On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump announced:I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars…While the specifics of the request have not yet been released, a $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a roughly 50 percent increase on the amount requested for Fiscal Year 2026 and an even greater increase above the $839 billion “base” spending levels appropriated through the normal Congressional process.
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What if the biggest variable in whether China attacks Taiwan is how many directions New Delhi is forced to look at once?When considering a Taiwan contingency, people tend to focus on cross-Strait dynamics and China’s military capabilities for understandable reasons. But they should be thinking about India much more. India’s ability to create risk for China matters more than most debates over the future of Taiwan acknowledge. And India’s ability to do that is no longer just a function of tensions in the Himalayas or Pakistan’s role on India’s western front.
The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has reportedly deployed its Radwan Force, a top special forces unit, to launch unprecedented counteroffensives against Israeli Army units in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah initiated hostilities with Israel on March 1, for the first time since 2024, after Israel and the United States the previous day launched a full scale attack on the paramilitary group’s strategic partner Iran. This follows multiple reported successes by Hezbollah’s regular units in countering Israeli armed advances.
In a corporate boardroom reviewing a high-stakes multinational deal, every financial risk was dissected — but no one in the room could see the classified intelligence that might have changed the decision entirely.Right now, the United States is fighting an economic war without organizing itself for one.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Mach 5 confirmed the launch of Khorramshahr 4 ballistic missile to target Ben Gurion Airport, as well as the Israeli Air Force’s 27th Air Base located at the airport. The missiles were fired as part of the 19th wave of Operation True Promise 4, a coordinated campaign of missile and drone attacks against Israeli and U.S. targets. The operation was initiated on February 28, after Israel and the United States launched large scale attacks on targets across Iran with the purpose of toppling its government.
South Korean sources have widely reported that the United States Armed Forces are exploring contingencies for the withdrawal of high value long range air defence systems from the country for redeployment to the Middle East, following the initiation of a U.S. and Israeli assault against Iran on February 28. This would be far from unprecedented, with the U.S.
The Korean People’s Army Navy has evaluated the capabilities of the first Choe Hyon class missile destroyer, and conducted the first autonomous navigation exercises as part of pre-commissioning operational capability assessment tests. These tests demonstrated the ship’s ability to rapidly launch missile salvos at sea using its vertical launch system.
Following a close-door briefing from agency officials Wednesday, senators from both parties criticized the Pentagon, Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for inadequately coordinating the employment of counter-drone systems after back-to-back incidents in Texas last month.
In mid-February, CBP used a military laser on-loan from the Pentagon to shoot down an object near El Paso, later reported to be Mylar balloons, leading the FAA to temporarily close airspace.
Following the initiation of a full scale U.S. and Israeli military assault against Iran on February 28, the capabilities of Iran’s ground-based surface-to-air missile network, alongside its drone forces and ballistic missile arsenal, have posed a primary challenge to Western and allied efforts to achieve their objective of asserting military dominance and topping the country’s government.
Following the initiation of high intensity U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, multiple further countries have joined operations, with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, all having within the first few hours of the conflict activated local fighters and air defences to protect U.S. bases on their territories.