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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday, September 9, to escalate the Iran war further by attacking the Pickaxe Mountain complex — an Iranian nuclear site buried deep underground and currently beyond the reach of known U.S. military technology.
New reports suggest the Pentagon is investigating classified ways of destroying the underground facilities.
OVER NEVADA — A B-1B Lancer from the 37th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., streaks through the sky.
The top general in charge of securing and defending the Pentagon’s cyber infrastructure said Thursday that decades of delayed maintenance has left DOD networks increasingly vulnerable in the AI age, adding to the drumbeat of warnings across the field about agent-instigated hacks.
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When U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began in February and prompted Iran to disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, some of the world’s leading energy analysts warned that oil prices could reach $200 per barrel.
On March 31, Fereidun Fesharaki, chairman emeritus of energy consultancy group FGE NexantECA, told Bloomberg Television that oil prices could surge to between $150 and $200 per barrel if the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz persisted for as long as eight weeks.
China’s Xi Jinping. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
A new handbook gives troops pointers on how to scan the sky for drones, how to estimate the length of a football field, and reminders that innocuous things like the shine of their glasses or left-behind MRE garbage can give their position away.
Published Tuesday by the Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force – 401, the 2026 Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Quick Reference Guide includes drone tactics, techniques and procedures and a catalogue of drones and counter-UAS technologies currently in the U.S. inventory, including lasers, jammers, and interceptors.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to make a deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Trump said on Wednesday, 9th September, that he had a “great” telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart earlier in the week, discussing the possibility of an end to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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However, questions remain about the likelihood of an agreement between the two warring nations after four and a half years of conflict.
The UK Government appears to have decided that live-fire exercises for the British Army’s premier tank regiment is not a leading priority.
U.S. President Donald Trump this week said that he believes the war with Iran will end in the coming months, but not before the November midterm elections.
The president, based on recent events and statements by officials in Tehran, suggested that the Islamic regime is looking to inflict as much pain as possible to weaken Washington’s negotiating position and lose the Republicans the midterm elections.
A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base takes off from Oscoda, Michigan, Aug. 5, 2025.
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most heads of state will arrive later this month for the General Debate that begins on Sept. 22. The General Assembly will wrap up on Sept. 28.U.S. President Donald Trump and his senior officials have strongly criticized the United Nations, withdrawn from multiple U.N. organizations, and reduced funding.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) transits the Persian Gulf. Photo: U.S. Navy / Public Domain
Iran deployed a new type of anti-ship missile fitted with an electro-optical seeker to attack US warships for the first time last night, in a major escalation by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its warfare against US forces operating in the vicinity of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Flying across the world with modern GPS is not much harder than using a navigation app in your car, which is why most military planners expect the global satellite system to be knocked out early in any major future conflict.
To prepare for a no-GPS sky, a Pentagon test flight last month over Alaska made a major leap toward how the U.S. military plans to fly to and from targets without the satellite system, overseen by the Pentagon’s newest technology unit.