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For years, Iran relied on a network of proxy militias in an attempt to assert control across the Middle East.

That all changed in 2023. Following the 7th October attacks on Israel by Hamas, the former obliterated the latter’s presence in Gaza, severely weakening Iranian influence in the region.

Iran’s Drones That Russia Is Using. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Iran F-14 Tomcat Fighter. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Soon after, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah suffered a similar fate, with conflict resuming shortly after the beginning of the Iran war earlier this year.

Nearly two years ago, in September of 2024, Israel carried out an attack in which exploding pagers and walkie-talkies killed more than 40 people and injured over a thousand. Later that month, Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated.

Hezbollah, the Iran-allied political party and paramilitary organization based in Lebanon, still exists, but has certainly been battered, especially after years of war with Israel.

And now, with Iran engaging in conflict across the Middle East, Hezbollah has been supplanted by other organizations as Iran’s most active proxies.

Pentagon officials are sorting through a flood of industry feedback about the controversial Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program as the department weighs next steps for reform efforts, Defense Department CIO Kirsten Davies said Wednesday.
In July, Davies and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey announced the suspension of CMMC Phase 2 requirements that were set to take effect this fall, which included third-party attestation of compliance.

Chase Millsap isn’t sure how many times he’s watched “Band of Brothers” over the last 25 years, but he’s seen it a lot. A Marine who later served as a Green Beret, Millsap said he watched it while at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, then in training and then when deployed to Iraq, as DVD copies were passed between outposts. 
“It has always been there in the background, as a reminder of leadership, service and what we owe the people beside us,” he told Task & Purpose.
Now Millsap has a new documentary on the making of the show and its impact, out on Sept.

In 2019, Steve Fetter wrote “A Cheaper Nuclear Sponge,” in which he argued that building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was unnecessary for strengthening U.S. land-based deterrence. After several years of changing defense budgets and strategic priorities, we asked Steve to revisit his arguments.Image: U.S. Air Force (John Ingle)In your 2019 article, you argued that building an entirely new ICBM was unnecessary and that the Pentagon could save tens of billions by extending the life of the Minuteman III instead.

Tensions are once again escalating in a long-running war in the Middle East.

For much of the past year, the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, and the repercussions on Middle Eastern neighbors, has dominated headlines.

(Feb. 13, 2013) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 Block 1A successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. (U.S.

The UK-Poland defence treaty has been questioned by an influential committee in the UK House of Lords amid a crisis in UK military readiness.

U.S. Destroys Five Iranian Tankers, Oil Market Responds – The United States hit and destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday, September 8, following Iranian ballistic missile attacks against U.S. warships.

U.S. Central Command said four Iranian crude carriers — the Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco — were struck in the Gulf of Oman. A fifth vessel, the Derya, was struck near Kharg Island, Iran’s most important oil export hub. American forces reportedly ordered the crew to abandon the vessels before they were attacked.

U.S. Rejects Iran Attack Disinformation – The U.S.-Iran war continues to ramp up in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran now says it has attacked commercial shipping and a base in Jordan after American forces torched five Iranian oil tankers.

U.S. Denies IRGC’s Hit Claims

The B-2 Spirit flies over the Rose Parade at Pasadena Ca., Jan. 1, 2024. The Rose Parade is a parade of flower covered floats, marching band, and equestrian units that is produced by the Tournament of Roses. (U.S.

What is Iran doing at Pickaxe Mountain? – Pickaxe Mountain is a mountain facility in Iran that the Iranian regime is widely believed to use as part of its nuclear program. President Donald Trump has threatened, at various times throughout the war, to attack Pickaxe Mountain, but the U.S. is not known to have struck the facility.

Now, a new report says there’s been an “uptick” in recent construction at the facility.

A B-2 Spirit soars after a refueling mission over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, May 30, 2006. The B-2, from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.