space, Adm. Brad Cooper said Thursday.
Speaking alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a press briefing at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida, Cooper said Iran’s combat power is diminishing as Operation Epic Fury enters its sixth day.
“In just the last 72 hours, America’s bomber force has struck nearly 200 targets deep inside of Iran, including around Tehran. And in just the last hour, U.S.
The Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was used during Operation Epic Fury to strike Iranian targets, marking the long-range weapon’s first operational deployment since it was fielded in 2023.
U.S. Central Command confirmed the weapon’s use Wednesday in a post on X, which included a video showing PrSM being launched from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). While the command has not provided details as to where the munition is located, the post noted that PrSM is “providing an unrivaled deep strike capability” to U.S. forces in the Middle East.
James “Aaron” Bishop has been tapped to serve as the Pentagon’s chief information security officer and deputy CIO for cybersecurity, the department announced on social media Thursday.
He assumed the role of CISO in an acting capacity on Feb. 27, according to a LinkedIn post from the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
In his new position, he’ll work under DOD CIO Kirsten Davies and be responsible for providing policy, technical, program and oversight support to the CIO on all cybersecurity matters.