American and Israeli warplanes bombed Tehran Saturday morning, the start of what President Donald Trump called a “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran.
Explosions were reported throughout the Iranian capital of Tehran, as well as cities including Isfahan and Tabriz, among others, and both Israeli and American officials confirmed the launch of airstrikes against Iran’s military infrastructure. The extent of the attack is unclear, as is the number of casualties in Iran.
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The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the country was hit by “Iranian ballistic missiles,” causing damage and at least one death, although a number of the missiles were intercepted. The ministry called the attack “a dangerous escalation and a cowardly act,” and stated that the country “reserves its full right to respond to this escalation.” Iranian ballistic missiles strikes were launched against Al Dhafra Air Base, which hosts forward deployed U.S.
Footage from the Iranian capital Tehran has confirmed the scrambling of MiG-29A fighter aircraft guarding the city, after Israel and the United States initiated a coordinated large-scale military assault against the country targeting key leadership and military facilities. Unconfirmed reports indicate that attacks on Iran launched so far have centred around the use of U.S. Navy BGM-109 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, and various Israeli air-launched cruise and ballistic missiles such as the Delilah.
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The Pentagon is moving to reform senior military education and today issued a memorandum outlining changes to PME fellowships and certificate programs.
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on ‘Aligning Senior Service College Opportunities With American Values’
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Following Israel and the Untied States’ initiation of a coordinated large-scale military assault against Iran, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has conducted large scale ballistic missile attacks against Israel, and also targeted U.S. military bases in the Gulf region including in facilities Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Footage from countries across the region have shown explosions at the targeted bases, although the extent of the damage remains unknown.
The Department of Defense is blocking active-duty troops from attending graduate-level education at Ivy League schools and other top universities, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday.
Hegseth announced the move Friday afternoon in a video posted to social media. He accused the universities of being “breeding grounds of toxic indoctrination” and said that the ban would go into effect for the 2026-2027 academic year. The move effectively ends troops’ participation in higher learning at some of the top universities in the country.
Near a small town in Texas Wednesday, troops used a counter-drone system to shoot down an unmanned aerial system operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection which was launched without coordinating with the military task force assigned to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
Joint Task Force-Southern Border, the military entity charged with carrying out the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in that area, was authorized to employ the anti-drone capability, according to the sources.
Summary and Key Points: Steve Balestrieri, a former US Army Special Forces officer and national security columnist, evaluates the Type 003 Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with an Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS).
-Despite its 280,000-horsepower propulsion and capability to launch the J-35 stealth fighter, the Fujian suffers from a flight deck layout that prevents simultaneous launch and recovery.
China’s Aircraft Carrier in Port. Image Credit: Chinese Navy.
A U.S. government task force focused on countering small unmanned aerial systems has launched a commercial solutions opening as it hunts for new technologies that could aid its mission.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 was stood up by the Army last year at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made drone and counter-drone tech a top modernization priority for the military.
On Thursday, the Pentagon issued a special notice on a government contracting website about the commercial solutions opening for JIATF 401.
AeroVironment has secured a $186m order from the US Army for its Switchblade 600 Block 2 and Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munitions.