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Pete Hegseth Has A Problem: Trump Burned Through 4 Defense Secretaries in Term One. The Pattern Is Starting Again
Pete Hegseth was something of an unconventional choice to serve as secretary of defense.
Before his selection, Hegseth was best known as a Fox News host, although he had also led a couple of veterans groups. During Trump’s first term, Hegseth lobbied for leniency for soldiers accused of war crimes.
Hegseth’s confirmation process was tumultuous.
The Trump administration’s budget request for fiscal 2027 calls for significant funds to increase stockpiles of a long-range Army missile that’s been used during the United States’ ongoing war with Iran.
Recently released budget documents show that the Army is asking for nearly $2 billion to purchase more Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) in FY27 — nearly four-times the amount that Congress allocated in fiscal 2026, which was $546 million.
The American military launched more one-way attack drones last night against Iran, U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday, adding that “hundreds” of unmanned platforms have been involved in Operation Epic Fury in various roles to date.
Tuesday’s announcement comes several weeks after Centcom noted that it had employed long-range kamikaze drones in combat for the first time during the early days of the Iran war, which President Donald Trump commenced on Feb. 28.
The Army plans to host civilian-run data centers on its bases, according to recent federal contracting documents and official statements.
In late March, Army officials announced that it “conditionally selected” global investment firms to build, operate and manage commercial data centers on “underutilized” land at Fort Bliss, Texas and Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The data centers are being built under an agreement with private developers to use available acres of Army property in exchange for access to computing power.
Could Trump Be Removed by the 25th Amendment to the Constitution?
President Donald Trump has people on edge again; his news conference on April 6 left many questioning whether he has gone too far.
Trump set a deadline on April 7 after which, he threatened, he might order the U.S. military to destroy civilian electrical power plants and bridges. Such acts would punish ordinary Iranians and could kill or harm civilians—they would potentially constitute war crimes. He has also warned that “a whole civilization may die tonight.
Trump Threatened to Destroy a Civilization. Iran Cut All Contact. What Happens Now?
President Donald J. Trump’s deadline for the Islamic Republic of Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is rapidly approaching.
It is evident that the forty-seventh president believes that issuing serious threats to the Iranian regime is the best way to end this conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
F-22 Raptor In the Air. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The F-22’s New Fuel Tanks Don’t Have to Be Dropped Before Combat — That Single Change Adds 850 Nautical Miles of Range and Solves the Raptor’s Biggest Weakness
The US Air Force’s fifth-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor, remains the world’s stealthiest aircraft. Introduced in 2005, it is the world’s first mass-produced fifth-generation fighter jet and has been a cornerstone of the US Air Force’s air superiority strategy.
Currently, there are 178 F-22 fighters in service. And it is still the benchmark against which all fighters are measured.
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The war with Iran has had ripple effects across the Middle East and North Africa. The Gulf Arab states, Iraq, and Jordan have suffered direct attacks from Iran, and Iraq also faces violence from Iranian-aligned militias. In response to an attack from Hizballah, Israel has intensively bombed parts of Lebanon and launched an expanded ground invasion in the south.
Every March, 68 men’s college basketball teams punch their tickets to the NCAA Tournament. Schools load up on NIL-funded rosters, raid the transfer portal for plug-and-play talent, and circle Selection Sunday like it’s a holy day.
Meanwhile, Army, Navy, and Air Force are mostly watching from the couch.
That needs to change.
Israel’s Ministry of Defence (IMOD) has received approval to accelerate Arrow interceptor missile production.